This is something interesting that I never thought of. It’s from the Guardian, so it is in the U.K., but I bet the same thing would apply here: The rapid introduction of full body scanners at British airports threatens to breach child protection laws which ban the creation of indecent images of children, the Guardian […]
When you buy a gun you may have a background check, depending on where you buy it from. Go to a local gun show and buy one from some fellow enthusiast there and chances are you won’t receive a background check, unless that person is registered as a federal dealer. That’s the extent of it. […]
With all the debate going on about the full body scanners, I think I have come up with a great solution. Why don’t we just waterboard all airline passengers? Think about it: Waterboarding provides accurate and reliable intel Waterboarding isn’t torture. Waterboarding is nothing but a “dip in the pool”. So let’s drop the body […]
I noticed a general message giving birth today – that we should have started focusing on Yemen back in the beginning of the whole war on terror. I can’t say I entirely disagree with that, but what makes it post-worthy is that I am hearing this argument from a lot of GOPers, the same ones […]
I been meaning to post about the whole notion the wingnuts (including Lieberman) have been pushing; that we should go to war in Syria. Let’s think about this for a minute. The war started in Afghanistan. That then pushed the terrorists in Pakistan. We are fighting some in Pakistan and now they are moving to […]
This morning on CNN Tom Kean, former member of the 9/11 commission, was talking about how Obama is “taking on to much”, echoing the same right-wing talking point we have heard all year. Let’s think about that. To a Republican like Kean, Obama shouldn’t be focusing on other things besides terrorism. We just had 8 […]
Last night I posted the good news that December marked the first month since the start of the Iraq war that no U.S. service members died in hostile actions. I hope that is the start of a new trend, but given the recent developments of a judge dismissing all charges against Blackwater, I can’t be […]
What happened in Iraq last year, and last month particularly, was really good news. We can’t let that over shadow the bad news that has come out of Afghanistan. 2009 was the deadliest year for U.S. forces in the 8+ year war: */ Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov […]
December 2009 was the first month that no U.S. forces were killed in hostile action in Iraq since the war started: */ Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2003 0 0 58 50 8 18 28 16 18 33 69 25 323 2004 39 12 35 126 […]
Chris Matthews shows his infinite wisdom yet again: “And I think we have got to get serious about catching terrorists, not just catching weapons. I‘m waiting for the terrorist who knows kung fu or something that gets on an airplane without a weapon. God knows what that is going to be like.” Welcome to the […]