Dawn Patrol 11/18/2009
[Mrs Greyhawk]
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AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN
Boondoggle -- [3rd Time, New Country - in Afghanistan]
I know I am a little late on posting to my blog, but I returned from a boondoggle out to Mazar-e-Sharif in the Northern provinces. I even have some pictures to post with this entry. First, let me recap last week. We did make a normal trip to NDS. It was actually a clear, cool morning which is a rarity here in Kabul. The pollution is so thick that it is very rare to see the distant mountains. So, here is a picture of the snow-capped mountains, west of Kabul. This picture was taken last Monday. I haven't seen the mountains since. Other than that, it was a normal week of mentoring. There are always little things to work on and improve in the OT. Friday was another violent day here in Kabul. The Taliban used a SVBIED outside Camp Phoenix a little before 0800. There were no American casualties, but there were injuries.
Clinton in Kabul for Karzai's inauguration -- [Foreign Policy - AfPak]
U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly told CNN today that he is "very close" to making a decision about whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan and plans to make an announcement "in the next several weeks," after more than two months of deliberations (Reuters, Reuters). Obama is reportedly angry about the stream of leaks that has come out about his Afghanistan decision, telling CBS, "For people to be releasing info in the course of deliberations is not appropriate" and said yes when asked if that is a "firing offense" (CBS, Politico). Meanwhile
The war of leaks -- [Foreign Policy - AfPak]
The Obama Administration's social media prowess has been a novelty among latter day political media machines. It helped to crowd-source the campaign funding needed to put Barack Obama in the White House, and generated a populist gloss that was, at the time, convincingly fresh and transparent. What was equally admirable was its apparent internal discipline over when information made the transition from government secret to press release. Controlling the flow of data and keeping secrets secret is a challenge under any circumstance. Combine that with a predilection for Facebook and Twitter, and a hyperactive security officer might expect policy waters to muddy more quickly than they would under normal circumstances.
So when U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry's expressed his "discomfort" last week over a possible troop surge, via diplomatic cable to Washington, it's no wonder that the message ended up dominating headlines.
Ridding Afghanistan of Corruption Will Be No Easy Task -- [Los Angeles Times]
Afghans have a name for the huge, gaudy mansions that have sprung up in Kabul's wealthy Sherpur neighborhood since 2001. They call them "poppy palaces." The cost of building one of these homes, which are adorned with sweeping terraces and ornate columns, can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Many are owned by government officials whose formal salaries are a few hundred dollars a month. To the capital's jaded residents, there are few more potent symbols of the corruption that permeates every level of Afghan society, from the traffic policemen who shake down motorists to top government officials and their relatives who are implicated in the opium trade.
Afghan Minister Accused of Taking Bribe -- [Washington Post]
The Afghan minister of mines accepted a roughly $30 million bribe to award the country's largest development project to a Chinese mining firm, according to a US official who is familiar with military intelligence reports. The allegation, if proved true, would mark one of the most brazen examples of corruption yet disclosed in a country where the problem has become so pervasive that it is now at the heart of Obama administration doubts over Afghan President Hamid Karzai's reliability as a partner.
Vision for Victory, Part I -- [Washington Times]
The news from Afghanistan all year has been dispiriting, and the last few weeks have been especially tough in terms of the violence. Yet most foreign and Afghan officials and officers who I encountered on a recent weeklong visit sponsored by the U. military are guardedly optimistic about our prospects. How can this be so?
U.S. Turns to Local Guns-for-Hire to Guard Afghan Outpost -- [Danger Room - Noah Shachtman]
The U.S. military is turning to guns-for-hire to guard one of its outposts in Afghanistan. But Blackwaters of the world, take note: simply hiring former G.I.s or American cops or even Nepalese Gurkhas won't do the trick this time. At least half of the 50-man force has to come "from within a 50 kilometer radius" of the base, according to a contract solicitation issued by the U.S. Air Force. Over the summer, the American military signaled its interest in hiring an army of contractors to help handle security at as many as 50 outposts in Afghanistan. It's one of several efforts efforts designed to free up uniformed troops for combat and counterinsurgency work. Now, U.S. forces appear to be taking the first step towards building that country-wide private security force, by soliciting bids for a team that watch over Forward Operating Base Lightening, in Paktya province.
