US Military Vets: Only human?

It looks like the multi-million dollar Veteran's Oral History project run by the Library of Congress is marred by errors and outright fraud. That's too bad, it sounds it could have been a fascinating resource.

It's symbolic of a larger question though. Does this mean I can stop worshipping veterans now since they are obviously capable of lying or am I still required to never question them at all, ever?

Maybe the people who investigated the fraudulent histories on the Veteran's Oral History website could settle the issue of Vietnam Vet John Kerry and his medals once and for all?

Maybe they can also determine where George W. Bush disappeared to while he defended America from Mexico as a member of the Texas National Guard's 'Champagne Unit'?

Gathering of Eagles OR The Most Scared People in America

The liberal Washington Post says GOE turnout poor.

It also sounds like the GOE attendees live life in Depends because they're constantly pooping their pants in fear of a Muslim invasion of the Homeland that will somehow occur some day in America. As usual the details of the feared invasion are vague, and ridiculous. I have yet to hear a non-comical explanation from GOE-types about how Muslims, who have no Navy and no Air Force and therefore no way of transporting enough people to take over America, are going to invade a country where the majority of residents identify themselves as Christian, guns are widely avaiable, and we're protected by a military that spends more than every other military on earth.

Their fears would make a good horror movie. Not good government.

E-Coli Conservatism in non-Action

SALINAS, CALIF. - Government regulators never acted on calls for stepped-up inspections of leafy greens after last year's deadly E. coli spinach outbreak, leaving the safety of America's salads to a patchwork of largely unenforceable rules and the industry itself, an Associated Press investigation has found.

The regulations governing farms in the central California region known as the nation's "Salad Bowl" remain much as they were when bacteria from a cattle ranch infected spinach that killed three people and sickened more than 200.

Tell me again why anti-regulation Republicans deserve to be entrusted with our government functions? And these people tell us that they alone can 'protect' us?

Thompson supports due process for bin Laden; Wingnuts silent

Imagine what wingnuts would have said if a Democrat said this. Wingnut bloggers would take out their best cans of semi-literate indignation & probably put up an image of the offending Democrat along with a graphic of a dog urinating on the Dem.


But when Glamour Grandpa, Fred Thompson, the 2nd coming of Ronald Raygun and the great White hope of Hollyweird-worshipping wingnuts everywhere says it, it's collectively ignored.

I thought Wingnuts wouldn't be happy with anything less than sticking high explosives into every orifice of bin Laden's body and summarily executing him, conveniently before bin Laden had a chance to talk about receiving American money back when he was fighting the Soviets in Afganistan.


Go figure!