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Barack Obama's new rescue plan Don't panic....Yet 'Obama has waged the waged the dirtiest campaign in American history. "That one" Ask Obama & McCain these questions tonight Ther're Back: Ayers,Wright, and Rezko The House needs to step up to the plate. Where are the leaders? Time out? It's about time October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 John Edwards & Barack Obama went straight for the jugular in going after Hillary. They attacked the vote on calling the Iranian Revolutionary Council a terrorist organization. Saying it will give this president the excuse he needs to go to war with Iran. Hillary’s inconsistent answers were exposed on social security and at the end of the debate she agreed with New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's controversial plan to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants but then a minute later started backtracking. Now Bill Clinton was a master at being evasive but her facial expressions and demeanor showed she is no Bill Clinton. Will this debate change the numbers? I don’t know. I think what was really exposed last night was status quo positions of the front runner. How can my party complain about the secrecy in the Bush Administration if Hillary does not turn over all her documents? I understand it gives the other candidates an unfair advantage, because she will be the only candidate required to do this. But if this lack of transparency is going to stop, someone has to take the lead. The other is lobbyist money; Hillary has out raised all the candidates of both parties in lobbyist money from Wall Street, defense department, and insurance and drug companies. Some might see it as success but really it business as usual. Somehow we must have a leader to take us to public financing because these lobbyist have too much influence. I am getting suspicious as to why the Bush Administration is getting their way on the latest NSA spying bill. Did the telecommunication lobbyist have something to do with it? I don’t know. This may sound like a slam on Hillary but it really isn’t, it just exposes some of her weakness in a primary. Great leaders learn form mistakes and they don’t usually repeat them. Constructive criticism will only make a person stronger. 
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Iraq Today......A Newsweek Account
As I was waiting on my routine doctor’s appointment ,I had a chance to read about 12 pages of the status in The article describes a gung ho Army Captain named Tim Wright, going from leading an army whose door kicking and guns blazing tactics really just fueled the already angry insurgents. Although the U.S. Army had superior technology and firepower they were quickly bogged down, baffled, injured and killed by the $24 Radio Shack IEDs. Along came General David Petraueus, changing the old overwhelming force and firepower tactics, to moving troops out the large bases ino small outposts amongst the general population. The counterinsurgency tactics transformed a harden combat Captain Tim Wright into a nation builder and negotiator. Under this plan, the army became the mayors,cops and the civil engineers. The tactic requires the soldiers to leave the armored vehicles behind , and become a walking patrol stopping and talking to people along the way. The objective changed from taking a hill or storming a village, to winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. Our new allies are our former enemies at a cost of $10 per day per insurgent. An insurgent wishing to be part of this probation program has to turn in his weapon ,be fingerprinted ,tell-all, what they knew about the insurgency and stay clean for eight months. Those who have killed civilians are not eligible. What is all this costing us? Well with all the commanders doling out money to help revive the neighborhoods about $767 million has been allocated so far, but a request of $450 million more is pending. The money well spent ,if it will keep the casualties down until someone figures a way out. Hard to convince the young soldiers who have fought in Some say, we need to add about more 800,000 troops at a cost of 125,000 per soldier.We also need about $300 billion for vehicles. Check and see if a presidential candidate brings this up in the debate. I doubt it. Michael Ware (CNN international correspondent) told Bill Maher last night that the soldiers know that this war is not being covered in the
The media have pretty well dropped its coverage of the war and I can’t depend on this administration for the truth, so I’m left with weekly news magazines and the five dollar Sunday New York Times. I wish there every one , a Happy Easter weekend Credits to March 24,2008 edition of Newsweek Babak Dehghanpisheh,Evan Thomas,Fareed Zakaria and John Barry. 3 comments from 3 users
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Mike
on Mar 22, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Thanks Vietnam Vet and the same for you and your family....Spurs & Rockets are back on track..LOL Same to you Ragman to you and your family....I was amazed at that movie correction the other day.. You are always right on top of things. posted by
VietnamVet
on Mar 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM
Have a safe and Happy Easter, Mike. May God bless you and yours. GO SPURS GO!! posted by
ragman
on Mar 21, 2008 at 09:39 PM
And may the resurrected Christ--love, keep and bless you.
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