as I was leaving your class and checking my messages, I got one from my sister, informing me that our brother, [name] had been killed in Basra.
If this report is true — Bush plea for cash to rebuild Iraq raises $600 — it certainly suggests that the Bush family is not leading by example. You would think that somewhere they could find a four-figure sum to donate to this cause for which GW is shilling?
Related post: Just Wondering. And, AFAIK, we still don’t know how much if anything the Bush family has given to hurricane relief.
One to Two Billion Dollars Missing at Iraqi Ministry of Defense.
Just think of it as prequel to the Hurricane Katrina reconstruction. After all, it’s being run under the supervision of the same people.
Generally, I’m not the greatest fan of the Miami Herald’s cartoonist, Jim Morin, who too frequently draws cartoons that don’t say much, or pretty much illustrate the obvious rather then amusing or provoking. But once in while he does a beaut, and Friday was one of those days:
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(Title typo fixed, sorry.)
The first draft of history: Robert Waldman points out key clauses of the Iraqi proto-constitution.
MoveOn.org is encouraging (and providing meetup-like services to enable) a set of nation-wide candlelight vigils in support of Cindy Sheehan this evening.
Only problem is that the one around here starts at 5, when it's still bright daylight. And, oh yes, it's already oversubscribed.
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