NATO Chief Confident Afghanistan Will Have More Troops -- [Voice of America]
The NATO secretary-general says he is confident the United States and other NATO allies will send more troops to Afghanistan, where insurgent attacks have surged in recent months. He spoke at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Meeting in Edinburgh, where Britain's foreign secretary outlined the strategy his nation would support.
Germany to extend Afghanistan mission another year -- [AP]
Germany will extend its mission in Afghanistan for another year, the government said Wednesday, despite the growing unpopularity of the war at home
Pakistani Successes May Sway US Troop Decision -- [New York Times]
A month after the Pakistani military began its push into the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan, militants appear to have been dispersed, not eliminated, with most simply fleeing. That recurring pattern illustrated the problems facing the Obama administration as it enters its final days of a decision on its strategy for Afghanistan. Success in this region, in the remote mountains near the Afghan border, could have a direct bearing on how many more American troops are ultimately sent to Afghanistan, and how long they must stay. Pakistan has shown increased willingness to tackle the problem, launching sweeping operations in the north and west of the country this year, but
Where are Taliban and al Qaeda commanders, US media asks Pak -- [Daily News & Analysis]
Washington: A day after senior Pakistani army commanders claimed that their forces have captured all major towns and population centres of the extremist-ridden South Waziristan, Taliban and foreign militants appear to have disappeared and not been eliminated.
Pakistani Army Shows Off Captured Taliban Posts -- [Washington Post]
A toy car booby-trapped with explosives, chemistry textbooks and handwritten case files from a Taliban court were among the debris left behind by fleeing Islamist militants in this remote village in the conflicted tribal region of South Waziristan. The now-deserted village, which was retaken by Pakistani army forces two weeks ago and visited by Western journalists on Tuesday for the first time since, had been a stronghold of Taliban forces for nearly five years.
IRAQ
Iraqi Kurds Warn of Election Boycott in Dispute Over Seats - [Washington Post]
Kurdish officials threatened Tuesday to boycott the upcoming national election in the three provinces they control in northern Iraq unless more parliament seats are allocated to the region. The threat came two days after Iraq's Sunni vice president said he would veto the election law passed last week unless more seats are set aside for representatives of Iraqi refugees. The majority of Iraqis abroad are Sunni. Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi has until Wednesday to veto the law, which legislators approved after weeks of wrangling, primarily over how the vote would be held in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk. The two ultimatums underscored the deep divisions among Iraqi politicians and raised fresh concerns about Iraq's ability to hold a credible election by Jan. 18.
Iraq's national elections in jeopardy as Sunni VP issues veto -- [McClatchy News]
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's pivotal national elections were thrown back into turmoil and potential delay Wednesday after Vice President Tariq al Hashemi vetoed part of an election law and sent it back to parliament.
US has time to reconsider Iraq drawdown plan-Odierno -- [Reuters]
The US military does not have to decide until April or May whether to push back the end of its combat operations in Iraq due to...
A few words from medics for the 41st Brigade -- [The Oregonian]
I spent an hour or two last month with Oregon National Guard medics who are based at Al Asad Airbase, discussing a little of what they've observed since coming to Iraq this summer. The discussion, as you might think, covered issues in two categories: The physical and the mental. The Physical - CPT Scott Johnson of Newport, who is the highest-ranking soldier in the medical support unit at Al Asad, said that medics are seeing a significant share of orthopedic issues that stem from the heavy loads that soldiers carry. Even though the war has wound down considerably over the last few years, soldiers on convoys and at checkpoints still wear a lot of body armor and carry a lot of ammunition and weaponry, as much as 65 pounds or even more. Over time, even young soldiers experience increased stress on their joints from walking, running and jumping with that much gear.
Goodbye to Iraq, and thanks -- [The Oregonian]
The soldiers of Oregon's 41st Brigade are about halfway through their Iraq deployment, but I'm finally home after a gruelling passage through Kuwait and a misadventure or two. I said goodbye to my last acquaintance in the Oregon National Guard on Monday afternoon in Salt Lake City. SSG Tom McNeil of Central Point was peeling off to fly to Medford, close to his home in Central Point, while I continued on to Portland. Have a terrific Thanksgiving at home, Tom. Thanks to all the folks along the way, especially the soldiers of Oregon's 41st Brigade Combat Team, for the many kindnesses extended to me during my sojourn among them. This toast to you, and I'm starting with you two, since you challenged me to do this, Scott and Mike
U.S. AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
US, China in Strained Diplomatic Embrace -- [Wall Street Journal]
President Barack Obama was set to leave China on Wednesday after an awkward summit with some achievements but a long list of unfinished business - a result that suggests challenges ahead for the US as it struggles to come to terms with Asia's increasingly assertive superpower. The president secured a far-ranging framework for cooperation Tuesday with Beijing. But that deal was announced as frictions between the two nations appeared to increase over human rights and economic policy. President Obama and Chinese leader Hu Jintao issued their ambitious statement on cooperation in a clumsy fashion - at a media "availability" where they took no questions, didn't address each other and exhibited body language that seemed to say they had been frustrated by the entire exercise.
