Time for The Donald to Go
From the San Francisco Chronicle (via Truthout): "An editorial scheduled to appear on Monday in Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times and Marine Corps Times, calls for the resignation of Secretary of Defense...
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An Honest Marine Responds to “A True Marine”
A MARINE FROM THE FIRST GULF WAR RESPONDS TO A MARINE IN IRAQ A new letter, presumably written by a Marine in Iraq, found it's way to me today. As this screed will undoubtedly...
Stop It Already!
I've been following the faux outrage of the GOP following Senator Kerry's remarks on intellectual laziness. Let's clear the air here folks. The snippet of audio being pimped about by neo-cons, ditto-heads, GOP hacks,...
Jonah, Be A Man About It
Gene Healy summed up Jonah Goldberg's recent admission of error on the Iraq War: "So we carried out a countrywide Waco. At least we don't stink of patchouli." Given Jonah's self-righteous past support...
Keeping Track of the Slain
Ampersand (at Alas! A Blog), on Why The Lancet Study Matters: "According to the most recent study, published in Lancet, somewhere between 400,000 and 800,000 Iraqis have died because Americans – both Democrats and...
Eminent Domain Coalition Calls For Senate Action
A new coalition letter was issued today by the Property Rights Alliance (http://www.propertyrightsalliance.org/) regarding eminent domain abuse. Many of the usual libertarian (and almost libertarian) suspects were participants: Doug Bandow, Bob Barr, Michael Ostrolenk,...
Welcome Adam
I am proud to welcome publisher/author Adam Abraham to the blogosphere. Adam has written for many publications, including my own The Multiracial Activist (http://multiracial.com/site) and The Abolitionist Examiner (http://multiracial.com/abolitionist/index.html). Adam's is a voice of...
Hobie Talks to the Star-Ledger
The Star-Ledger has an interesting story on my cousin (not sure how many times removed) Hobie Landrith – the very first Met: The handshake grip was meaty enough, but Hobie Landrith wanted to make...
Cleaning Up
My blogging has been light lately. Ya'll know that, so I'll stop insulting your intelligence now. There is a good reason for my inactivity – and no, I've not been detained by the FBI,...
Getting Those Wings At Sea – Sorta
PA1 Kyle Niemi, writing in Military.com reports on an interesting promotion ceremony in Marine Officer Promoted Aboard Coast Guard Ship: "If you've never seen a military advancement or promotion ceremony, here's the usual protocol: the...