It took the deaths of over 1,200 American soldiers, sailors, and airmen in Iraq for our Defense Secretary to finally realize he works for the troops instead of some puppet president living in some fascist fantasy land. Actually, I wish I could just believe that last statement. It isn't even true. Rumsfeld still doesn't get what his job is.
Nonetheless, he has made public hay of deciding to sign the condolence letters the family of each fallen soldier receives. This, of course, is something he should have done to honor each victim of his falsely-conceived, lie-ridden, ill-planned, immoral waste of American lives. It is, literally, the least he can do for our troops.
Bonus article on how to get out of this mess the Bushites created. Plus one on the decrease of black recruits into the military. I see their point. I mean, why fight for a government that ignores your needs both as a civilian and as a soldier? This as the GOP squabbles over whether or not to endorse Rumsfeld and his disdain of the military he runs.
Kiption pointed this one out to me as he was watching The Daily Show. Apparently, the president, in a rush to fund any fringe flat-earth types that profess to be Christian, are teaching our children all kinds of false and outright ficticious info about sex. Here are some examples of the lies and mistruths:
- AIDS can be spread by sweat and tears (it can't)
- condoms fail 31 percent of the time (a federal study says 3 percent)
- abortion can lead to sterility and suicide (there's no proven link)
- 50 percent of all American teenage gay men are HIV positive (BS)
- touching somebody's genitals can get you pregnant (um, no)
Granted, abstinence is a policy I endorse for probably 90% of America, particularly Republicans; but if you don't give our kids a well-rounded education, they'll just be even more dumb than they already are thank to MTV and reality television programming. It has gotten bad enough for the American Medical Association to suggest pulling funding from these idiots.
In other education news, the daughter of the world's most reknowned abuser of the English language is going to be...an English teacher. This of course, comes as we find out the White House has a problem even spelling the word "challenges."
I've got some stuff on the Social Security Bankruptcy Plan, err, Reforms, but that'll just have to wait. We're trying to score tickets to the UNLV-OK State game so that's the evening's plan.
BTW, for those in the know, Leslie made her annual batches of pistachio bread and it is oh so good. You know where to send your hopeless pleas for a loaf for yourself.
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