Obama: 'We've restored America's standing' -- [CNN]
A little more than a year after his election, President Obama said his administration has laid the groundwork for success on global and domestic matters. -- "I think that we've restored America's standing in the world
Somali Pirates : Maersk Alabama Attacked, Fights Back -- [Eagle Speak]
On the early morning of 18 November 2009, 350 nautical miles east from the Somali coast, pirates attacked MV Maersk Alabama, a US flagged, Danish owned, 155 meter long, Container ship.
Iranian COS Warns Russia: Your Security Is Tied To Ours -- [Memri Blog]
Iranian Army chief of staff Hassan Firouzabadi has warned Russia that delay in the supply of S-300 missile systems could harm Russia because its security is tied to that of Iran.
WAR ON TERROR /TERRORISM
Suspected Fort Hood Shooter Believed to Be Self-Radicalized -- [Wall Street Journal]
Some lawmakers briefed Tuesday on the Fort Hood shooting said the suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was most likely a self-radicalized extremist. The briefing for select members of Congress came as Republicans with oversight of national-security issues called on Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to open a full congressional inquiry into alleged government miscues in the case of Maj. Hasan. He is charged with murdering 13 people Nov. 5 on the sprawling US Army base where he served as a psychiatrist.
Guantánamo Won't Close by January, Obama Says -- [NY Times]
President Obama acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that his administration would miss a self-imposed deadline to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by mid-January, admitting the difficulties of following through on one of his first pledges as president.
SUPPORTING THE TROOPS...OR NOT
No Man Left Behind -- [Knottie's Niche]
We've all heard the military quote "No Man left behind" But it wasn't until last weekend as I sat listening to a veteran Marine talking to an Army Sgt about how the Army helicopter pilot who saved him and many others in Vietnam by flying in a hot zone repeatedly to save men that it hit home. The words took on a whole new meaning to me. When Micheal was killed the Army did not leave us behind. It started with a visit to tell us the news and they did not leave until there was no more they could do for us in that moment. Then there was the email to let us know no one else had been hurt from one of the medics. The Army did not leave us behind when they assigned us a causality assistance officer who walked us through each step, even offering to go to the store for us at any hour of the day if we needed anything at all. Then the emails, calls and instant message conversations from the men who served with Micheal began.
LTC Tim Karcher Update -- [Soldiers' Angels Germany]
Wonderful update on LTC Tim Karcher, Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division's 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, wounded June 28 in Sadr City.
4 weeks later, after fighting for his life in Iraq, here in Germany, and at Walter Reed, the loss of both legs was the least of his problems:
Support SA while Christmas shopping this year! -- [Soldiers' Angels Germany]
Through Soldiers' Angels, patriotic Americans can do their Holiday shopping or planning and support the troops at the same time!
The easiest way to do this is shop online at all your favorite stores. If you stop by GoodShop and Shop to Earn before you start, you can visit all your favorite online stores, purchase anything you want at the usual great prices, and a portion of what you spend will be donated to Soldiers' Angels--at no extra cost to you! On GoodShop, be sure you select Soldiers' Angels as the charity you are "GoodShopping for."
Trees for Troops: Helping Military Families -- [AdAge.com]
Military families. Transportation. Tree growers. Logistics. These seemingly incongruous words provide a case study in cause marketing.
FOX 5 Special: I-Team VA Loans -- [FOX News]
A FOX 5 I-Team investigation uncovered allegations of a nationwide scheme by banks and mortgage companies to defraud U.S. military veterans. The scheme, spelled out in court documents, claims banks are overcharging veterans on home refinancing loans.
The question raised in a racketeering and class action law suit is how many of those loans involved banks defrauding U.S. military veterans.
MILITARY
Muslim discrimination in the U.S. military. Not. -- [Castra Praetoria]
I'm done listening to any more bellyaching about how Muslims have it bad in the American military. It's a lie.
