Open Thread

11 Comments

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   mainsailset on April 24, 2008 at 9:55 pm

   That is astonishing.
   And to think we all said ‘never again’

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     supersoling on April 24, 2008 at 10:56 pm

     Saying and doing are obviously two different things.

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   boran2 on April 24, 2008 at 10:17 pm

   Another record broken by Bushco.

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     supersoling on April 24, 2008 at 10:53 pm

     With respect,
     it’s another apathy record broken by the self absorbed, do nothing, whining American people.

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   Dongi 2 on April 24, 2008 at 10:34 pm

   I wonder  when we will get out of Iraq, before we go bankrupt or after?  The Empire along with its money system (the dollar) is in trouble.  Give McCain his head and watch everything go smash.  Or do we have the wisdom or the luck to elect a leader like Obama.  On ly time will tell.

   Politicians are hookers without the honesty.

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     supersoling on April 24, 2008 at 10:55 pm

     We’ll get out of Iraq when Americans get off their fat asses and realize that millions are dying while obama and clinton trade inanities.

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   Renee in Ohio on April 24, 2008 at 10:38 pm

   I was thinking earlier today about how much I don’t identify with Hillary or consider her to be a good role model or someone worthy of my “gender loyalty”. Or whatever it’s called. Anyway, all of that prompted me to make this…

   

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     supersoling on April 24, 2008 at 10:58 pm

     Dying under an american cluster bomb is hard.

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   supersoling on April 24, 2008 at 11:02 pm

   Wake the fuck up….

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   americanforliberty on April 24, 2008 at 11:17 pm

   what it is saying is the Democrats are too weak in the knees to de-fund the Iraq war. 63% of the country would agree with Congress to end the Iraq War.

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   fabooj on April 24, 2008 at 11:30 pm

   I’m going to do a post on my blog about this and will most likely cross-post, but beyond the lives lost, I wonder about the food shortages.  There’s no shortage of stories out of Iraq and other countries about this food crisis we’re having.  The American media is doing an outstanding job of covering the food crises in Asia and South America.  They’re being kind of low-key on our own food crisis.  Too be sure, there’s coverage about the rising cost of flour, sugar and grains.  Today’s LA Times had a story that was hyper local for me about my local Costco running out of rice.  

   Earlier in the day, Michael Yang, manager of Hawaiian barbecue restaurants in Pico Rivera and West Covina, had decided it was time to stock up. He bought 46 bags of medium-grain rice, 50 pounds each, at the Alhambra Costco and loaded them into his white van.

   He paid $15.39 each, which he called a bargain compared with premium brands from Thailand that have recently nearly doubled in price to $40 for a 50-pound bag.

   “The price of everything — oil, sugar — has been going up for months, and rice has been an issue for a few weeks already. Everyone else is doing the same thing I am because they use up their rice so fast,” Yang said in Mandarin.

   This is here.  In Los Angeles.  I wonder, if we weren’t in Iraq spending millions of dollars per day on a war that should have never been started, would our gov’t then use that money to help stave off this food crisis?  Or would it be more, “there’s no money there”?