When searching for photos, I often run across some very sad stories that don't make it into the regular news articles. An Iraqi man gestures next to a coffin in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. The coffin was on top a mini bus for a funeral ceremony when a...
Medics on Armed Patrol in Iraq
I ran across this photo and was surprised at the caption. I may be naive but I was genuinely surprised at a medic leading an armed patrol in Baghdad. U.S. Army Spc. Kris Hostetler, 21, from Nashville, Tenn., a medic with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry...
Huckabee and Those WMD in Jordan
Following the GOP debate on Thursday night, Huckabee showed both his ignorance and his willingness to believe fairy tales, regardless of whether he heard them or made them up himself. During the debate, the Huckster said that Saddam's weapons of mass destruction (a...
Hillary: Experienced? Not Even Informed!
Hillary Clinton has made the campaign's focal point as her "experience." But she doesn't seem to see facts as important. Yesterday I noted Mike Huckabee's excuse for not being aware of the Iran NIE report. Hillary Clinton is under the impression that President...
Huckabee Compares NIE Report to ‘Britney News’
In an interview yesterday with the Iowa Quad City Times, GOP Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee defended his ignorance of the Iran NIE report release when asked about it on the campaign trail: “The point I’m trying to make is that, on the campaign trail,...
New York Times Retracts Smear Against Ron Paul
The New York Times has just issued a retraction to their piece a few days ago attemting to link Ron Paul to white supremacists. They admit that the piece "should not have been published." I hope their retraction gets as much attention as their original post did.
Time to Become Slightly More Readable
Since they will be dumping Bill Kristol and Charles Krauthammer.
CNN a Casualty of Iran NIE
Quite tragic. CNN was ready to help lead the march to attack Iran with its special "We Were Warned – Iran Goes Nuclear." The two-hour show was to air December 12. Rather than deal with facts, the show was set in a future where Iran has become a nuclear threat. That...
US State Dept: Shi’ite-Led Govt Larger Threat than al-Qaeda
The November 21 Iraq Weekly Status Report, published by the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the US Department of State: Senior military commanders now portray the intransigence of Iraq's Shiite dominated government as the key threat facing the U.S. effort in Iraq,...
US Navy Gets Chinese Surprise
In a report in today's Daily Mail, A Chinese submarine surfaced in the middle of a recent Pacific naval exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board. By the time it surfaced the 160ft Song Class...


