Contractors Gone- War Over?
This is a wonder out-loud diary. So please add your thoughts theories and facts to it. As we watch Bush prep his speech with various leaks and staff shuffles , the D's have been relentlessly questioned...
View ArticleThe Escalation and Roulette - It's the odds Stupid
The Escalation and Roulette - It's the odds StupidI read with great Interest some of the new strategies that the new staff is implementing like pulling our soldiers off the relatively safe bases and...
View ArticleMilitary Planner Speaks Out On Iraq
While cruising the front page of SFTT.org I came across this incredible commentary by a military planner whose primary focus was Iraq through out the 90s and up until Rumsfeld told them to throw out...
View Article9 Dead and a DOA Diary
I wonder if we are getting numb or just a little brain dead when a diary comes out mention 9 soldiers were killed today and it was posted at the same time the Hagel/ Impeachment diary made the...
View ArticleThe Surge of Death
I glanced at http://icasualties.org/... today and was my head snapped back as I saw that we had already had seen 24 die this month with the Brits suffering 25% of that total basically from a single...
View ArticleIraq- We aren't leaving; ever
Just a short diary The title isn't based on a feeling or a reflection of the D's efforts. It's simply factual based on this:WASHINGTON - Iraq’s oil reserves could be nearly twice as large as...
View ArticleOpt Out-Make em mad
I know some of you are aware of the latest racket by our banks to squeeze more blood out of the rocks they call customers. It's where you use their Check cards like a Visa or MasterCard and the balance...
View ArticleThe Couric Gambit
I saw this link from the Huffington Post and read the entire story.It appears that CBS is finally starting to wake up to the massive mistake they made with Couric. After that interview with John and...
View ArticleThird Deadliest Month Of The Occupation
I don't know if this has been posted already, but it needs to be up at the top. 113 115 Troops were killed in May 2007 with two days left in the month. This is the third deadliest month of the war...
View ArticleCouric : $2.59 a Viewer
I wrote a diary awhile back about K Couric. At the end of Andy Rooney's 60 Minutes commentary just prior to Couric's hiring he made a plea to CBS management. "Please don't hire Katie Couric. We could...
View ArticleFeature Request: Corruption Wiki
It occurs to me as there are so many people working so many angles of all the corruption that there is no single area where we can go ( and congress) to get a listing of all the ranked diaries on...
View ArticleLeave the USA: SICKO
That's the conclusion I got from getting a glimpse of Moore's new film. As a 50 Year old with a high deductible Health insurance policy, my only thought was : I need to get the fuck out of this...
View ArticleSicko Review; A Cold Day Dog Steamer In June
I hope all of you take a minute of your busy day to send this purported reviewer an email regarding his most recent review of Michael Moore's Movie Sicko. Lets see if you agree with me that this guy...
View ArticleDemocratic Blue Dog Leaders to Meet with Bush
That may stop a few of you cold. I hope so. This is a short call out diary to the main diarists who have been spending much of their time and effort trying to get enough Democrats in the House to start...
View ArticleTillman, Three Headshots, 10 Yards est, Source AP
Just a short one. Just saw on countdown that the AP reported that the Army stopped doctors from investigating if Tillman had been murdered. Shots were fired at close range and in his head.Wesley Clark...
View ArticleCorporate Govt Welfare/ Corporate Persona
Yesterday there was a recommended diary written attacking Corporate persona. Thom Hartmann has written a extensively about it with a summary here. I felt that Dairy was off base because it attacked...
View ArticleInvestors Business Daily Bill O's The Daily Kos
I was pointed to this editorial today. Kos And Effect For DemocratsBy INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007 4:30 PM PTPolitics: They won't debate on Fox News. They won't appear at...
View ArticleCongressional Polls; D's Cratering
I was surprised when I didn't see the new Gallop poll up. I guess they aren't a favorite. But regardless of the leanings of the owners of Gallop, the numbers for the Democrats were startling.I wonder...
View ArticleIraq Forever-A few questions
The Decider decided that invading a country just wasn't enough . No, not nearly enough. We now have to stay forever. What does staying in Iraq forever mean especially when people who continue to deny...
View Article"89.6 million lacked health insurance in 2006-7" ?
That was the Headline from an article on MSNBC here This was for 2006 and 2007. Some of the people had health insurance part of the time and of course since 07 isn't up they are projecting the...
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