War

Pennsylvania votes today.

John Edwards new ad. A good one!

Sen. Durbin Drops Bombshells on the Senate Floor

I like being right and I like that other people agree. But it's disturbing that about 29% of Americans still have faith in Bush and the Neo-Con administration. I do know the full 29% aren't all on the Republican payroll. However, I can only guess why the others are faithfull and none of my guesses are complementary.

The Bushies are liars, thieves, thugs, and murderers. Yes, murderers! What else would you call someone who lies to you and then puts you in harms way to serve their purpose and you get killed as a result? Think about it.

Someone had to say it straight. We, the American people have been getting fed lies and manipulation by the media. The media is at the least complaisant, or more likely supportive of the Bush administration's run up lies to the Iraq invasion and continued prosecution of the Iraq occupation. We Americans need the truth from media now. It will certainly not ever come from self-regulation. The government has to step up and produce laws to protect America from liar's and manipulator's (yeah, right, like that will ever happen). If not, then how will the American people ever understand their own Democracy? Suggestions?

Tune in Wednesday April 25 on PBS to Bill Moyers Journal for the most powerful indictment of the news media for falling down in its duties in the run-up to the war in Iraq.

Here's a report

Ten U.S. Soldiers dead as Iraqis prepare for massive anti-American rally

Iraqis Protest to Mark Baghdad's Fall

Insider: Missteps Soured Iraqis on U.S.

Security Increase Made Baghdad "Deadlier Battleground" For US Troops

I'd say it's equal to the rest of the Bush Neo-Con Republican administration achievements.

Update: Reality based analysis by Prof. Juan Cole

The George Bush administration is doing it's best to kill this story but this one has legs, long legs that go deep into the US government bureaucracy. This scandal goes from indifference to lies to fraud. It is systemic and must dug up and ripped out.

The Washington Post has an article poorly named 'It Is Just Not Walter Reed' a better name in the same vein is 'It's not only Walter Reed'. I know it's a nitpick but headlines are there to get attention and poorly worded one's are likely to be missed. BUT, the article is loaded with real world first hand accounts from VA patients in the system that are plainly horrific. It's hard to read but this is your George Bush government in action.

Global Guerrillas

Networked tribes, infrastructure disruption, and the emerging bazaar of violence. An open notebook on the first epochal war of the 21st Century. By John Robb

I've just re-read John's estimate on what the US will do to take down Iran. His scenario seems to be even more likely today than in April 2006 when he first published.

Domestic US after effects will be severe oil shocks and a crippled ecomomy that will collapse. It will get real ugly quickly in the US.

Think about it.