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Outrage fatigue? Get over it
Are you sick of being sick? Suffering way too much Bush-induced nausea? Well, tough:
I know how it is. You’ve had it up to here. There are only so many stories about blood and death and pain you can take, only so many times you can hear about random shootings and [...]

Control Room - Iraq’s new crisis: Moms, dads abandoning kids - CNN.com:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The head of Iraq’s main humanitarian group said an 18-year-old approached him with a baby suffering from leukemia. The desperate mother said she’d do "anything" for treatment for her child — and then offered herself up for sex.
Said Ismail [...]

Ten days ago, a blogger who goes by the BlogCatalog.com member name of ConservativePost began a discussion thread titled Can Voting For Liberals Get You Killed?   Early in the thread, I participated in the discussion and now I wish I had not.  We all end up in debates or arguments where we walk away and [...]

Tonight, October 4th, 2007 the first episode of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader aired with the new class.  The first contestant of the new series was an eighteen year old high school valedictorian named Katie Barossa (sp).  She was noted to be the youngest contestant to ever appear on the show on which [...]

Speaking of Privatization…
Blackwater License Being Revoked in Iraq (From AP Report)
Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul-Karim Khalaf said eight civilians were killed and 13 were wounded when contractors believed to be working for Blackwater USA opened fire in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of western Baghdad.
“We have canceled the license of Blackwater and prevented them from working [...]

I used to think that deposing Saddam Hussein was worth it, but after listening to the people tortured and forced into exile by sectarian and anti-coalition factions, I have my doubts.  You can hear an interview with Ahlam al Goubori, an Iraqi mother of three who was kidnapped and tortured for helping the American establishment [...]

Listening to NPR this morning on my way into work I couldn’t help getting a bit annoyed by the mix of stories about 9/11 Memorial events and news about Iraq.
I know that General Patraeus and Ambassador Crocker testifying to the House and the Senate this week is big news.  I just really HATE the timing.  [...]

Bin Laden says US should convert
Bin Laden makes a fairly valid point.  He is smart not to include threats against the US homeland like he has in earlier videos.  Sadly, but understandably, people still will react viscerally to the fact that it is him speaking and probably won’t take the time to actually look [...]

Spot-On: Christopher Allbritton: Did He Really Just Say That?
Did He Really Just Say That?
This week, President George W. Bush stood up before the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and unspooled a whole lot of odd analogies to make the case that we need to stay in Iraq for… well, forever, I guess. [...]