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Suicide Spree.

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Suicide Rate in Army at a 26-Year High

WASHINGTON -- Ninety-nine U.S. soldiers killed themselves last year, the highest rate of suicide in the Army in 26 years, a new report says.

More than one out of four soldiers who committed suicide did so while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, according to a report scheduled to be released Thursday. Iraq was the most common deployment location for U.S. soldiers who either attempted suicide or committed suicide.

I know that statistically these things are inevitable in war time but this is ridiculous. I wonder if the pro-war lobby and the administration look at these these sort of figures as anything more than just that, as an inevitability and/or collateral damage.

This is not just another mere side-effect of war. This is another bright and blaring warning signal that the war is wrong and something needs to change, and fast.

Leave it up to the God-fearing folk to have all of the evidence in front of them yet still believe their own bullshit fantasies.

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So Big Brother has even more permission to spy on you and the DOD lost over 190,000 weapons meant for Iraqi security forces. Nice. How in the hell do you lose 190,000 weapons? It’s not exactly a set of car keys. In the annals of history the Iraq War should be renamed Murphy’s War, because that seems to be only law that is enforced there. All that can go wrong, will (and has).

Quote of the Day:

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Spc. Gabriel Vassell told Smith, “…We have people up there in Congress with the brain of a 2-year-old who don’t know what they are doing, they don’t experience it. I challenge the president or anyone who has us for 15 months to ride alongside me. I’ll do another 15 months if he comes out here and rides alomg with me every day. I’ll do 15 more months. They don’t even have to pay me extra.”

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Sounds like a plan to me. Then again, it is just like an Indiana flea market out there. Be sure to stop by the body armor booth though, the corndogs have IEDs in them.

Bush in the Box

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Bush Surprises Senate Aides With Unexpected Interruption of White House Meeting

President Bush shocked Capitol Hill staffers and Republican leaders Monday when he crashed a meeting at the White House to deliver a blunt message that he wasn’t backing down on Iraq and Republicans need to understand that.

“It was stunning,” said one GOP aide who attended the meeting. “We couldn’t believe he came in.”

“We kept looking at each other, amazed he came in,” said another Republican aide.

Bush was described as folksy, adamant and mildly profane as he interrupted the meeting between senior White House communications staffers Tony Snow and Ed Gillespie and GOP leaders. His message: the policy on Iraq isn’t changing. He is not backing down and no one on Capitol Hill should be confused into thinking he is letting up.

The interruption precedes what is expected to be an all-nighter in the Senate on Tuesday, ordered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as a way to protest GOP blocking tactics on moves to compel U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq.

Speaking on the Senate floor, Reid said Iraq is the most important issue facing the United States and attempts to block legislation calling for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq will be met with a hardball response.

Sheesh, somebody call the waaaaaaahmbulance, little Bushy is having a tantrum. I guess he really is the decider, even if he is deciding to not listen to a damn thing the country or Congress says.

Wow.

Politicals tools are not theater.

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I really wish Republicans would stop referring to the Senate Democrats threat of a filibuster and all-night debate on the Iraq War amendment as a “stunt” and “political theater.” It’s not a stunt you retards, it’s part of and a tool of the political process. That’s like calling the President’s veto power or his liberal use of signing statements as “theater.” If you’ve got tools you use them, especially if the opposition won’t listen to reason or welcome serious, open debate on an important issue.