What is it that needs "investigated"?

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Monday April 27, 2009 · 1:02 PM PDT

2009/04/27 · 13:02

I find it hard to believe that we as American citizens are even we Kossacks are actually having discussions on whether or not an "investigation" should be done into "possible" war crimes by our government.

If we have "investigations" that do not lead to prosecutions, then they better not find any violations of the Geneva Convention or the any other treaty entered into by the United States against torture. If these investigations result is anything else, we have to prosecute.

The reasons for this are many, but include (1) some countries comply with the Geneva conventions not out of some sense of good will, but due to the fear of the global political repercussions they would face should they fail to live up to these globally recognized conventions, (2) The U.S. does not torture, and for this reason, hundred if not thousands of U.S. military lives are saved when enemies surrender to us rather knowing they will be treated humanely... Do we really want to jeopardize this internationally recognized reputation for treatment of our enemies?, and (3) If we don't even punish those guilty of violations of human rights treaties, what amount of respect should be give to economic treaties, whose violation is far less important a mark of integrity on a global scale??????

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Monday April 14, 2008 · 4:15 PM PDT

2008/04/14 · 16:15

I am a fan of funny. However, sadly, the things I find funny are often funny to me because they are so blatantly offensive that I can not believe I am actually hearing them. (I'm a big fan of South Park, Stangers with Candy, and many other shows that had or have no business being watched in mixed company.

That being said, I am posting what I found to be the most offensive, yet humorous (to me at least) things I have found being said about the candidates.

For the easily offended, don't bother to go below the fold....

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Friday September 14, 2007 · 4:34 PM PDT

2007/09/14 · 16:34

For all the "escalating" dialog between Obama, Hillary, Edwards, Dodd, and their ilk, not one of them has done anything to end the war, and each fo them are very careful not to mention a very simple fact which Kucinich keeps throwing in their face.

All the talk of "not having the votes", needing a "veto-proof" majority, and attempting to craft an acceptable "compromise" is just crap.

It only takes one Senator to stop this war.

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Monday August 27, 2007 · 11:21 AM PDT

2007/08/27 · 11:21

So Gonzo is Gonzo. This move can hardly come as a shock to anyone (at least not if your reading this here.) My question is how will this effect the battle between the White House and Congress over the failure of witnesses to appear when subpoenaed, or the White House failure to turn over various documents (including the "missing" e-mails, documents relating to the U.S. Attorney firings, documents relating to Hatch Act Violations by Karl Rove's office, documents relating to "Energy policy" meetings with Oil Company execs., documents relating to illegal racial profiling prior to the 2004 election in Florida, etc....) How will Alberto Gonzalez's resignation effect these battles? Sadly, I don't think the issue will even come up in the analysis of his resignation.

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Tuesday November 15, 2005 · 4:27 PM PST

2005/11/15 · 16:27

We have truly entered a new millenium in the digital age. The "old media" of newspapers, once the trusted source for information in this country has suffered a great blow in the last week, and my head is still reeling.

The White House now has employees who issue apparently a series of articles in hopes of Setting the Record Straight.

Besides the obvious factual discrepancies and lack of journalistic integrity in these "posts" to the White House website, I have much larger concerns. Read More

How's the Iraqi Troop Training going Casey?

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Thursday September 29, 2005 · 4:28 PM PDT

2005/09/29 · 16:28

According to General George Casey training of Iraqi troops is going great. "Have we lost ground? Definitely not."

That is unless your count involves numbers. In June Casey proudly told Congress that Three Batallions of Iraqi troops were fully trained and able to function without U.S. military supervision.

Today it was this:

Gen. George Casey, softening his previous comments that a "fairly substantial" pullout could begin next spring and summer, told lawmakers that troops might begin coming home from Iraq next year depending on conditions during and after the upcoming elections there.

On Thursday, Casey said only one battalion is ready.

"It doesn't feel like progress," said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine

I kind of expected progress to feel a little different myself.

Some Tin Foil hats are bigger than others (w/ poll !!)

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Friday September 23, 2005 · 3:57 PM PDT

2005/09/23 · 15:57

According to the Weatherman for KPVI-TV in Pocatello, Idaho, the Hurricanes this year are not the fault of G.W. Bush. This guy really thinks outside the box, and forgets to come back in when it starts raining (a common problem for T.V. Weatherman apparently).

