In a stroke, I think, al Maliki has cut McCain off at the knees in a way I'm not sure his campaign strategy can recover from.
John McCain, The 'Thuglican's Black Knight.
bo |
07.19.08 - 4:02 pm | #
Great vid of Obama with the troops on cnn.
A. Morphous, jerked around |
07.19.08 - 4:02 pm | #
Hell, Bush broke our military. We need all the soldiers we can get.
Meanwhile, I have gardenias in bloom.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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07.19.08 - 4:02 pm | #
They have filed an intent to dismiss a tenured teacher in my local district.
To dismiss a tenured teacher in Michigan is a big deal (Thank dog) There are only a few things that can do it: this is a young woman.
So, you have the four reasons:
Sex with a girl
Sex with a boy
Sex on your computer
Stealing money.
Wonder which one this is?
DWD - Officially Retired |
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07.19.08 - 4:02 pm | #
They'd rather send teh gaii than have their kids drafted.
Which raises the question - if they're good enough to die for your way of life, should they be good enough to marry each other (which is, after all, a way of life for many folks in the US of Eh)?
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office |
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07.19.08 - 4:03 pm | #
McStain to Cindy: "I'm gonna have to look for a running mate who's shorter than I am."
Cindy: "That sounds like a good excuse to go to Hialeah."
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07.19.08 - 4:03 pm | #
Airmen might soon find Blackwater blimps patrolling Iraq and Afghanistan skies in addition to its helicopter and light transport aircraft already flying thousands of missions in theater.
According to Blackwater Worldwide CEO Erik Prince, eight Blackwater CASA 212 light transport aircraft flew 11,000 sorties in Afghanistan last year supporting 38 combat outposts over 19,000 square miles. Its aircraft transported more than 40,000 personnel and 9.5 million pounds of supplies last year.
“We moved about 40,000 passengers, and our total costs, our total invoice for that mission is about what the U.S. Air Force is paying for one new C-27,” he said.
“So the idea of outsourcing versus having government do it, that’s a pretty simple math question for me.”
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bo |
07.19.08 - 4:03 pm | #
Sallyh: You and the boys havin' a finer n frog hair day?
Good enough, I reckon. Just got a contract to set up a networked Quickbooks POS system, so I'll be staying busy for a few days next week.
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07.19.08 - 4:03 pm | #
McStain to Cindy: "I'm gonna have to look for a running mate who's shorter than I am."
Cindy: "So we should start hanging out at carnivals or something?
Now I just need to learn to play rock'n'roll.
SteveLG |
07.19.08 - 4:04 pm | #
I hope there's a special hell for Erik Prince and all of the DeVos clan.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
07.19.08 - 4:04 pm | #
Blackwater Worldwide is building up its own Air Force.
When I wake up at two am worried about everything, Blackwater really scares me. I wish I believed that the new Dem administration and Congress would do something about this. How on Earth is this NOT perceived as a threat to our very way of life??????????
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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07.19.08 - 4:06 pm | #
Hecate, do you have access to cedar foliage you can dry and nix with dried sage?
plantsman |
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07.19.08 - 4:06 pm | #
It boggles the mind that so many Americans want the terrorists to win!
Roddy McCorley |
07.19.08 - 4:06 pm | #
Now I just need to learn to play rock'n'roll. - SteveLG
Sure you don't wanna go with "The Fractured Testicles"?
bo |
07.19.08 - 4:06 pm | #
“So the idea of outsourcing versus having government do it, that’s a pretty simple math question for me.”
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Mark my words: Unless this is checked in the first 6 months of Obama's presidency, the US of Eh will be fighting AGAINST Blackwater mercs within 15 years.
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office |
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07.19.08 - 4:06 pm | #
How on Earth is this NOT perceived as a threat to our very way of life?????????? - Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
IIRC, some of this crap can be laid at Big Dog's doorstep for precedents set when handling Bosnia.
bo |
07.19.08 - 4:08 pm | #
Incense cedar grows well here and is abundant in fall. I shall keep my clippers handy and my eyes peeled.
plantsman |
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07.19.08 - 4:09 pm | #
Oh, thank you; that would be lovely. I could trade you some dried sage.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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07.19.08 - 4:09 pm | #
It boggles the mind that so many Americans want the terrorists to win!
Roddy McCorley | 07.19.08 - 4:06 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
I don't want 'em to win. I wish they hadn't.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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07.19.08 - 4:10 pm | #
"So the idea of outsourcing versus having government do it, that’s a pretty simple math question for me.”
Because the military has to have its expensive, gold-plated weapons, so they can't afford enough of them. So they have to hire "contractors".
I find it hard to believe BW's personnel costs are cheaper. Then of course, you have the fat profits.
ronin |
07.19.08 - 4:10 pm | #
I shall do my best!
plantsman |
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07.19.08 - 4:10 pm | #
Being open gay in Vietnam just got you sent to more dangerous deployments.
Troutski, BTW |
07.19.08 - 4:10 pm | #
The Dems are in Austin telling Code Pink to Suck. On. This.
Al Gore's appearance to save Nancy Pelosi's ass was an inexcusable shutdown of the democratic process; no wonder he was protested. Netroots Nation management was outrageous to allow Al Gore to come on stage when the heat was getting too much for Madame Speaker.
I support Code Pink's protest today.
TeddySanFran |
07.19.08 - 4:12 pm | #
Many of our NATO allies admit openly gay people to their armed forces without incident. Britain does.
plantsman |
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07.19.08 - 4:12 pm | #
Nancy Pelosi did this Marilyn Monroe-like winking thing repeatedly. It was very flirty.
Saw that NYT said we "heckled" Harold Ford. I thought he was mostly well-received until he referred to his "wonderful former colleagues at Fox News." And it wasn't heckling so much as a collective gasp.
War On War Off |
07.19.08 - 4:13 pm | #
Saw Speaker Pelosi on the net stream, was not impressed.
plantsman |
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07.19.08 - 4:14 pm | #
"I admit I'm surprised that support for gays and lesbians serving in the military openly is so high."
It's because, in the long run, Americans respond to reason and logic. That's why feminists like yourself keep getting your asses kicked on questions like third-trimester abortions. You don't have an argument that appeals to people's intelligence.
HieronymusTheTrollBraintree |
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