Every once in a while, something just hits me as SOOOO wrong. What makes this one even worse is that it involves a Democrat who I had great respect for. She is a governor who is a rising star and who is to deliver tonight's Democratic response to President Bush’s State of the Union address.
All of us make mistakes in our lives, but this one is a head-scratcher.
(Original planned title: Restore my f*&^ing Mojo, Kos!)
WTF?!?!?!
It has happened again. Lots of positive comments with 201 recommends and not a single Troll rating over two days, yet my TU went away after posting in the diary of a popular member on Saturday night.
Okay, I'm a marginal TU but it came back Saturday morning after posting to Frankenoid's Garden Blogging. From Friday night until Sunday morning I made 18 comments and garnered 201 recommends and no troll ratings. 99 of the recommends were outside of the diary in question and normally would have kept my TU for 2 or 3 days of lurking. The 101 recommends in OPOL's latest diary seem to have reversed my status.
An e-mailed statement from the campaign to reporters quoted Philip Martin as saying he had decided to step down because "the focus of this campaign should be on Fred Thompson's positions on the issues and his outstanding leadership ability," not on his mistakes.
"I deeply regret any embarrassment this has caused," the statement read.
U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle has issued a stay and ruled that First Lt. Ehren Watada's claim of double-jeopardy is not frivolous.
The court-martial was scheduled to start Tuesday. Lt. Watada is an Iraq war objector based at Fort Lewis. His his first court-martial resulted in a mistrial in February.
The judge overseeing the court martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq declared a mistrial Wednesday, saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed admitting to elements of the charges.
First Lt. Ehren Watada was fighting charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and missing movement for refusing to leave last June with his unit, the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.
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Well the braintrust at the ONDCP and in Congress are at it again. Besides overseeing the neverending "War on Drugs", now they are planning (again) to prepare a biological weapon against coca and other drug crops.
Pushed by Souder, Biden and Hatch, the ONDCP Reauthorization Bill may come to a vote this week. Included in the language is the following:
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall submit to the Congress a report that includes a plan to conduct, on an expedited basis, a scientific study of the use of mycoherbicide as a means of illicit drug crop elimination by an appropriate Government scientific research entity, include a complete and thorough scientific peer review. The study shall include an evaluation of the likely human health and environmental impacts of mycoherbicides derived from fungus naturally existing in the soil.
Just what the world needs... a little help spreading those botanical delicacies... Fusarium oxysporum and Pleospora papaveracea.
Newsweek has a "Web Exclusive" pair of polls. One is the results of Newsweek's latest survey, and the other is a Live Vote: "Do you think the Democrats will regain control of either the House or the Senate?" Over 66,000 votes with 49% saying the Democrats will take BOTH the House and Senate.
The NEWSWEEK poll, conducted Oct. 26-27, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. It has the Republicans in trouble, but maybe not as much as a couple of polls ago.
"This country is now more sharply divided that it has ever been"
Jack Carter is running against incumbent Republican Senator John Ensign. Both Carters said that Ensign backed President Bush 96% of the time.
More great quotes after the flip...
okay.... what he really called it was "eye candy" and he is taking it back to the willfully ignorant bugger that sent it to him... Bush.
Bee said he is not anti-war, but rather pro-peace. He plans to travel to Washington, D.C., with a small group of Marines who feel the same way he does. They will all try to return their War on Terrorism medal to Bush personally or to members of Congress.
Whattaset!! Even some of the traditionally more indoctrinated of our soldiers can see that the Bush Mis-Administration is using Iraq to further its political ends.
Good Luck Sgt. Bee... to Bush you are just a pawn.
