Iraq Uncensored

quote[For months on end, these seven independent photographers and filmmakers have worked exclusively in Iraq documenting US troops and Iraqi civilians, resistance fighters and child laborers, imprisoned women and incarcerated youths. Using varied media and narrative styles ranging from photojournalism to first person narratives, cinema verite and found photography, Iraq Uncensored photographers present insights and subtleties beyond what daily news reporting can provide.]

You won't see these on CNN.

Running Out Of Paid "Journalists" Neocons Turn To Kids To Spread Message

quote[In a sign of how far groups go to carry their message on Social Security, Progress for America has signed up Noah, a fourth grader, as a volunteer spokesman. He starts on spring break from James Williams Elementary School in Katy, Tex.]

Good God, what next??

Enforcing Fundamentalist Ideology In America

quote[County school officials are backing a principal's decision to bar a picture of a lesbian student dressed in a tuxedo from the high school yearbook.]

This is really out of hand.

Pentagon Casualty Figures Don't Add Up

quote["You have to say that the total number of casualties due to wounds, injury, disease would have to be somewhere in the ballpark of over 20, maybe 30,000," says Pike.
 
His calculation, striking as it is, is based on the military's own definition of casualty - anyone "lost to the organization," in this case, for medical reasons. And Pike believes it's no accident that the military reports a number far lower than his estimate.]

This is disgusting, though it seems to have shades of Vietnam.

O'Reilly Used Phony Stats to Claim "Staggering Increase" In Spending On Food Stamps, Housing Assistance

quote[On the February 16 edition of FOX News' The O'Reilly Factor, in a discussion with Kathleen Barr, policy advocate for the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness, O'Reilly cited the bogus stats to defend Bush from the charge that he is not doing enough to address hunger and homelessness. Barr expressed doubt about O'Reilly's figures, but he insisted they were accurate.]

This guy is such a jackass. I find it shameful that we both went to Marist college.

Powell Criticises Iraq Troop Levels and Rift With Europe

quote[Colin Powell, the former US secretary of state, has for the first time publicly criticised troops levels in Iraq and spoken of the rifts between himself and Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary, that undermined his role as architect of American foreign policy.]

Now, how long do we have to wait before he publishes (prostitutes) his explosive memoirs??

Biden: Clinton Hard to Beat in 2008 Race

quote["I think she'd be incredibly difficult to beat," the Delaware Democrat said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I think she is the most difficult obstacle for anyone being the nominee."]

Oh please, say it isn't so. There must be someone better the democrats can offer.

My Dinner at Applebee's With White Supremacists!

quote[Just like Time, this magazine's entertainment section reviews Saturday Night Live skits that feature Jewish performers (need I tell you its take?). A review of Ann Coulter's book Slander reads, "Slander is fast, funny and factual. Although, unless you know the code, it can also be frustrating. The secret code is this: Almost every time you read the word 'liberal,' think 'Jew.' [Sounds like a crazy racist drinking game to me.] By not stating the real problem, Ann is aiding and abetting the enemy."]

My take? Anything that links Ann Coulter to ignorant hate groups has got to be good.

Pretty funny stuff.

Idiots

quote[--47 percent believe that Saddam Hussein helped plan and support the
hijackers who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (up six
percentage points from November).
-- 44 percent actually believe that several of the hijackers who attacked
the U.S. on September 11 were Iraqis (up significantly from 37% in
November).
-- 36 percent believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the
U.S. invaded (down slightly from 38% in November).]

No wonder Bush got reselected.

It's Official: Our Children Have Been Left Behind

quote[Concluding a yearlong study on the effectiveness of President Bush's sweeping education law, No Child Left Behind, a bipartisan panel of lawmakers drawn from many states yesterday pronounced it a flawed, convoluted and unconstitutional education reform initiative that had usurped state and local control of public schools.]

It's ALIVE!!!

quote[The organism froze on Earth some 30,000 years ago, and was apparently alive all that time and started swimming as soon as it thawed, said Richard Hoover from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.]

Interesting stuff. However, I contend that many people will never believe in extraterrestial life unless we find an already lush planet or little green men with laser guns.

Google: Now More Evil

quote[ It's always been evil. For starters, Google's toolbar phones home with every page you land on, and tattles to Google what you're looking at, while offering up your globally-unique Google cookie ID that expires in 2038.

As if that wasn't enough, the toolbar updates automatically, without asking. Once installed, this happens no matter how restrictive your Explorer security settings might be, and regardless of whether you have ZoneAlarm or some other firewall installed. Basically, this means that Google potentially can install anything at all on your hard drive, at any time that you connect to them. If you have broadband, it happens so fast that you won't even notice. One day you may see some new features on your toolbar, and then you'll realize that something happened.]

Continuing to take away your privacy...

Will There Be A Draft?

quote[While Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President Bush have repeatedly said there is no need for a draft, and one of the military's top recruiters said only last week that a draft "would not improve the quality" of soldier, Delaware Online reports that several well-known conservatives and moderates sent congressional leaders a letter in January that said, "the United States military is too small for the responsibilities we are asking it to assume."]

I believe it is only a matter of time.

Bush Prematurely Closes News Conference

quote[Bush had just finished a lengthy answer to a question about how he would improve trans-Atlantic relations in his second term. "Thank you all very much," Bush concluded, turning as if to leave the podium.]

What an asshat!

Mars Pictures Reveal Frozen Sea

quote[A huge, frozen sea lies just below the surface of Mars, a team of European scientists has announced.]

This seems really cool, if it actually pans out. I wonder about the prospect of terraforming the planet.

Army Destroyed Mock Execution Pictures

quote[Pictures of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan posing with hooded and bound detainees during mock executions were destroyed after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq to avoid another public outrage, Army documents released Friday by the American Civil Liberties Union show.]

WTF? Go Army!

Believers Of Bush

quote[A central media narrative of Election 2000 was that Al Gore was a calculating politician who would do whatever it took to win, while George W. Bush was just a regular guy who spoke from the heart, wasn’t obsessed with winning, and disdained political calculation.]

These people are nuts.

Woman's 'Snippy' Comment At Ticket Counter Sparks Bomb Scare

Quote[Although they found nothing suspicious, authorities blew up the bag with an explosive charge and then doused it with water.]

So they didn't find anything, they didn't even expect anything, but they blew up the crazy womans unerwear anyway. WTF???

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Conn. Senator 'Apologizes' For Homosexuality Is "Sick" Remark

"Sen. Thomas Colapietro (D-Bristol) made the comment in a weekend interview with the Bristol, Connecticut Press. He then told the paper that allowing gays and lesbians to marry would not "cure" them.
What a jackass.