The idiot chairman of the JCS admits publicly he doesn't have a clue. Of course, what should we expect from morons that can't understand editorial cartoons?
Attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq up sharply
By Jay Price
McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Thu, Oct. 12, 2006
In Washington, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged that the American strategy of training tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers and police hasn't curbed violence and that senior military commanders were puzzled by its failure. "We do need to take a look" at other factors that might be driving violence, he said.
... he said death squads continued to operate in the capital after dark even in neighborhoods that U.S. and Iraqi forces had swept. He said he saw no way for American troops to stop that violence until Iraqis tired of the slaughter.
"You cannot have enough men under arms 24-7 to stop the hatred killings," he said.
Saturday, October 14, 2006
ANOTHER CASULTY OF IRAQ
Equipment. I've read that we will have to spend 10s of billions to repair or replace equipment used in Iraq but in the meantime, other needs are ignored. This is just one example:
A-10 radio woes brought to light
By Carol Ann Alaimo
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona Published: 10.13.2006
A soldier under siege in Iraq radios for help from above, summoning aid from an A-10 attack jet. But the pilot can't hear the first three to five seconds of what the soldier is saying.
"The soldier could be saying 'hold your fire,' but all the pilot hears is 'fire,' " said 1st Lt. Natasha Waggoner, a spokeswoman at Air Combat Command.
But because of wartime budget pressures, the Air Force says it can't afford a fix for most of the A-10 inventory.
Air Combat Command, the higher headquarters D-M reports to, issued a news release on Thursday decrying the service's inability to buy $60 million worth of new radios for the aging aircraft, which were introduced in the 1970s and are being upgraded to extend their life span.
A-10 radio woes brought to light
By Carol Ann Alaimo
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona Published: 10.13.2006
A soldier under siege in Iraq radios for help from above, summoning aid from an A-10 attack jet. But the pilot can't hear the first three to five seconds of what the soldier is saying.
"The soldier could be saying 'hold your fire,' but all the pilot hears is 'fire,' " said 1st Lt. Natasha Waggoner, a spokeswoman at Air Combat Command.
But because of wartime budget pressures, the Air Force says it can't afford a fix for most of the A-10 inventory.
Air Combat Command, the higher headquarters D-M reports to, issued a news release on Thursday decrying the service's inability to buy $60 million worth of new radios for the aging aircraft, which were introduced in the 1970s and are being upgraded to extend their life span.
Friday, October 13, 2006
RADIO TIDBITS
I caught some of Fats and Shammity and there wasn't a peep about the British general. Shammity briefly mentioned Ney in relation to the Ohio Senate race.
These clowns are seeing their world and possibly their incomes fall apart in front of their eyes.
These clowns are seeing their world and possibly their incomes fall apart in front of their eyes.
"ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST"
Maybe the mid-term will be Democratic landslide.
Rep. Ney pleads guilty; GOP vows ouster
By PETE YOST
Associated Press Writer
Oct 13, 1:07 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Bob Ney pleaded guilty Friday in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling investigation, the first lawmaker to confess to crimes in an election-year scandal that has stained the Republican-controlled Congress and the Bush administration.
Rep. Ney pleads guilty; GOP vows ouster
By PETE YOST
Associated Press Writer
Oct 13, 1:07 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Bob Ney pleaded guilty Friday in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling investigation, the first lawmaker to confess to crimes in an election-year scandal that has stained the Republican-controlled Congress and the Bush administration.
HOW MANY GENERALS DOES IT TAKE?
How many speaking out against the Iraq War before the BushBots finally get it: The Bush Doctrine is a Miserable Failure!
This made the front page of my local paper:
British army general urges Iraq pullout
Criticizes Blair's policies as 'naive,' says troop presence worsens security
By Tariq Panja
The Associated Press
Tucson, Arizona Published: 10.13.2006
Britain's new army commander said British troops in Iraq are making the situation worse and must leave the country soon and he called Prime Minister Tony Blair's policies "naive," according to an interview published Thursday.
Gen. Richard Dannatt said the British military should "get ourselves out sometime soon because our presence exacerbates the security problems," according to the interview with the Daily Mail released on the tabloid's Web site.
This made the front page of my local paper:
British army general urges Iraq pullout
Criticizes Blair's policies as 'naive,' says troop presence worsens security
By Tariq Panja
The Associated Press
Tucson, Arizona Published: 10.13.2006
Britain's new army commander said British troops in Iraq are making the situation worse and must leave the country soon and he called Prime Minister Tony Blair's policies "naive," according to an interview published Thursday.
