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Iraq Wants to Prosecute U.S. Soldiers

Secretary Gates does want to allow the Iraqi courts to procesute soldiers commiting off-duty crimes.

The $700 BILLION Dollar Man?

What would you do with $700 billion dollars?

That’s how much taxpayer money-debt Bush’s Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson wants to play with.  In the largest bailout proposition in the known universe, Paulson wants to use all of that money with no strings attached.  Here’s part of the proposal:

Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.

You’re kidding, right?  He should be fired just for proposing it.

The Bush administration wants another blank check, without oversight, for $700 BILLION dollars, this time for the economy.  Let’s refresh our memory on how well the last blank check for Bush worked out:

Oh ya…

Contact Your Senator and encourage a slow, thoughtful process coupled with ridiculously strong oversight.  Read more at HuffPost.

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U.S. Urges Iraq to Set Withdrawl Date?

Now there’s no proof of this, but obviously Bush won’t set his own date or lose face, so Iraq has to do it.

iPhone Instructions for Iraq

Apples and oranges, iPhone and Iraq.  They’re not as different as you might think.   Click for clever video.

Military Vets Murder in U.S.

NYT finds 121 cases of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans killing in the USA after returning home from combat.

Bush Shrugs at Increasing U.S. Enemies

Unreal…   President Bush: “I had to act. I don’t care if it created more enemies. I had to act.”

McCain: Iraq War for Oil

GOP presumptive nominee hints at what the rest of humanity considers old, sad, and troubling news.

U.S. Soldiers Cover Up Civilian Killings

The end cannot justify the means. The end cannot justify the means. The end cannot justify the means.

Iraq War and The Pretty Good Generation

How does this generation compare to the “Greatest Generation” ? Depends on how you support the troops.

McCain “Sick At Heart” Over Iraq

Oh boo hoo. When you have the power to end a terrible thing and dont’ exercise it, you are that terrible thing.