warpedskydiver

Oh, and by the way all you 26%ers I predict that Richard Armatage, (who was Colin Powells Assistant at the State Dept) will be exposed as the source of the leak unless the Judge dies of a heart attack from laughing at Fitzgeralds ridiculous case before then. edited to add: Everyone put on their thinking caps and ask yourself why the CIA would send a former Ambassador to Niger to find out if Iraq was trying to buy Uranium. They would only send him to fail

there is but one remedy to this

No here in the US they don't build nests, they inhabit previously built dwellings and therefore have no reason to spend time nesting. It is a beautiful sight to watch them make their biannual trip to Knob Creek Kentucky for their ritual of gathering and spitting lead in great volumes.

I do not exercise and I am a fat SLOB

Iraq's Parliament Approves New Cabinet By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer 1 hour ago BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's parliament approved a national unity government Saturday, achieving a goal Washington hopes will reduce violence so U.S. forces can eventually go home. But as the legislators met, a series of attacks killed at least 27 people and wounded dozens. Police also found the bodies of 21 Iraqis who apparently had been kidnapped and tortured by death squads that plague the capital and other areas. The wounded included two British soldiers whose convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in the southern city of Basra, police said. In a show of hands, the 275-member parliament approved each of the 39 Cabinet ministers proposed by incoming Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The new Shiite Muslim, Sunni Arab and Kurdish ministers then took their oaths of office during the nationally televised session in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. The installation, coming after months of political wrangling following Dec. 15 parliamentary elections, completed a democratic process that began after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. In his first address, al-Maliki told parliament he would make restoring stability and security the top priority of his new administration. He said he would "work fast" to improve and coordinate Iraqi security forces so they can reduce attacks by insurgent groups and militias. Al-Maliki also said he would set "an objective timetable to transfer the full security mission to Iraqi forces, ending the mission of the multinational forces." But the challenges facing the new government were obvious when al-Maliki was unable to make a final decision about the top three security posts: defense minister, who oversees the Iraqi army; interior minister, who is responsible for police; and minister for national security. Al-Maliki, a Shiite, said he would be acting interior minister for now, and he made Salam Zikam al-Zubaie, a Sunni Arab, the temporary defense minister. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, a Kurd, was made acting minister for national security. Al-Maliki hopes to fill all three posts with politicians who are independent and have no affiliation with any of Iraq's militias. It was apparent how tough that will be. Before the Cabinet was approved and inaugurated by parliament, legislators turned down a motion by Sunni Arab leader Saleh al-Mutlaq to postpone the session. Al-Mutlaq then walked out with about 10 other Sunni deputies. Many of Iraq's insurgent groups are Sunni led, and a key goal of the government is to win the support of Sunnis and to recruit as many of them as possible into Iraq's security forces. The Bush administration hopes the new national unity government of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds can calm violence and pave the way for beginning the withdrawal of U.S. troops. In a speech after the inauguration, President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, predicted that the new government will help his oil-rich country resolve its many problems. "It will achieve security, stability, peace and prosperity. Working with our people and our allies, this national unity government will purge Iraq of its evil forces, allowing it to once again become independent and prosperous," Talabani said. The Cabinet includes two women: human rights minister Wijdan Mikaeil, the only Christian chosen, and women's affairs minister Fatin Abdel-Rahman. The top ministers include Hussain al-Shahristani, a Shiite who will oversee oil; Bayan Jabr, a Shiite in charge of the Finance Ministry; Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd who is foreign minister; and Abed Falah al-Sudani, a Shiite heading the trade ministry. The legislative session began about 1:30 p.m., 2 1/2 hours later than planned as al-Maliki held last-minute meetings with other politicians, apparently to hammer out final agreements on some of the Cabinet posts. U.S. and Iraqi forces didn't impose daytime curfews or ban traffic in Baghdad and major cities, as they did during earlier national elections and a constitutional referendum. But security was heavy in the Green Zone and the capital's airspace was closed to commercial flights at Baghdad's international airport. The government and U.S. officials declined to say why. Meanwhile, violence continued across the country. Suspected insurgents set off a bomb hidden in a paper bag in a Shiite district of Baghdad, killing 19 people and wounding 58, police said. The blast occurred near a food stand in Sadr City where men gather to wait for jobs as day laborers, police Maj. Hashim al-Yaser said. "It was a huge explosion," said Mohammed Hamid, who works in a bakery in the area. "We carried many of the injured to ambulances and helped remove the bodies." Sadr City is the stronghold of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who operates a powerful militia, one of many that exist in the capital outside the control of the government. Al-Maliki hopes to disband such militias and integrate them into the country's military and police. In the western border town of Qaim, a suicide car bomber killed at least five people and wounded 10 in an attack on a police station, said the head of the local hospital, Hamdi al-Alousi. He did not have any details about the attack. In the northern city of Mosul, a suicide bomber apparently trying to target a U.S. military convoy instead killed three Iraqi civilians, police Brig. Abdul-Hamid al-Jibouri said. Police found the bodies of 21 people who apparently had been kidnapped and tortured, six in Baghdad and 15 in Musayyib, about 40 miles south of the capital. All appeared to be victims of death squads that have killed hundreds in sectarian violence, personal vendettas and kidnappings for ransom.