Gen. Richard Dannatt said the British military should "get ourselves out sometime soon because our presence exacerbates the security problems," according to the interview with the Daily Mail released on the tabloid's Web site.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
RADIO TIDBITS
John Gibson was whining about all negative e-mail he got for having interviewed Sandy Berger. One common thread of the complainers was the old smear that Berger stole documents from the National Archives that would've put the Clinton Administration in a very poor light in relation to the 9-11 attacks.
Even the Wall Street Journal has acknowledged that this claim about Berger is FALSE:
Berger's Plea
Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Apr 6, 2005. pg. A.10
So we called Justice Department Public Integrity chief prosecutor Noel Hillman, who assured us that Mr. Berger did not deny any documents to history. "There is no evidence that he intended to destroy originals," said Mr. Hillman. "There is no evidence that he did destroy originals. We have objectively and affirmatively confirmed that the contents of all the five documents at issue exist today and were made available to the 9/11 Commission."
The Berger File
Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Apr 8, 2005. pg. A.12
Some people won't let a bad conspiracy theory go. We're referring to those who loudly assert that former NSC adviser Sandy Berger was trying to protect the Clinton Administration when he illegally removed copies of sensitive documents from the National Archives in late 2003.
On Wednesday, we quoted Justice Department prosecutor Noel Hillman that no original documents were destroyed, and that the contents of all five at issue still exist and were made available to the 9/11 Commission. But that point didn't register with some readers, who continue to suggest a vast, well, apparently a vast left- and right- wing conspiracy. The Washington Times, the Rocky Mountain News and former Clintonite Dick Morris have also been peddling dark suspicions based on misinformation.
The confusion seems to stem from the mistaken idea that there were handwritten notes by various Clinton Administration officials in the margins of these documents, which Mr. Berger may have been able to destroy. But that's simply an "urban myth," prosecutor Hillman tells us, based on a leak last July that was "so inaccurate as to be laughable." In fact, the five iterations of the anti-terror "after- action" report at issue in the case were printed out from a hard drive at the Archives and have no notations at all.
"Those documents, emphatically, without doubt -- I reviewed them myself -- don't have notations on them," Mr. Hillman tells us. Further, "there is no evidence after comprehensive investigation to suggest he took anything other than the five documents at issue and they didn't have notes." Mr. Berger's sentencing is scheduled for July, and Mr. Hillman assures us Justice's sentencing memo will lay out the facts and "make sure Mr. Berger explains what he did and why he did it." Meanwhile, conservatives don't do themselves any credit when they are as impervious to facts as the loony left.
Even the Wall Street Journal has acknowledged that this claim about Berger is FALSE:
Berger's Plea
Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Apr 6, 2005. pg. A.10
So we called Justice Department Public Integrity chief prosecutor Noel Hillman, who assured us that Mr. Berger did not deny any documents to history. "There is no evidence that he intended to destroy originals," said Mr. Hillman. "There is no evidence that he did destroy originals. We have objectively and affirmatively confirmed that the contents of all the five documents at issue exist today and were made available to the 9/11 Commission."
The Berger File
Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Apr 8, 2005. pg. A.12
Some people won't let a bad conspiracy theory go. We're referring to those who loudly assert that former NSC adviser Sandy Berger was trying to protect the Clinton Administration when he illegally removed copies of sensitive documents from the National Archives in late 2003.
On Wednesday, we quoted Justice Department prosecutor Noel Hillman that no original documents were destroyed, and that the contents of all five at issue still exist and were made available to the 9/11 Commission. But that point didn't register with some readers, who continue to suggest a vast, well, apparently a vast left- and right- wing conspiracy. The Washington Times, the Rocky Mountain News and former Clintonite Dick Morris have also been peddling dark suspicions based on misinformation.
The confusion seems to stem from the mistaken idea that there were handwritten notes by various Clinton Administration officials in the margins of these documents, which Mr. Berger may have been able to destroy. But that's simply an "urban myth," prosecutor Hillman tells us, based on a leak last July that was "so inaccurate as to be laughable." In fact, the five iterations of the anti-terror "after- action" report at issue in the case were printed out from a hard drive at the Archives and have no notations at all.
