Todays quote:

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."



Winston Churchill

"Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Presidency"

I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July!

SOTD-"Are you gonna be my girl " by Jet.

This is a great rock song, with kind of an old school vibe to it.


Did you know:
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by the Australian rock band Jet, featured on their 2003 album Get Born. It was the first single from the album, released in 2003 in Australia and the UK, and in 2004 in the United States. The song is often cited for similarities to Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life"^[1][2] and has the exact same opening riff as The White Stripes "Screwdriver". It was rated #11 on VH1's Best Rock Songs."

Song lyrics | Are You Gonna Be My Girl lyrics

Todays quote...

"What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?"

Henry David Thoreau

"Woman exchanges sex for gasoline"

I think I would have taken the bus, rode my bike, walked.. but selling your body for gas.. This isn't the first time this has occurred, there is at least one other case. Click here to read story:
http://www.kpho.com/news/15625342/detail.html

"A Kentucky woman is facing prostitution charges for allegedly trading sex for gasoline. Angela Eversole, 34, was nabbed last weekend during a police stakeout at a Days Inn, where she allegedly trysted with customer Kenneth Nowak. According to court records, Nowak admitted paying for Eversole's services, in part, with a $100 Speedway gas card. Eversole was hit with a prostitution rap and also charged with doing business without an occupational license. Nowak was charged with promoting prostitution. Eversole and Nowak are pictured below in mug shots snapped following their June 27 arrests. A local prosecutor noted that it was sad to see someone selling their body for gas, in this case about 25 gallons worth."
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0702081gas1.html

I'm posting this for no other reason...

Than the fact that I think it's a nice picture. Waste of space... maybe...Isn't newsworthy.... perhaps.

Kerry and Obama were right...

Kerry said in 2004 that Afghanistan was the biggest threat and that Bush should have sent more troops there. Obama pretty much said the same thing. He talked about the border between Pakistan and and Afghanistan, as being a area for terrorists training camps. Well now things aren't going so well in Afghanistan and our dimwit President wants to send more troops there.

The corrupt Bush administration are good at reacting after the fact.They did it with 911, hurricane Katrina and now Afghanistan. How about some preventive measures. We've had more causalities last month in Afghanistan than we had in Iraq.
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'WASHINGTON - The nation's top military officer said Wednesday that more U.S. soldiers are needed in Afghanistan to tamp down an increasingly violent insurgency, but that the Pentagon does not have sufficient forces to send because they are committed to the war in Iraq.

Navy Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said insurgent Taliban and extremist forces in Afghanistan have become "a very complex problem," one that is tied to the extensive drug trade, a faltering economy and the porous border with Pakistan. Violence in Afghanistan has increased markedly in recent weeks, with June the deadliest month for U.S. soldiers since the war began in 2001.

"I don't have troops I can reach for, brigades I can reach to send into Afghanistan until I have a reduced requirement in Iraq," Mullen told reporters at the Pentagon. "Afghanistan has been and remains an economy-of-force campaign, which by definition means we need more forces there."

Mullen has raised similar concerns over the past several months, but his comments Wednesday were more pointed and came amid rising concern at the Pentagon over the situation in Afghanistan, where insurgents have regrouped in the south and east."

http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_9773602

The United States is spying on the Iraqis..

We'll guys welcome to the club. You are now officially being treated as though, you are an American.

"WASHINGTON — Caught off guard by recent Iraqi military operations, the United States is using spy satellites that ordinarily are trained on adversaries to monitor the movements of the U.S.-backed Iraqi army, according to current and former U.S. officials.

The stepped-up surveillance reflects breakdowns in trust and coordination between the two forces. Officials said it is part of an expanded intelligence effort launched after American commanders were surprised by the timing of the Iraqi army's violent push into Basra three months ago.

The use of the satellites puts the United States in the unusual position of employing some of its most sophisticated espionage technology to track an allied army that American forces helped create, continue to advise, and often fight alongside.

U.S. satellites are "imaging military installations that the Iraqi army occupies," said a former U.S. military official, who said slides from the images have been used in recent closed briefings at U.S. facilities in the Middle East. "They're imaging training areas that the Iraqi army utilizes. They're imaging roads that Iraqi armored vehicles and large convoys transit."

Military officials and experts said the move shows concern by U.S. commanders about whether their Iraqi counterparts will follow American guidance or keep their coalition partners fully informed."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008028784_iraqintel020.html

John McCain is either a liar or he's having one too many "senior moments."

Please join me in wishing Great Mind -Doug R..

good luck with kicking the butts. He has decided to quit smoking. It's not an easy task. My mom quit after smoking for 40 years and my BFF quit after smoking for 22. It's been three years for my mom and two for my friend. Hang in there Doug, you can do it! If you have any advice for him leave it in the comment section, I'm sure he'll appreciate your support and suggestions.

Waterboarding IS torture...DUH!

Vanity Fair reporter Christoper Hitchens undergoes waterboarding. Was this really necessary? of course it's torture.


"What more can be added to the debate over U.S. interrogation methods, and whether waterboarding is torture? Try firsthand experience. The author undergoes the controversial drowning technique, at the hands of men who once trained American soldiers to resist—not inflict—it."

Read whole story here:
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/08/hitchens200808


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