I found the letter to be well written, clear and concise. I also see there is a decided slant on the topics mentioned regarding Jews and the US. I do not see how a country that has been the NUMBER ONE sponsor of terrorism in the world since at least 1979 can lecture all the rest of the world on ethics and humanity.

http://www.president.ir/eng/ahmadinejad/cronicnews/1385/02/19/index-e.htm#b3

I would not suggest that charging a machine gun nest armed with only dirty looks and a sharp tongue is a good idea. But I did get the point, the best scenario is both.

You are about the 4th person to either stupidly or purposefully misrepresent warp's comment. Which is it, purposeful, or just stupid? If you don't know which, just ask. I find it quite enlightening seeing obviously intelligent people, misrepresenting or misinterpreting something I said in a very unambigous, plain as day manner.

Hey Bill?, just for the sake of argument what do you think of your post with the addition of just one small comma?

Yeah I am sure that his membership was the thing that sent him off in a rampage.

Bill that too was an error in the classification...for whatever reason....

WP has been used since WW2 and is not classified by interantional law as a "chemical weapon" if you would like to call it a chemical weapon then so is lead, copper, and cordite. As for the people killed in fallujah I am very aware they died, and also the entire polulation was given the opportunity to evacuate before operations started. MK77 could be Napalm for all intents...geez you choose which to use cluster munitions? MOAB? MK82 Snakeyes dropped by formations of B52's? If that former Marine say he intentionally killed unarmed civilians why doesn't he turn himself in for war crimes?

Willfully missing the point doesn't really merit further discussion. You ALWAYS like to point out how dangerous it is here in the US and how high our murder rate is. I wonder why so many people are willing to risk life and limb just to be here? No chest beating but I would rather be a citizen than a subject any day... I would NEVER live in ANY country that does not freely allow the ownership of firearms, it makes me shudder to think about what happens to people who give up any means of resisitance when the need arises.

I could use 50 bucks right about now. Don't do what briguy did

no but you got the "Runs at the Border" didn't you!!!

C'mon man. Who gets to decide what gets published? You? Bush? Hillary Clinton? 99% of the time the media does a fairly decent job in reporting what they believe to be the truth. Just go ahead and admit that you are wrong on this one. Your mouth just got ahead of your brain, didn't it? That's OK. We won't hold it aginst you. Zipp0 The media has a habit of publishing stories that are untrue and crediting it to "sources". The strange thing is when they actually get facts presented THEN they choose to fully vett all sources in an effort to either cover their asses or discredit the FACTS. Ask Dan Rather, and others