"Those documents, emphatically, without doubt -- I reviewed them myself -- don't have notations on them," Mr. Hillman tells us. Further, "there is no evidence after comprehensive investigation to suggest he took anything other than the five documents at issue and they didn't have notes." Mr. Berger's sentencing is scheduled for July, and Mr. Hillman assures us Justice's sentencing memo will lay out the facts and "make sure Mr. Berger explains what he did and why he did it." Meanwhile, conservatives don't do themselves any credit when they are as impervious to facts as the loony left.
GETTING OUT THE VOTE
I've just been hired by the Democratic Party to help get out the vote in Tucson. We will concentrate on registered Dems who seldom vote. Surprising statistic: among the seldom to vote (10% or less chance), getting them a vote by mail form increases turnout to between 80%-95%!!!
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
THE GROWTH LOBBY STRIKES AGAIN
Despite projected shortages of oil and water, the Growth Lobby is behind a local proposition to create this:
We will be paying higher taxes to support the needs of the Growth Lobby in areas like these:
No wonder the realtors, developers and car dealers are behind this.
The Joint Technological Education District (JTED) is a proposed overlay public school district. An Arizona statute allows public school districts to join together through a public vote to offer vocational and technical education programs. This November, the eleven school districts in Pima County will ask their voters to approve the formation of the JTED.
We will be paying higher taxes to support the needs of the Growth Lobby in areas like these:
Construction Technology
Automotive Technologies
No wonder the realtors, developers and car dealers are behind this.
ORCINUS WAS CORRECT
I noted here some time ago that Orcinus was correct about the conservatives: In their tiny world, almost everything bad is the fault of liberals. Via Atrios and Walcott, today I learned that Dinesh D'Souza exemplifies this attitude in his new book.
Walcott notes these gems:
Walcott notes these gems:
"In this book I make a claim that will seem startling at the outset. The cultural left in this country is responsible for causing 9/11."
"I am saying that the cultural left and its allies in Congress, the media, Hollywood, the nonprofit sector and the universities are the primary cause of the volcano of anger toward America that is erupting from the Islamic world."
"There is no way to restore the culture without winning the war on terror. Conversely, the only way to win the war on terror is to win the culture war. Thus we arrive at a sobering truth. In order to crush the Islamic radicals abroad, we must defeat the enemy at home."
2010
Yup, Iraq is going so well that the Army Chief of Staff thinks we'll have to maintain the current force levels until 2010!!!
Army: Troops to stay in Iraq until 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Army has plans to keep the current level of soldiers in Iraq through 2010, the top Army officer said Wednesday, a later date than Bush administration or Pentagon officials have mentioned thus far.
The Army chief of staff, Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, cautioned against reading too much into the planning, saying troops levels could be adjusted to actual conditions in Iraq.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
BEFORE & AFTER FOLEY
(Via MysteryPollster)
I should name the source simply "Pollster" because the original Mystery Pollster, Mark Blumenthal, has been joined by others but he gets credit here for making many illuminating posts about polls and polling.
The point here is that the Foley Scandal has hurt the GOP, at least for now. There's a further breakdown by likely versus registered voters but here's the conclusion:
Consistent with past criticism, the likely voter model appears to be producing more volatile results, particularly for Gallup. But for all the sound and fury of the debate, likely voters and registed voters are looking more or less the same.
Monday, October 09, 2006
ANOTHER ONE BAILS ON PRES. FREDO
(Via Atrios & Yglesias)
This time, it's a prominent conservative intellectual:
Iraq's Dark Day of Reckoning
If you were a Shiite, having suffered through a brutal insurgency and an incompetent government, would you give up your weapons?
By Fareed Zakaria
Newsweek
Oct. 16, 2006 issue
It is time to call an end to the tests, the six-month trials, the waiting and watching, and to recognize that the Iraqi government has failed. It is also time to face the terrible reality that America's mission in Iraq has substantially failed.
This time, it's a prominent conservative intellectual:
Iraq's Dark Day of Reckoning
If you were a Shiite, having suffered through a brutal insurgency and an incompetent government, would you give up your weapons?
By Fareed Zakaria
Newsweek
Oct. 16, 2006 issue
It is time to call an end to the tests, the six-month trials, the waiting and watching, and to recognize that the Iraqi government has failed. It is also time to face the terrible reality that America's mission in Iraq has substantially failed.
SOME BAD NEWS
That rat-bastard Kyl has a healthy lead over Pederson!
