The American Taliban
Wingnuts, specifically Sarah Palin followers, are America haters who hate what our country stands for.What is it good for?
The Privatized War in Afghanistan
Additional number of American troops President Obama plans to deploy to Afghanistan: 30,000
Total number of U.S. troops that will be there after the deployment: 98,000
Number of private contractors working for the U.S. in Afghanistan as of September 2009: 104,101
Percent by which that number grew between June and September: 40
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It makes a lot well-connected men very rich.
Busted - 'Climategate'
A hundred or so pictures, from nine photographers, that document the 'hoax'.Is 60% a majority?
The survey of 2,999 households by Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO)(TRI.N) shows a public skeptical about the cost, quality and accessibility of medical care. Just under 60 percent of those surveyed said they would like a public option as part of any final healthcare reform legislation, which Republicans and a few Democrats oppose.
It was when I went to school.
Hey, that's my seat!
Why listen to idiots?
As I do every Sunday morning I watched Meet the Press and after listening to two thoughtful and extremely bright Americans, Secretary Hillary Clinton and Secretary Robert Gates this morning, they were followed by John McCain and Thomas Freidman who happen to be two of the most ignorant Americans in the country. McCain and Freidman haven't been right on foreign policy once in their miserable lifetimes. Get those assholes off my TV!
Below 50% already?
Obama is not the first president to drop below 50 percent in his first year in the White House. President Reagan's approval rating dipped to 49 percent in November 1981 and stayed below that mark for two years. President Clinton also dropped well below the 50 percent mark by May 1993, the fastest fall on record.
Bill Clinton ended up with the highest approval rating in recorded history. Reagan is second. Two years into office, Reagan had a 35% approval rating.
The End of an Era
Pontiac hits end of the road after 82 yrs
“We Built Excitement.” That should have been the banner hanging over the assembly line in the Detroit suburb of Orion Township last week when workers built their last Pontiac G6 sedan. In the months ahead, following a brief shutdown, the plant will be retooled to produce an all-new small car that could be critical to General Motors’ long-term prospects. But the rollout of that white sedan, with almost no fanfare, literally marked the end of the line for Pontiac, the GM brand that once boasted "We Build Excitement.”My first car was a seven year old 1962 Pontiac Bonneville the same color as the one above but it wasn't a convertible. My older brother 'handed it down' to me. As I have done with most cars I ran it into the ground and a couple of years later I had a 1963 Pontiac Catalina convertible. We were a Pontiac family. It's sad to see them go.
Checking facts on Afghanistan
PolitiFact Fact Checks the Spin
'President Obama announced an increase in troops for Afghanistan this week, renewing debate on a complicated area of American foreign policy. We looked into a few different facts we heard during the discussion.'
Rep. John Murtha criticized the buildup, saying the United States would have more troops in Afghanistan than Russia did during the 1980s. We found his claim Barely True.
Rep. Alan Grayson said that, "In the past year, more than 20 percent of Americans have changed their mind about the war in Afghanistan. They conclude we shouldn't be there." We rated that Barely True.
Obama said, "In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan to commit new acts of terror." We rated that Mostly True.
'America's Worst Pundit'
You better hurry and vote; your three biggest heroes, Beck, Limbaugh and Hannity are running away with it.
"Obama's choice" pure politics
Lawrence Wilkerson, former Colin Powell's Chief of Staff
'Well, [inaudible] as I said, I don't think he had any choice. I do not think he had any choice. He deliberated over it, and I'm glad he did. He didn't pull out his .45 and shoot it like George Bush did all the time, with Dick Cheney putting ammunition in the gun. He deliberated over this decision. And as he deliberated, I think he had arrayed for him all the bad choices—there were no good choices—all the bad choices. I think last night we heard him pick the least worst choice. That's the political reality. That's the strategic reality. The barrel is empty on land forces. The generals are in the field. That's the reality of it.'
Wilkerson is well worth listening to.