At this very moment there are American Muslims serving in our armed forces with valor. Muslim interpreters work along side us daily who aren't even American citizens and they have proven themselves as well. All these pansies wailing and moaning about discrimination against them because they are Muslims are not doing anyone any favors. Take it from a guy who has served along side Muslim Marines and Sailors in combat; worked with Jordanian and Iraqi interpreters in country; trained with Iraqi-Americans who have contributed to the effort by working as role players and training our troops in culture and language classes.
Time to revisit firearms policies on military posts -- [Atlanta Journal Constitution]
Just as legitimate questions were raised following the mass killings on the Virginia Tech campus in 2007, both military personnel and civilian citizens
Army's Record Suicide Rate 'Horrible,' General Says -- [Washington Post]
Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli on Tuesday called the Army's record suicide rate this year "horrible" and said the problem of soldiers taking their own lives is the toughest he has faced in his 37 years in service. As of Nov. 16, 140 soldiers on active duty and 71 soldiers not on active duty were suspected to have committed suicide. "We are almost certainly going to end the year higher than last year,"
WELCOME HOME
Veterans' descendants welcome troops home to Fort Campbell -- [Clarksville Leaf Chronicle]
Their day concluded with the Welcome Home ceremony for 80 soldiers who returned from a year in Afghanistan. "We are descendants of our country's first
'Greywolf' Among First CAV Troops to Return Home -- [DVIDS]
Once the buses arrived at Cooper Field, chants of "move that bus" were heard from Families waiting to welcome home their Soldiers. Tommy Tatum, from Kempner
THE MEDIA
Where are Taliban and al Qaeda commanders, US media asks Pak -- [Daily News & Analysis]
Washington: A day after senior Pakistani army commanders claimed that their forces have captured all major towns and population centres of the extremist-ridden South Waziristan, Taliban and foreign militants appear to have disappeared and not been eliminated.
Army officials said that they have killed as many as 550 Taliban militants a month after the military began its campaign into the lawless territory, yet they acknowledge that hundreds, perhaps thousands more have melted away.
As the offensive into the area, considered to be a sanctuary of al Qaeda and Taliban militants gained momentum, Boston Globe said, "Vast numbers of Taliban and foreign terrorists had disappeared into the vast desert scrub and craggy hills surrounding their strongholds of Sararogha and Ladha".
"Where are they? That's what bothers me," New York Times quoted a senior American intelligence officer as saying.
POLITICS
Republicans Criticize Obama's Call to Delay Hill Inquiries on Fort Hood -- [Washington Post]
The Obama administration's request that congressional committees slow their investigations of the Fort Hood shootings sparked denunciations Tuesday from Republicans on Capitol Hill, who pushed for an immediate inquiry of any warning signs before the massacre. House and Senate Republicans, emerging from the most detailed briefings given to Congress since the Nov. 5 attack killed 13 at the central Texas Army post, said delaying investigations would put off legislative efforts to give military officials the tools to prevent similar tragedies in the future. They said such an effort would not interfere with the criminal investigation of shooting suspect Nidal M. Hasan, an Army major who was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan.
Obama Approval Dips Below 50% For First Time -- [Quinnipiac University]
Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Support For U.S. Troops In Afghanistan Drops Below 50% -- President Barack Obama's job approval rating is 48 - 42 percent, the first time he has slipped below the 50 percent threshold nationally ...
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The equivalent of the "when asked he denied having beat his wife" type pre-emptive accusation. Selling the sizzle not the steak. Sophmoric journalism and reasoning worthing of Ringling Bros not a national news medium.
The Wapo has developed quite the ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Perhaps it comes from hanging around guys like Khalid Meshal - leader of Hamas - who just had an op-ed yesterday printed in WaPo.
I hope they didn't pay him for it, because they could be sued for supporting a terrorist organization.
Reporters take it as a point of pride not to lede with what government officials are actually trying to tell you. Sometimes this is reasonable, depending on what's going on at the time--say a public official just indicted for a crime who's making some bland announcement about something else entirely. But in this case, it's another example showing how the Post's cynicism means we can't rely on it tell us what the heck is going on over there.
Following up on Mr. Fotos' comment above: I think it's more than that. I recently read a book by Michael Crichton ("Airframe") and, while it is admittedly a work of fiction, it made an insightful comment about the press that I will attempt to paraphrase here. To wit, the press is not interested in finding out what actually happened, instead they are convinced that villainy has occurred and seek any evidence to confirm that erroneous conclusion. In addition, they are so focused on the "Now" that they have no interest or even understanding of context, whether historical of otherwise. This is what leads to the drek presented as news we see in the papers and on the TV.