Kyl, Pederson race is likely state's most expensive
By Josh Brodesky
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona Published: 10.09.2006
With a month until the general election, polls show Kyl leading Pederson by 6 to 11 points. ... One of the nation's more conservative senators, Kyl is drawing 19 percent of likely Democratic voters, said Bruce Merrill, a political scientist with Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism.
It was Merrill's poll that placed Kyl 11 points ahead of Pederson.
Kyl, Pederson race is likely state's most expensive
By Josh Brodesky
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona Published: 10.09.2006
With a month until the general election, polls show Kyl leading Pederson by 6 to 11 points. ... One of the nation's more conservative senators, Kyl is drawing 19 percent of likely Democratic voters, said Bruce Merrill, a political scientist with Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism.
It was Merrill's poll that placed Kyl 11 points ahead of Pederson.
NORTH KOREA
Yes, the wingnut gasbags are going on about how great a threat N. Korea is and how it's basically all Clinton's fault but even the right-wing NY Post recognizes the truth:
(From LexisNexis)
The New York Post
July 6, 2006 Thursday
SECTION: All Editions; Pg. 30
LENGTH: 461 words
HEADLINE: KIM'S WET FIRECRACKERBODY:
But the early-flight failure of the long-range Taepodong-2 missile testifies to the immediacy of the threat Pyongyang poses to America: none.
The Taepodong-2 was supposed to have the range to threaten Alaska or the U.S. West Coast. Yet it flew barely 35 seconds before flaming out and falling into the ocean about 300 miles east of Niigata.
The Wall Street Journal agrees, at least as far as the missiles are concerned:
Hot Topic: North Korea's July 4th Display: How Big a Threat?
Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Jul 8, 2006. pg. A.9
Is North Korea a threat to the U.S.? Its missiles apparently aren't, for now. Last week's tests suggested North Korea isn't capable of hitting anywhere in the U.S. with a long-range missile.
(From LexisNexis)
The New York Post
July 6, 2006 Thursday
SECTION: All Editions; Pg. 30
LENGTH: 461 words
HEADLINE: KIM'S WET FIRECRACKERBODY:
But the early-flight failure of the long-range Taepodong-2 missile testifies to the immediacy of the threat Pyongyang poses to America: none.
The Taepodong-2 was supposed to have the range to threaten Alaska or the U.S. West Coast. Yet it flew barely 35 seconds before flaming out and falling into the ocean about 300 miles east of Niigata.
The Wall Street Journal agrees, at least as far as the missiles are concerned:
Hot Topic: North Korea's July 4th Display: How Big a Threat?
Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Jul 8, 2006. pg. A.9
Is North Korea a threat to the U.S.? Its missiles apparently aren't, for now. Last week's tests suggested North Korea isn't capable of hitting anywhere in the U.S. with a long-range missile.
MORE HOPEFUL NEWS
From Atrios:
Here's what Tucker Carlson had to say on this weekend's Chris Matthews Show:
CARLSON: It goes deeper than that though. The deep truth is that the elites in the Republican Party have pure contempt for the evangelicals who put their party in power. Everybody in...
MATTHEWS: How do you know that? How do you know that?
CARLSON: Because I know them. Because I grew up with them. Because I live with them. They live on my street. Because I live in Washington, and I know that everybody in our world has contempt for the evangelicals. And the evangelicals know that, and they're beginning to learn that their own leaders sort of look askance at them and don't share their values.
MATTHEWS: So this gay marriage issue and other issues related to the gay lifestyle are simply tools to get elected?
CARLSON: That's exactly right. It's pandering to the base in the most cynical way, and the base is beginning to figure it out
I can only say "It's about damn time the idiots woke up!" As others have noted, the GOP has played the conservative evangelicals for patsies for decades.
Here's what Tucker Carlson had to say on this weekend's Chris Matthews Show:
CARLSON: It goes deeper than that though. The deep truth is that the elites in the Republican Party have pure contempt for the evangelicals who put their party in power. Everybody in...
MATTHEWS: How do you know that? How do you know that?
CARLSON: Because I know them. Because I grew up with them. Because I live with them. They live on my street. Because I live in Washington, and I know that everybody in our world has contempt for the evangelicals. And the evangelicals know that, and they're beginning to learn that their own leaders sort of look askance at them and don't share their values.
MATTHEWS: So this gay marriage issue and other issues related to the gay lifestyle are simply tools to get elected?