Immigrant Smugglers Avoid Prosecution Friday, May 19, 2006 11:02 AM EDT The Associated Press By ELLIOT SPAGAT SAN DIEGO (AP) — The vast majority of people caught smuggling immigrants across the border near San Diego are never prosecuted for the offense, demoralizing the agents making the arrests, according to an internal Border Patrol document obtained by The Associated Press. "It is very difficult to keep agents' morale up when the laws they were told to uphold are being watered-down or not prosecuted," the report says. The report offers a stark assessment of the situation at a Border Patrol station responsible for guarding 13 miles of mountainous border east of the city. Federal officials say it reflects a reality along the entire 2,000-mile border: Judges and federal attorneys are so swamped that only the most egregious smuggling cases are prosecuted. Only 6 percent of 289 suspected immigrant smugglers were prosecuted by the federal government for that offense in the year ending in September 2004, according to the report. Some were instead prosecuted for another crime. Other cases were declined by federal prosecutors, or the suspect was released by the Border Patrol. The report raises doubts about the value of tightening security along the Mexican border. President Bush wants to hire 6,000 more Border Patrol agents and dispatch up to 6,000 National Guardsmen. He did not mention overburdened courts in his Oval Office address Monday on immigration. The report was provided to the AP by the office of Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who has accused the chief federal prosecutor in San Diego of being lax on smuggling cases. Issa's office said it was an internal Border Patrol report written last August. It was unclear who wrote it. The lack of prosecutions is "demoralizing the agents and making a joke out of our system of justice," said T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, which represents agents. "It is certainly a weak link in our immigration-enforcement chain." The 41-page report says federal prosecutors in San Diego typically prosecute smugglers who commit "dangerous/violent activity" or guide at least 12 illegal immigrants across the border. But other smugglers know they are only going to get "slapped on the wrist," according to the report. The report cites a 19-year-old U.S. citizen caught three times in a two-week period in 2004 trying to sneak people from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego in his car trunk, two at a time. "This is an example of a kid who knows the system," the report says. "What is true is that he will probably never be prosecuted if he only smuggles only one or two bodies at a time." The report also cites a Mexican citizen who was caught in Arizona and California driving with illegal immigrants and was released each time to Mexico. He was prosecuted the fourth time, when two illegal immigrants in his van died in a crash, and sentenced to five years in prison. U.S. Attorney Carol Lam in San Diego said about half her 110 attorneys work on border cases in an area where the Border Patrol made nearly 140,000 arrests last year. She said she gives highest priority to the most serious cases, including suspects with long histories of violent crime or offenders who endanger others' lives. "We figure out how many cases our office can handle, start from the worst and work our way down," she said. Lam said many suspected migrant smugglers are prosecuted instead for re-entering the country after being deported, a crime that can be proved with documents. Smuggling cases are more difficult to prosecute because they require witnesses to testify. The Border Patrol, which would neither confirm nor deny the document's authenticity, said prosecutors in San Diego recently agreed to prosecute a Top 20 list of smugglers if they are caught. The Justice Department in Washington declined to comment. However, at a congressional hearing last month, Rep. Ric Keller, R-Fla., told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that Lam's record on migrant smuggling was "a pathetic failure." Gonzales replied that he was urging U.S. attorneys to more actively enforce laws but noted that immigration cases were "a tremendous strain and burden" along the border. Peter Nunez, a former U.S. attorney in San Diego, said prosecutors along the border struggle with limited resources and a huge caseload of immigration cases. "This is not an indictment of the U.S. Attorney's Office, because you have to deal with the realities of the caseload, but it is an indictment of how badly Congress and presidents have handled the immigration system," he said. The report says immigrants in the area paid an average of $1,398 to be guided across the border in 2004. "Smugglers are making lots of money breaking the immigration laws, and there is not much incentive for them to stop these illegal activities," it says. "The smugglers know that even if they are caught, it will be difficult to punish them."Quote This is just sooooooo fucked up in so many ways

I thought this was a Janes Addiction thread...DOH!!!

Great call there...putting journalists in jail. Lots of fascist right wing governments around the world do this regularly when the opposition press prints things that the government does not like. They shut down those news outlets.. and put the people with those attitudes in jail. I was talking about posting blatantly untrue stories PERIOD. That amounts to yelling "FIRE" in a theater basically

A big rig huh? Like a Vector 386 or something must have been doing CRW with a flying squirrel

QuoteThat is by far the most pitiful posting I have ever seen, and trust me I do some pitiful posting myself but you have exceeded troll status. Quote So are you saying that this theory is untrue?

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You tell them Jean!!! and thanks for leading by example!!!