Your Belmont Club link takes me to The WaPo.
Ecch.
Regarding the media's coverage of Iraq...it's funny how they keep missing stories like this...
Polish Intelligence picked up an al Qaeda terrorist in Iraq who turned out to be a member of Saddam Hussein's Baath party as well. I have some more details here http://regimeofterror.com/archives/2006/07/salas_khabbas/
Here is my response to Robin Wright:
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I read the transcript
http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2006/07/khalilzad-on-iraq.html
And I read your coverage:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/11/AR2006071101276.html
This is why I stopped trusting WP for any significant world news long ago. The excessive (and improper) use of quotations, and the inability to convey most of Ambassador Khalilzad's points is indicative of
the writer's minimal skills and comprehension of a complex situation. At least WP has good entertainment and style columns so they can remain competitive with TV Guide and Seventeen Magazine.
I'm not any fan of the Washington Post, whose usual pattern is to rubber stamp the White House's propaganda whenever it can. But from time to time a glimpse of truth gets through their filter, and this was one of those times.
The unreported content was obligatory boilerplate crapola of the sort that anyone who has ever spent any time in Washington can recognize in their sleep. The newspaper reported what was new. Pity that the idiots of the so-called milblogosphere can't see that.
But then there's a lot you can't see, starting with the fact of American defeat staring us in the face.
p.s.: I'm back.
PS,
You're still stupid, though.
Subsunk
"But then there's a lot you can't see, starting with the fact of American defeat staring us in the face."
Posted by WW at July 14, 2006 04:27 AM
Yup, every time I look in the mirror, I'm saying the same thing. "Man I got to get de feet looked at soon. My dogs is killin' me."
To paraphrase Sir Winston, "Willy announced to all his liberal friends that in three years America would have its neck wrung like a chicken. Some chicken. Some neck."
If that is what defeat looks like, I'll take it every day of the year. Because Total Victory is gonna leave some kind of nasty mark on 100% of the Muslim world. And I'll take that too.
Subsunk
Is this what victory looks like to you? Or this? Let me tell you something, you retired nutscratchin' brain-dead drunk, when you can't even control the capital of a country after occupying it for three years, you've lost.
Oh, and by the way, it would seem that the Army Chief of Staff hasn't quite swallowed the same Kool-Aid as you. He says we're "not losing." Methinks that's what we call, "damning with faint praise."
Somehow, it's more fun when you can't actually link to anything Willy tries to post. It is like watching a mime being attacked by bees and thinking he's acting out his play. I love it when dementia takes over and stupidity shows its true face.
Look at me. I'm Willy! Tell me how smart I am! Validate my existence!
Snicker.
Subsunk
In all de journalism schools, they taught dem students how not to be so simplistic minded, on pain of death, you know.
It's like 1 v 1 deathmatch for WW. I mean it in this sense. If one guy has a broken arm and a broken leg, he can still win. America has 50 arms and 30 legs. Some kind of mutant vat freak, I'd say. You can't beat America by quoting "normal" considerations. America has never been normal. There's always another level of power under America's genkai, or over it for that matter.
There's always some new trick America pulls when America is facing defeat. Because Americans and their military do not become weaker as death approaches, we become stronger, we live more to its fullest, and our determination is empowered by facing death and defeat to an extent that staring into the abyss will make the abyss look away.
Al Qaeda's deathmatch with the US and Iraqis, will be ended eventually. The only question is, what will the journalists at WapO do then?
There's always some new trick America pulls when America is facing defeat. Because Americans and their military do not become weaker as death approaches, we become stronger, we live more to its fullest, and our determination is empowered by facing death and defeat to an extent that staring into the abyss will make the abyss look away.
Good God, I haven't encountered anything so ridiculous since reading what the Japanese told a kamikaze pilots before sending them off on their missions. Please tell me that you meant this as satire.
Donya jez love it?
More complaining and name-calling OTHER commentors than about what is really happening.
The Education of reality doesn't reside in one domain.
Let's not forget HOW we got into War, WHO lied to get us there, THE FAMILY histories of those involved, that RELIGION is the basis for ALL these deaths in the past and now (Look up Sect and Sectarian), the MEDIA ALWAYS lies now...
