As you try to survive the barrage of election year hype about homeland security and the great lengths to which our government is going to make us safe, chew on this one from the Chicago Sun Times.
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Homeland security for sale at the Toronto ConsulateBankruptcy; accomplishing the obviousHow's this for shocking: U.S. bankruptcy filings have fallen to the lowest level in five years after a federal law made it harder for individuals to seek protection from creditors. GOPUSA lets a little truth slipEven the most dedicated propagandist slips up and lets a little truth slip every once and a while. Take GOPUSA: Quote of the dayThis has nothing to do with the criminal case. This has to do with my health.Democratic State Sen. Kathryn Bowers, announcing her resignation from the legislature while awaiting trial on federal corruption charges in the FBI's bribery investigation code named "Tennessee Waltz." Ahh, the old "casting out the demons" trick...High among the list of age-old cons used by horny old men to have sex with young women: "I'm just casting out those sexual demons that have possessed your body and made you think evil thoughts (like the ones I'm thinkin' RIGHT NOW)." And as it was in the 15th Century, so it shall be now and forever. The George Bush Resume'I got this via e-mail, but I thnk it's one version of the George Bush resume posted on Topple Bush) note the last line): Quote of the dayWe're not in a civil war. Iraq will never be in a civil war. The violence is in decrease and our security ability is increasing.Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's Prime Minister, speaking on CNN television Sunday. Where do the Republicans find these people, and who votes for them?It is becoming ever more apparent that there is a substantial slice of Republican office-holders and Republican office-seekers who are not quite....sane. We either fight them there, or we fight them in the supermarkets and streets hereIn case you missed it, the Republican right has made a slight alteration to their mantra that "fighting the terrorists in Iraq is better than fighting them here." Much as they are trying to shift from "stay the course" to "adapt to win," they are now explicitly trying to get the public to think that withdrawing from Iraq will prompt the terrorists to, as Rep. Curt Weldon said on CNN:
We either fight them there, or we fight them in the supermarkets and streets here. Quotes of the DayI am totally frustrated, disappointed and heart broken. Just when I thought we were going to be able to resume a `normal' life and when I thought the nightmare was over, the nightmare was extended.Jennifer Davis, wife of a member of the 172nd Stryker Brigade, addressing the decision to extend that unit's deployment in Iraq up to four months to increase the numbers of U.S. troops in Baghdad. I'd love to be Santa Claus. I'm not......But I'm not going to get into the promises business. That isn't my style.Donald Rumsfeld, in an in-flight interview en route to Fairbanks Alaska to meet with the families of the 172nd Brigade, responding to whether the families could count on the full 172nd Brigade returning from Iraq by Christmas, with other units replacing them even if the beefed up U.S. presence was still required.
These people are all volunteers. They all signed up. They all are there doing what they're doing because they want to do it. They're proud of what they do. They do it very, very well.Rumsfeld, in the same in-flight interview, explaining why he saw no reason for the families to be angry with him. |
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