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Great blog entry at TPM Café that brings some of my fury into focus:
Marriages are cracking up, kids are suffering, and the odds of a soldier or Marine showing more symptoms of post traumatic stress are increasing exponentially--not to mention the danger of suffering a traumatic brain injury from getting "blown up" and then sent back to duty the next day.
And yet, at the same time, unbelievably, the Bush administration has slashed benefits for mental health care of active duty troops and combat veterans....
According to Bryan Bender of the Boston Globe, the fancy new task force created by the DoD to study the best and most effective way of protecting troops from vicious IED's, has been--like everything else--outsourced to so many contracing firms for so many millions of dollars with virtually no progress being made while, at the same time, operating in virtual secrecy--that the Democrats in Congress are getting ready to crack that nut and find out what the hell is going on.
Meanwhile, yet another defense contractor gets rich on the blood of American troops. God bless America, eh?
::sigh:: Yeah, pretty much.
In more heartening news, the Dems have the support of about 57% of Americans who favor benchmarks/timetables/getting the fuck out of Iraq. And Bush's approval is in the low/mid 30s. I am frankly stunned it's even that high.
And this is why Nancy Pelosi is made of constitutionality and freedom: The Hill reports that Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reviewing options in the case of President Bush using signing statement to circumvent legislative limits on his Iraq policy - and even told a group of liberal bloggers, "We can take the president to court," to put the constitutionality of signing statements to the test.
I'm afraid this might torpedo his campaign, as I have a tendency to pick my Jed Bartlet who them promptly does what Jed Bartlet would've done in real life -- lose out to the moneyed candidate. But whatever.
I'm volunteering for Barack Obama. ::nods::
Hey, knitting types: I'm teaching a couple coworkers to knit -- any tips on good, simple starter projects? I've had them pick scarves and we'll get to that, but something small and easy like, I dunno, a potholder that they can finish in a couple hours?
In totally unrelated news, I ::heart:: joshBECKETT.
And Manny patting Tavarez's hair because he knows that Tavarez is mad at him for not paying enough attention to the game -- there are really no words. ::g::
Marriages are cracking up, kids are suffering, and the odds of a soldier or Marine showing more symptoms of post traumatic stress are increasing exponentially--not to mention the danger of suffering a traumatic brain injury from getting "blown up" and then sent back to duty the next day.
And yet, at the same time, unbelievably, the Bush administration has slashed benefits for mental health care of active duty troops and combat veterans....
According to Bryan Bender of the Boston Globe, the fancy new task force created by the DoD to study the best and most effective way of protecting troops from vicious IED's, has been--like everything else--outsourced to so many contracing firms for so many millions of dollars with virtually no progress being made while, at the same time, operating in virtual secrecy--that the Democrats in Congress are getting ready to crack that nut and find out what the hell is going on.
Meanwhile, yet another defense contractor gets rich on the blood of American troops. God bless America, eh?
::sigh:: Yeah, pretty much.
In more heartening news, the Dems have the support of about 57% of Americans who favor benchmarks/timetables/getting the fuck out of Iraq. And Bush's approval is in the low/mid 30s. I am frankly stunned it's even that high.
And this is why Nancy Pelosi is made of constitutionality and freedom: The Hill reports that Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reviewing options in the case of President Bush using signing statement to circumvent legislative limits on his Iraq policy - and even told a group of liberal bloggers, "We can take the president to court," to put the constitutionality of signing statements to the test.
I'm afraid this might torpedo his campaign, as I have a tendency to pick my Jed Bartlet who them promptly does what Jed Bartlet would've done in real life -- lose out to the moneyed candidate. But whatever.
I'm volunteering for Barack Obama. ::nods::
Hey, knitting types: I'm teaching a couple coworkers to knit -- any tips on good, simple starter projects? I've had them pick scarves and we'll get to that, but something small and easy like, I dunno, a potholder that they can finish in a couple hours?
In totally unrelated news, I ::heart:: joshBECKETT.
And Manny patting Tavarez's hair because he knows that Tavarez is mad at him for not paying enough attention to the game -- there are really no words. ::g::