Of COURSE an Iraq-US spokeperson will paint a rosy picture. Can you believe him? Do you believe the government that put him there? Nuff said.
(Didn't anyone ever wonder why the US was the ONLY country NOT to PUBLICLY air the Bush 9/11 schoolhouse video to it's citizens? EVER? "How could 50 million Americans be so stupid?" That's how!)
Who is making MORE money off the wars than Saudi Arabia? If the Arabs are at fault for the high prices- Why aren't they making the BIG money?
Why aren't the borders of the US, Afghanistan, and Iraq secured?
Why was Afghanistan allowed to start growing and become the LEADING supplyer of opium in the world UNDER US PROTECTION? In only 3 years!
The real scary stuff is-
Why Americans don't get investigations into voter fraud by EITHER party OR the media!
Why Al Gore took over the REPUBLICAN Senate as VP to turn down ALL 24 of the requests for investigations into the 2000 Florida vote!
Why the Skull and Bones, a European Secret Society, chaired BOTH presidential nominees when BOTH were clearly inadequate!
Why Diebold, maker of millions of ATM machines can't make a secure voting machine that spits out a receipt! Why our Government gave them the contract anyway!
Why the FBI Anthrax investigation was pulled when they were closing in on the culprit STILL WORKING at a 'secret' US Bio-Lab that the anthrax came from.
Why Bin Laden was said (by Bush SR.) to have had nothing to do with the stockmarket options when I have a friend that told me 3 days after 911 that HE PERSONALLY SAW THEM in the hands of another runner and breifly discussed them on the floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange.
Why Bush pulled both subs waiting to take Bin Laden out, pulled CIA tracking of known terrorists, went on vacation when the CIA was warning of an impending attack, re-assigned Bin Laden trackers over a year ago, quit looking for him less than a year after 9/11, refused to start an investigation into 911, refused to be sworn in or testify alone.
Why did every anti-hijacking plan, operation and back-up plans with at least 5 different government agencies ALL fail at exactly the same time? Which had never happened before but had been tested and used regularly without fail?
Why did the "liberal" media BURN Dan Rather when the 'information' in the FAKED memos was TOTALLY true according to the secretary that they used to prove the ACTUAL papers were NOT the same ONES she typed?
Why didn't they interview an Air National Guardsman and ask him how you get out of active duty early? Ask him WHY a Shi_-Hot Senator's Son Pilot never made Captain in 5 1/2 years. Only ONE reason.
All coincidences? Not in American politics. Nothing is "Just a coincidence." Look at the BIG PICTURE.
Why can you NOT buy electric cars in the US? Why were Electric Rav 4's, that were only leased to cities and corporations, shredded at the end of their leases?
Why is America's government and oil companies MORE determined to keep using the oil that is funding the terrorists than to change to cleaner and "Big-Picture" cheaper technology? CBNC re-broadcast of their news inteview of 3 OIL CEO's.
Why can we leave 3 perfectly working solar charged dune buggies on the moon, run with vacume tube technology, and not figure out how to do it on Earth 30 years later?
Why my mid-sized '90 Bonneville got 24 miles per gallon and my 2005 Kia only gets 20?
Funny stuff? Why did "Independence Day" decide to Nuke Houston of all cities?
Could it be because it's the HQ's for ALL the multi-billion dollar frauds, thieves, and bankruptcies in the last decade? Enron, Global Crossing, WorldCom, Arthur Anderson, K-Mart, ..... .... ........ Halliburton ....
A friend of mine from Texas called Houston the Empire of Evil. So I looked it up.
Now- The real important stuff- Since you are reading this, I hope you can see why the Republicans fought Gore and Clinton tooth and nail to keep the internet OUT of the public's hands! Yep- Gore found the extra funding that Clinton said he'd need to pull off "public-izing" the internet. Look it up. (My word- Hey W can do it.) Gore didn't "invent it" (media hype) but was sure involved in it's funding and evolution to the pblic domain.
Funny how our "Liberal Media" castrates Liberals ... eh?
A mind is a terrible thing to waste-
So why do some churches frown on eduation?
Treat women as servants and maids?
Refuse to condemn the Catholics for pedophiles?
Or is that just in the US?
Wow,
Someone crazier and stupider than Willy. Whoda' thunk?
Careful Han! The Millenium Falcon is calling. The Emperor is using The Force to mind control Bush again! Save us.
See Willy, there's hope for you yet. You could join Han's conspiracy club and get loads of new material.
Subsunk