DOD lowered recruiting goals to meet them in July!
Phil Carter's site Intel-Dump suggests that since the DOD has taken over releasing the recruiting numbers each month, they have also lowered the recruiting goals to make them more easily attainable. A...
View ArticleAnother couple of Iraq War Vets on the slate for next year
First, let me send out intense positive vibes to Major Hackett in today's race. All eyes are on the race and I wanna believe... Like the Sox taking the World Series last year... Yeah... Then, I just...
View ArticleThe choices for Tennessee, at least
I mentioned this Tennessean column on another diary and think the choices bear repeating because the author, Larry Daughtery, seems to have nailed some of the options in running this country. To...
View ArticleSibel Edmonds takes it to the SCOTUS!
I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but Government Executive has the goods: Lawyers for Sibel Edmonds filed a petition last week asking the Supreme Court to review her case. Edmonds was hired by...
View ArticleCindy's message, in a recent ABC transcript:
CHARLES GIBSON Cindy Sheehan, bottom line, what do you hope to accomplish with all this? CINDY SHEEHAN, SON DIED IN IRAQ Bottom line, I hope to accomplish what's happening. We're having a tremendous...
View ArticleI am going to Camp Casey to take up the guidon
While I, thankfully have not become a member of the Gold Star ranks, I am a blue star mom, twice over, soon to be thrice. And here is why I'm going:
View ArticleI was at Camp Casey and my spirit was lifted!
To see so many Americans, so many TEXANS there in support of our mission. I was only able to stay the weekend, and in truth only camped out the Friday night there in the ditch which truly is a ditch!...
View ArticleOpen Letter to the President (about our Crawford Visit)
And I'm betting they will, neither of them, publish this as an op ed as I've requested: An Open Letter to the President: Dear Mr. President, it was after you spoke in early August about the "noble...
View ArticleABLE DANGER: Hadley had this 2 wks after 9/11!
From Congressional Quarterly: HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY: SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE, INFORMATION SHARING, AND TERRORISM RISK ASSESSMENT HOLDS A HEARING ON OPEN-SOURCE INFORMATION...
View ArticleBlack Commentary strongly opposes Harold Ford, Dem frontrunner for Frist's seat
Very strong words from Radio Black Commentary on why Harold Ford, the African American erstwhile rising-star of Memphis, Tennessee, the Democratic keynote speaker at the 2000 convention, and a "eunuch"...
View ArticleWhere are the Democrats???
Rachel Maddow, filling in for Al Franken asks the question and frankly, she's 100% right, imho. She notes that Cindy Sheehan has gotten this antiwar movement, along with Iraq war veterans, military...
View ArticleIf this were last year, the Pres would've visited the Gulf
In this post on MSNBC from Sept. 29 last year, there's this little snippet, about Bush's frequent visits to Florida being politically motivated. The verbage below the fold:
View ArticleCivilian reporter takes part in military raid
from Phil Carter's Intel-Dump I honestly don't know what to say about this, it's open for comments. It's posted in it's entirety. "Vox Taciturn pointed me towards this story, which has been making the...
View ArticleMSM Morning show comparisons about Gov't response to Katrina
I rarely watch TV anymore, and when I do, it's not the morning shows, but this morning, I was compelled to watch, since Harry Connick Jr. was to be on NBC's Today show. It was touching, he was...
View ArticleTwo facts about the failed planning from this TN reporter
I've been covering the relief efforts from our Middle Tennessee region and to me, at least it is clear that this administration didn't start taking this seriously until THURSDAY!!! THURSDAY!!! more...
View ArticleDare I use the term EUGENICIDE?
Think about it, the Bush family, and its history in Eugenics, and what we have just witnessed in the Gulf Region. Surely there were emergency planners that were aware the buses and Amtrak had left town...
View ArticleThe White House Press Corps Pushing back
At least in the questions it has been posing to McClellan, as in Yesterday's Grilling. Not many Gannon's in the crowd that I could see, as in these questions: Q Scott, the reality at hand right now is...
View ArticlePlease help me respond to this on Katrina preparedness
First, background, it is from a city administrator who I respect. With years as a firefighter, Vietnam War medic, and City Fire Chief who was at the cleanup of 9/11, I want to understand and get...
View ArticleHurricane Isabel: Template for the right emergency response
Below is testimony by Eric Tolbert, former Director of FEMA's response division who left late last year to become CFO for an energy company. Sadly, it seems his leadership, expertise and coordination...
View ArticleKatrina Clusterfuck to ENRICH Former FEMA Director
First, there was a diary posted on this two days ago that only got four responses and imho bears repeating for it's importance. Second, since I've received a couple of bashings for reposting similar...
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