Letter Of The Day

Twenty-seven children in Iraq are blown up while reaching for candy ("From Smiley-Faces to Blood and Death," July 14). President Bush still says, "We've taken the fight (over there) so that we don't have to fight them on our streets."

The same day I'm sitting with a friend for a nice lunch out. Those children died so that I could safely go out to lunch? Innocent Iraqis are dying so we can be safe here.

The terrorists were not in Iraq, but they are now. The blood of the Iraqi people is on our heads because of bad decisions made by our administration. We can't now change that.

What we must do is make sure that we in some way become worthy of their sacrifice, put our shoulders to the wheel and live exemplary lives. Sacrifice to aid those who are helpless and powerless.

-Jan Fleming, West Des Moines.

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the "well DUH" Post of the Day

WASHINGTON - Thirty percent of U.S. troops surveyed have developed stress-related mental health problems three to four months after coming home from the Iraq war, the Army's surgeon general said Thursday.

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would anybody like to argue that?

in case you didn't know

the lawyers objecting to how our military treated detainees, wrote some memos. you can see them here.

a turd blossom? bush will give you a raise.

The top pay for senior White House aides, including Chief of Staff Andrew Card, Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and Legislative Affairs Director Candida Wolff, mushroomed to $161,000 at the beginning of July, according to a list sent to Congress and obtained by National Journal, RAW STORY can reveal.

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just disgusting. aint it.

i know, let's play NAME THAT WAR

WASHINGTON, July 25 - The Bush administration is retooling its slogan for the fight against Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, pushing the idea that the long-term struggle is as much an ideological battle as a military mission, senior administration and military officials said Monday.

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i know, i know!

BUSH BULLSHIT

or bushit for short.

from today's papers on slate

The NYT notes that Scotland Yard's initial assertion that the man police shot was "directly linked" to the case is among what the paper calls "a series of incomplete characterizations" and "in some cases, public misstatements about the evidence."

(By the way, the Post reefers the story of the slain man, but it's worth noting that while the man's death was the paper's leadstory on Saturday, the revelation of his innocence is on A24Sunday.)

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i can understand burying the truth and corrections on page B70. but when it's as important as this, then they should be placed in the same spot used when blurting out the (now known) untruths.