Scott Stevens is a follower of Tom Bearden, who believes there are two types of people, those who talk about the weather, and those who lease interstellar machines from the KGB to control it.

The whole theory takes 60 pages, which is more than I could ingest at once, but there is a summary below the fold. Read More

Unexplained propaganda & Unnamed Iraqi's

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Tuesday July 26, 2005 · 2:08 PM PDT

2005/07/26 · 14:08

The U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division's Task Force Baghdad is releasing statements to the media, which is good because it is pretty damn dangerous for reporters to go get their own statements from on the street Iraqi's.

The only problem is, the Task Force apparently has the journalistic ethics of Jason Blair and Robert Novac combined. Or possibly their "unnamed Iraqi" just keeps repeating the talking points over and over.

CNN has the story, or read it below Read More

It's not Rummy fault

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Thursday June 23, 2005 · 12:30 PM PDT

2005/06/23 · 12:30

In today's Armed Services committee meeting Sen. Kendey once again asked Donald Rumsfield to resign his position as the Secretary of Defence.

Now we all no the outrage that must have been expressed by Rumfield over questioning his authority or his ability to perform. Right, well...

from CNN:

Citing what he called repeated "gross errors and mistakes" in the U.S. military campaign in Iraq, Kennedy told Rumsfeld: "In baseball, it's three strikes, you're out. What is it for the secretary of defense?"

"Isn't it time for you to resign?" Kennedy asked.

"I've offered my resignation to the president twice," Rumsfeld shot back, saying that President Bush had decided not to accept it. "That's his call," he said.

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Tuesday June 07, 2005 · 4:15 PM PDT

2005/06/07 · 16:15

A 19-year old in Texas was convicted of "Fetal Murder" and was automatically scentenced to 40 years in Texas prison.

Nineteen-year-old Gerardo Flores of Lufkin was sentenced to life in prison Monday in a landmark test case of a state fetal protection law. An Angelina County jury deliberated just under four hours, finding him guilty on two counts of capital murder for his part in killing his unborn twins.

Basoria [his girlfriend], then 16, was five months pregnant when Flores stepped on her bulging belly more than once the week before she gave birth prematurely in a bathroom at Flores' house the night of May 6, 2004. The defense said she hit herself at the same time, making it impossible to tell who killed the babies. Testimony alleged both may have wanted a miscarriage so the babies wouldn't infringe on college and social plans.

His girlfriend coerced him into it, Flores said in a taped police interview played at trial in which he demonstrated stepping on her. Bauereiss repeated the clip for jurors during his emotional closing statement.

Full Story here. Read More

Baghdad under siege....Shock & Awe II

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Thursday May 26, 2005 · 12:26 PM PDT

2005/05/26 · 12:26

According to Reuters 50,000 troops (10,000 American) will be used to effectively close Baghdad. They are setting up roadblocks, closing all roads in and out of the city, and (I kid you not this is the word used in the Reuters story) go "hunting" for insergents.

Defense Minister Sadoun al-Dulaimi said 40,000 Iraqi troops would be deployed in Baghdad for Operation Thunder, the biggest Iraqi military operation since the fall of
Saddam Hussein. Backed by the 10,000 U.S. troops in Baghdad, they will set up hundreds of checkpoints and block roads into the capital.

The dramatic rise in suicide bombings and ambushes by mostly Sunni Arab guerrillas has killed more than 600 Iraqis in the last four weeks and raised fears that Iraq could slide toward civil war if the Shi'ite-led government does not deliver on pledges of stability.

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Friday May 20, 2005 · 4:05 PM PDT

2005/05/20 · 16:05

According to the Guardian the U.S. House is doing Bolton's job for him.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations on Friday warned that a proposed congressional bill linking U.N. reform with tens of millions of dollars in U.S. dues would be ``counterproductive,'' especially as Secretary-General Kofi Annan pursues his own agenda to revamp the world body.
On Thursday, the House International Relations Committee distributed an early version of the ``United Nations Reform Act of 2005.'' It seeks to cut funding for programs seen as useless and bar human rights violators from serving on U.N. human rights bodies...
.... One of its most controversial proposals is linking dues to the changes it spells out. The document stipulates that if those reforms are not carried out, Congress will withhold 50 percent of U.S. dues to the U.N. general budget, taking the money from programs it deems inefficient and wasteful."

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