Re: my earlier post…messed up the URL. Here is the correct one.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01172.html

That article in the Sunday WaPo, plus the “Forgotten Families” one in today’s WaPo that Christy linked to in her earlier post are damning indictments.

However, I keep wondering…what will finally be ENOUGH? How much more evidence of arrogant incompetence and complete lack of empathy do we need as a nation before we rebel against these war mongering corporatists?

And 10 billion dollars missing. Thanks, Bremer.
Murtha, get on this!

Eight US troops have been killed and 14 wounded in a helicopter crash in south-eastern Afghanistan, the US-led coalition has said.

The helicopter, reported to be a Chinook, came down after the pilot reported engine trouble.

http://mgpaquin.blogspot.com/

Columbian coffee today, and Irish Breakfast tea. To keep with the theme, English muffins. It’s not so cold here today, thank heavens.

victoria toensing’s flacking in wapo was unsurprising wurlitzing. pure propaganda. she’ll never change. never. so we should all save our energy as far as being indignant about her parroting is concerned. likewise regarding marcel york. they, and everyone they represent have a vested interest in resisting change and in denying the validity of any criticism of their world view, their entitlement. they look you strait in the eye and tell you that yellow is purple. it doesn’t matter whether or not they are simply liars or just unable to ascertain what the facts truly are (i.e. why irving libby is on trial, or why fitzgerald hasn’t brought charges against anyone else). it was people like these that made the bolshevik revolution possible, and then the same people were shocked and indignant that lenin was able to take power. the very same thing happened in cuba in 1959 and by democratic means in venezuela in 1999. i don’t imagine or expect a communist takeover in the U.S. but some kind of rebellion against fuckwad’s administration and the kewl kids is well under way.

we progressives and democrats must respond to the excretions of vickie T. and her ilk, yes, and at the same time be mindful that we can be classier and more erudite. and we need to be mindful that we’re human, too, and one of the things we must stay on guard against is becoming too cocky and overlooking our own flaws and imperfections. we haven’t become fat and complacent yet. let’s pledge ourselves to stay lean and mean, and remember that humility is a good thing.

In Richard Lester’s 1979 film “Cuba” Sean Connery plays a foreign military advisor to the Batista regime. He is asked “Will Castro win?” and he replies “It all depends on whether or not the people believe he’s right.” At the moment, the American people believe that we are right about a lot of what needs to happen in our country. We need to make sure that we keep earning their trust.