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Honoring WI dead and wounded in Afghanistan

On October 25, 2011 By

WI families have faced casualties and wounded family members as the war in Afghanistan has continued for years. The Guardian UK has put together an infographic data map using Google Fusion tables that maps out the number of American casualties and wounded in Afghanistan by state. WI families have fared better than the nation as a whole when it comes to the casualties and wounds of Operation Enduring Freedom with 23 deaths in action, 5 other deaths and 229 wounded, a ratio below that of the nation on a per capita basis.

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Afghan President: We’d side with Pakistan in war against U.S.

On October 23, 2011 By

Remind me again why we’re still there?
Afghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview to a private Pakistani TV channel broadcast on Saturday.

The remarks were in sharp contrast to recent tension between the two neighbors over [...]

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What is an act of war?

On October 20, 2011 By

This came from a Madison friend of mine last week (yeah I am late):

After the revelation of the plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US, Representative Peter King stated such a plot is essentially a declaration of war on the US by Iran.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King says [...]

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Marine awarded Medal of Honor for saving 36 lives during firefight

On September 16, 2011 By

This is a well-deserved honor….
Defying orders and tempting fate, Marine corporal Dakota Meyer charged five times in a Humvee into heavy gunfire in the darkness of an Afghanistan valley to rescue comrades under attack from Taliban insurgents.

On Thursday, Meyer was presented with the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, [...]

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Fiscal Conservatives

On June 24, 2011 By

The Republican political “leaders” like like Eric Cantor(who ran from talks on raising the debt ceiling, no word yet if the \"tea party\" is hunting him down for not staying and fighting), and Paul Ryan have deemed themselves “America’s Accountants” They care only about the fiscal well being of [...]

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The End of Grayson or the End of Journalism….

On January 3, 2011 By

Alan Grayson, a hero to the left, recently lost his re-election campaign and just finished up his term. He was recently the subject of an interview with the NY Times, the so called paper of record.

While Congressman Grayson gave a very frank and (in my view) on [...]

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Security Theatre

On November 18, 2010 By

Kudos to the Denver Post. These days to travel you either have to become very close with TSA or act like a moose! Which one would you choose? Happy travels!

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NYT Editorial and Senator Feingold

On October 13, 2010 By

Obviously I agree with the New York Times on this one, or I wouldn’t bother re-posting it here. But the vacuous campaign being run by Mr. Ron Johnson hasn’t gone unnoticed nationally!

When it came to the actual details of governing, Senator Russ Feingold, a Democrat of Wisconsin, trounced his Republican challenger, Ron Johnson, [...]

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Just sayin’

On September 26, 2010 By

I have been meaning to post this for some time, just never got around to it until now…

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Honor and Dishonor in the Senate on DADT

On September 22, 2010 By

John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Jeff Sessions, Mitch McConnell and all the other lying sack of poop, and unpleasant homophobic geezer Senators in the U.S. Senate should be shamed for their dishonor of the thousands of gay and lesbian soldiers who have served honorably in the U.S. Military and ~14,000 who have been discharged after costly witch hunts. These men don’t understand the term “quote” honor and clearly don’t understand the reality of how this policy is being carried out today.

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