the next time someone throws 'they broke the un resolution' at ya

tell 'em about this.

no wonder the polls are shifting

But with active duty units already completing multiple tours in Iraq, the Pentagon has employed the rarely used tactic of calling people back from IRR status, a policy sometimes referred to as a "backdoor draft."

According to the U.S. Army Reserve, approximately 14,000 soldiers on IRR status have been called to active duty since March 2003 and about 7,300 have been deployed to Iraq. The Marine Corps has mobilized 4,717 Marines who were classified as inactive ready reserve since Sept. 11, and 1,094 have been deployed to Iraq, according to the Marine Forces Reserve.

--source

Dems Shake Up Nominating Calendar (wedge NV between IA & NH)

as long as Iowa remained 1st in the nation, i could care less who got #2 spot. nevada sounds about as good as mississippi. had dean allowed a southern state to be #2, the southerners could have come back to us. as it stands, i don't see dean being very inclusive either.

forgot to post the link

Quote of the Day

The moving finger writes and having writ,
Moves on; nor all thy piety nor wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line
Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it
--omar khayam

attribution

but pakistan is an ally of bush

The LAT's terror plot update says the seven suspects held British and Pakistani citizenship. In Pakistan, they allegedly met with 25-year-old Rashid Rauf, whom Pakistani authorities had arrested days before the terror plot was exposed. The LAT says the "new details appear to highlight Pakistan's role as a virtual bazaar for would-be terrorists."
--source

it's israel's fault if the cease fire doesn't produce results

(the) wire services reported early Saturday that Israel may have broken the cease-fire that took hold Monday by launching a raid in eastern Lebanon. Lebanon security officials told AP and Reuters that helicopters dropped off Israeli commandos in Boudai village, a Hezbollah stronghold. According to the Lebanese officials, fighting broke out, Israel forces fired missiles, and the commandos withdrew. Israel had yet to respond to the claims.

--source

so there is no confusion later.

my personal diary

will one day become public jus not right now, has the following words with the number of times appearing in the text, showing you all that i really talk about myself. to my self, by my self, for my self. what the hell s and m are doing in the top ten list, but there they are...

the	3435	3.2
to	2822	2.6
m	1584	1.5
it	1558	1.5
that	1477	1.4
s	1277	1.2
in	1203	1.1
up	1013	0.9

oh the irony

from a letter to the editor of the des moines register:

For heterosexual men, dividing 5,149 by 124.2 million shows your chance, per year, is .004 percent to contract AIDS. This simple math calculation shows that you are at 50 times greater risk, per year, to contract AIDS if you engage in male-to-male sexual contact.

and it's signed: Aaron LaCock, Ankeny.
aaron laCOCK has a problem with homosexuals

can you say incompetence defined?

"Because of an open-ended contract with few safeguards, [government contractor] SAIC reaped more than $100 million as the [FBI's technology upgrade] project became bigger and more complicated, even though its software never worked properly. The company continued to meet the bureau's requests, accepting payments despite clear signs that the FBI's approach to the project was badly flawed, according to people who were involved in the project or later reviewed it for the government." (Washington Post)
--source

disgusting

Following a lawsuit brought by social conservatives, Georgia Tech University agreed this week to remove parts of a speech code prohibiting students in on-campus housing from verbally injuring gay and lesbian classmates, among others.

--story

the 100 angriest cities in the United States

1. Orlando, Fla.
2. St. Petersburg, Fla.
3. Detroit
4. Baltimore
5. Nashville
6. Wilmington, Del.
7. Miami
8. Memphis
9. Jacksonville, Fla.
10. St. Louis, Mo.
11. Chicago
12. Tampa, Fla.
13. Jackson, Miss.
14. Albuquerque
15. Charlotte, N.C.
16. Dallas
17. Houston
18. Tucson, Ariz.
19. Indianapolis
20. Wichita, Kan.
21. Birmingham, Ala.
22. Providence, RI
23. Durham, N.C.
24. Altanta
25. Washington, D.C.
26. Denver
27. Philadelphia
28. Baton Rouge, La.
29. Fort Worth, Texas
30. Phoenix
31. Lubbock, Texas
32. Cleveland
33. Greensboro, N.C.
34. Cincinnati
35. Arlington, Texas
36. Los Angeles
37. Buffalo, N.Y.
38. Grand Rapids, Mich.
39. Boston
40. Columbia, S.C.
41. Tulsa, Okla.
42. Aurora, Colo.
43. Seattle
44. Sacramento, CA
45. San Diego
46. Montgomery, Ala.
47. Raleigh, N.C.
48. Yonkers, N.Y.
49. Oakland
50. Fort Wayne, Ind.
51. Newark, N.J.
52. Las Vegas
53. Columbus, Ohio
54. St. Paul, Minn.
55. Charleston, W.V.
56. Kansas City, Mo.
57. New York
58. Oklahoma City
59. Toledo, Ohio
60. San Antonio
61. Riverside, Calif.
62. Modesto, Calif.
63. Louisville, KY
64. Honolulu
65. Richmond, VA
66. San Francisco
67. Bakersfield, Calif.
68. Spokane, Wa.
69. Milwaukee
70. Jersey City, N.J.
71. Lexington, Ky.
72. Little Rock, Ark.
73. Lincoln, Neb.
74. Billings, Mont.
75. San Jose, Calif.
76. Hartford, Ct.
77. Minneapolis
78. Boise, Idaho
79. Anaheim, Calif.
80. Norfolk, Va.
81. Austin, Texas
82. Fremont, Calif.
83. Fresno, Calif.
84. Anchorage
85. Cheyenne, Wyo.
86. Rochester, N.Y.
87. Madison, Wis.
88. Salt Lake City
89. Omaha
90. Pittsburgh
91. Colorado Springs, Colo.
92. El Paso, Texas
93. Sioux Falls, S.D.
94. Des Moines, Iowa
95. Burlington, Vt.
96. Portland, Or.
97. Corpus Christi, Texas
98. Fargo, N.D.
99. Bangor, Maine
100. Manchester, N.H.

--source

Letter Of The Day

This CIETC scandal shows why we need term limits. The longer people stay in office, the easier it becomes for them to form the alliances that make them corruptible.
— Robert Turner, Waukee.

attribution

alice in wonderland

"The American policy has failed both in terms of politics and security, but the big problem is that they will not confess or admit that," said Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish member of parliament. "They are telling the American public that the situation in Iraq will be improved, they want to encourage positive public opinion (in the U.S.), but the Iraqi citizens are seeing something different. They know the real situation."

--story

FARPOINT.FACTOID

Since 2000, about 40,000 troops from all branches of the military have deserted, the Pentagon says. More than half served in the Army. But the Army says numbers have decreased each year since the United States began its war on terror in Afghanistan.

--SOURCE

now THAT's a great video

here

i wouldn't be a bit surprised

NBC: US Rushed Brits to Make Arrests in Terror Plot.

(from TPM)