CARLSON: That's exactly right. It's pandering to the base in the most cynical way, and the base is beginning to figure it out
I can only say "It's about damn time the idiots woke up!" As others have noted, the GOP has played the conservative evangelicals for patsies for decades.
WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST IN IRAQ
Another sad confirmation of the rampant sectarian violence in Iraq:
Iraq pulls a police brigade for alleged involvement in death squads
By Jay Price
McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Wed, Oct. 04, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government has pulled an entire national police brigade of about 700 officers out of Baghdad because so many of its members appeared to be involved in sectarian killings, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
Removing the brigade would immediately improve security in the city, said Maj. Gen. William Caldwell IV, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Baghdad.
Of course, Hannity, Limbaugh and the other lying whores are still claiming everything's going great in Iraq and that's why Democrats don't want to discuss it and prefer to speak about former Representative Mark Foley.
Iraq pulls a police brigade for alleged involvement in death squads
By Jay Price
McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Wed, Oct. 04, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government has pulled an entire national police brigade of about 700 officers out of Baghdad because so many of its members appeared to be involved in sectarian killings, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
Removing the brigade would immediately improve security in the city, said Maj. Gen. William Caldwell IV, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Baghdad.
Of course, Hannity, Limbaugh and the other lying whores are still claiming everything's going great in Iraq and that's why Democrats don't want to discuss it and prefer to speak about former Representative Mark Foley.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
MORE GOOD NEWS!!!!
The GOP will probably hang on to the diehard anti-abortion crowd but they are losing ground badly with others (Via RawStory):
Moms and GOP - No Longer Happy Together
Oct 8, 12:53 PM (ET)
By LIZ SIDOTI
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) - After winning over moms in back-to-back elections, Republicans have lost their advantage among married women with children this year.
An Associated Press-Ipsos poll this month found that support is now evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans among married women with children in the house. Republicans won this voting group by 18 percentage points in 2002 and Bush won it by 14 percentage points in 2004.
Moms and GOP - No Longer Happy Together
Oct 8, 12:53 PM (ET)
By LIZ SIDOTI
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) - After winning over moms in back-to-back elections, Republicans have lost their advantage among married women with children this year.
An Associated Press-Ipsos poll this month found that support is now evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans among married women with children in the house. Republicans won this voting group by 18 percentage points in 2002 and Bush won it by 14 percentage points in 2004.
SUNDAY WITH THE WAR WHORE
Laura Ingraham was on Fox News Sunday and tried to turn the tables on the Democrats but her game was very weak.
(From LexisNexis)
SHOW: FOX NEWS SUNDAY 9:00 AM EST
October 8, 2006 Sunday
(Excerpts)
The Whore hits a standard GOP point: the Press hates us! Curiously, she lapses into the dreaded "moral relativism" when she tries to point out how badly the Democrats reacted to situations like this.
(From LexisNexis)
SHOW: FOX NEWS SUNDAY 9:00 AM EST
October 8, 2006 Sunday
(Excerpts)
LAURA INGRAHAM, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST:
I think what's happening now is the Democrats are overstepping it, Chris.
So all that's happening. And I think what I found is that the base is saying, "OK, move forward. Get off the defensive. Start talking about substance, not smear. People are getting tired of this already." And I think, once again, the Democrats are overstepping it, especially given their own past.
And this talk about who knew what when, what staffer told who, that's a loser for Republicans. Got to get back on substance, get off this defensive crouch. They have a lot of good stuff to talk about
I just, I don't buy it. I don't buy that people are going to think, "Mark Foley was a creep. Maybe the leadership in the beginning didn't respond the right way, so we're going to not support the people that we thought were good beforehand." I don't think that's going to happen. I think it's exactly what the media would like to see happen. I think the dinosaur media is pumping this story as much as possible. I don't blame them. It's titillating. It's certainly more interesting perhaps than what's happening in North Korea to them. And so, this is what they're going to do. Republicans have to make a choice here. Are they going to act like defensive cry-babies complaining about ABC News, or are they going to get on the offensive, start talking about what the Democrats do when they have this problem? They give standing ovations, pensions, and return people to office. End of story. Move on. They've got to do that, Chris.
The Whore hits a standard GOP point: the Press hates us! Curiously, she lapses into the dreaded "moral relativism" when she tries to point out how badly the Democrats reacted to situations like this.
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