Following are comments that were never spoken, but most probably thought.
Senator John Ensign: Bill Clinton had a blow job which is not a natural way of having sex. I screwed a woman in a good Christian manner, that’s why he should have resigned and I should be praised for practicing the Christian religion.
Barack […]

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There is an increasing sense among veterans of prior wars that money, attention, and service for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are taking a higher priority over service to those in who fought in World War II, Korean or the Vietnam wars. A recent comment by Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of the Iraq […]

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Each day we offer headlines that appeared in the world press along with our comments.
Kuwait, Kuwait Times: “Water Less Than Holy At Israel Baptism Site”
Yeah, but it’s kosher!
Australia, Sydney Morning Herald: “Court Allows Islamic School”
To do what?
Saudi Arabia, Saudi Gazette: “Limosine Crime Network […]

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There were hopes three months ago–not high ones, but hopes–when a power-sharing a government was formed between opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugage that the president would make some attempt to cease his incompetent rule and allow those with technical knowledge to attempt fixing a broken system. The nation remains mired in poverty, […]

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Congress passed a new education benefit bill that was intended to acknowledge the dedication and patriotism of those who served in the armed forces as well as being an inducement for those seeking to remain in service. The bill is called, the “Post 9/11 GI Bill” for anyone who served in the military during that […]

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War elicits in humans a range of behavior from altruistic to vicious. Steven Dale Green is accused of raping an Iraqi girl, killing her and then her family. The deaths occurred in March, 2006 during heavy fighting in Iraq. Colonel Todd Ebel, one of his commanding officers testified that he had talked with Green about […]

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Over the past few years I have engaged in debates with gun supporters in which any attempt to introduce common sense or rationality is greeted with cries I wish to take away their 2nd Amendment rights and foster dictatorship in America. Recently, I noted efforts by gun supporters in Congress to deny the VA the […]

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In law, anyone “adjudicated as a mental defective” such as people found in danger to themselves or others or who lack the mental capacity to manage their affairs must be added to the federal database used to do instant background checks for gun purchases. A new bill, S 669, would prohibit the Veterans Administration for […]

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In July, 2008, an FBI report suggested there was an effort on the part of domestic terror groups to recruit disgruntled veterans or even those in the armed forces. The report, which came out while George Bush was president, elicited nothing but yawns from Republican congressmen or the conservative media. But, expressing the same concern […]

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It is a rather minor story, but in some respects symbolic of what is going on in Washington D.C. these days as the nation deals with economic problems. Tammy Duckworth, a disabled Iraq war veteran who lost her legs in the war had her nomination blocked for the postion of deputy secretary of Veterans Affairs. […]

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