Since his little photo-op carrier stunt on MAY 1st, we've lost 45 American soldiers. THATS OVER 1 A DAY. So much for "Mission Accomplished". Considering we still haven't found the hyped "WMD'S", ask the families of these men if they think it was worth it:
WHERE ARE THE WMD's, BUSH?
US5/1 Pfc. Jesse A. Givens 34 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Springfield, Missouri Killed May 1, 2003, when the M1A1 Abrams battle tank he was in fell into the Euphrates River when the riverbank collapsed near al Habbaniyah, Iraq
US5/3 Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds 25 74th Long-Range Surveillance Detachment 173rd Airborne Brigade East Lansing, Michigan Killed when he fell from a ladder, causing his M4 rifle to accidentally discharge on May 3, 2003
US5/4 Pvt. Jason L. Deibler 20 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Coeburn, Virginia Killed on May 4, 2003, by a non-combat weapon discharge in Kuwait
UK5/6 Pvt. Andrew Joseph Kelly 18 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Tavistock, Devon, England Killed on May 6, 2003, in an accident that is under investigation, according to the UK Defense Ministry
UK5/8 Gunner Duncan Geoffrey Pritchard 22 16 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment Suffolk, England Died on May 8, 2003, in a British hospital from injuries sustained in a traffic accident while on duty in Iraq
US5/8 Pfc. Marlin T. Rockhold 23 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Hamilton, Ohio Killed by a sniper while he was directing traffic in Baghdad on May 8, 2003
US5/9 Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns 22 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Force Service Support Group Vancouver, Washington Killed May 9, 2003, in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait
US5/9 Cpl. Richard P. Carl 26 571st Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment King Hill, Idaho Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
US5/9 Chief Warrant Officer Hans N. Gukeisen 31 571st Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Lead, South Dakota Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
US5/9 Chief Warrant Officer Brian K. Van Dusen 39 571st Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Columbus, Ohio Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
US5/10 Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Smith 20 Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Force Service Support Group Anderson, Indiana Killed May 10 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait
US5/12 Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik 21 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Force Service Support Group Schaumburg, Illinois Killed on May 12, 2003, in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated
US5/12 Pfc. Jose Francis Gonzalez Rodriguez 19 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Force Service Support Group Norwalk, California Killed on May 12, 2003, in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated
US5/13 Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr. 31 728th Air Control Squadron, U.S. Air Force Elgin, South Carolina Killed in action when his convoy was ambushed near Diwaniyah, Iraq, while enroute to Baghdad on May 13, 2003
US5/13 Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker 19 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division Irvington, Illinois Killed when the munitions bunker he was working in caught fire and exploded near Hilla, Iraq, on May 13, 2003
US5/14 Spc. David T. Nutt 22 494th Transportation Company, 129th Corps Support Battalion, 101st Corps Support Group, 101st Airborne Division Blackshear, Georgia Killed on May 1
Since Bush did a little photo-op on a carrier, on May 1st, we've lost another 45 Americans and 47 total Coalition. Mission Accomplished? Hardly. The families of the following soldiers have Bush, Bechtel, Halliburton, and the rest of the profiteering warmongers, to thank.
US5/1 Pfc. Jesse A. Givens 34 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Springfield, Missouri Killed May 1, 2003, when the M1A1 Abrams battle tank he was in fell into the Euphrates River when the riverbank collapsed near al Habbaniyah, Iraq
US5/3 Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds 25 74th Long-Range Surveillance Detachment 173rd Airborne Brigade East Lansing, Michigan Killed when he fell from a ladder, causing his M4 rifle to accidentally discharge on May 3, 2003
US5/4 Pvt. Jason L. Deibler 20 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Coeburn, Virginia Killed on May 4, 2003, by a non-combat weapon discharge in Kuwait
UK5/6 Pvt. Andrew Joseph Kelly 18 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Tavistock, Devon, England Killed on May 6, 2003, in an accident that is under investigation, according to the UK Defense Ministry
UK5/8 Gunner Duncan Geoffrey Pritchard 22 16 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment Suffolk, England Died on May 8, 2003, in a British hospital from injuries sustained in a traffic accident while on duty in Iraq
US5/8 Pfc. Marlin T. Rockhold 23 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Hamilton, Ohio Killed by a sniper while he was directing traffic in Baghdad on May 8, 2003
US5/9 Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns 22 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Force Service Support Group Vancouver, Washington Killed May 9, 2003, in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait
US5/9 Cpl. Richard P. Carl 26 571st Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment King Hill, Idaho Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
US5/9 Chief Warrant Officer Hans N. Gukeisen 31 571st Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Lead, South Dakota Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
US5/9 Chief Warrant Officer Brian K. Van Dusen 39 571st Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Columbus, Ohio Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
US5/10 Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Smith 20 Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Force Service Support Group Anderson, Indiana Killed May 10 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait
US5/12 Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik 21 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Force Service Support Group Schaumburg, Illinois Killed on May 12, 2003, in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated
US5/12 Pfc. Jose Francis Gonzalez Rodriguez 19 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Force Service Support Group Norwalk, California Killed on May 12, 2003, in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated
US5/13 Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr. 31 728th Air Control Squadron, U.S. Air Force Elgin, South Carolina Killed in action when his convoy was ambushed near Diwaniyah, Iraq, while enroute to Baghdad on May 13, 2003
US5/13 Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker 19 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division Irvington, Illinois Killed when the munitions bunker he was working in caught fire and exploded near Hilla, Iraq, on May 13, 2003
US5/14 Spc. David T. Nutt 22 494th Transportation Company, 129th Corps Support Battalion, 101st Corps Support Group, 101st Airborne Division Blackshear, Georgia Killed on May 14, 2003, in a vehic
Clinton lied about sex = impeachment. Bush lies about wmd's, kills 214 coalition soldiers, and many of them are STILL DYING(one american died today, 5 injured. THat's about 30 in the past month that have DIED). = BUSH GETS AWAY WITH IT
WHEREFORE ART THOU, RECOVERY? Published on December 5: Charlie Stein, Boston Globe Staff
The latest statistics out of Washington confirm what most people already suspected: The sluggish recovery is threatening to stall altogether.
The economy grew at an annual rate of 1.7 percent in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported yesterday, down from a previous estimate of 2.5 percent. The revision showed that inventories were higher and sales weaker than originally thought, a pattern that does not bode well for the fourth quarter...
INDEX SHOWS ECONOMY STAGNANT BUSH SAYS, 'WE CAN'T SIT BACK AND HOPE FOR THE BEST' Published on December 4: John D. McClain, Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The government's chief measure of future economic health edged up an anemic 0.1 percent in October, casting new doubts on the economic recovery.
"It tells me that whatever recovery we had is gone," said economist Paul Getman of Regional Financial Associates in West Chester, Pa. "The economy is in imminent danger of slipping back into recession." In Bradenton, Fla., President Bush said he understands the plight of Americans who have lost jobs and...
ECONOMISTS TAKE DIM VIEW OF USING TAX CUTS TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY Steven Mufson, Washington Post Staff Writer December 18; Page a18
It's two and a half times the food stamp program. It's roughly the size of the entire budget of the Transportation Department. It's nearly as big as the contributions the Persian Gulf countries made to cover the cost of Operation Desert Storm. It may be dubbed the Great Tax Giveaway, and it's one of the latest ideas underconsideration by the Bush administration and other Republican leaders. It would give $200 to $300 to every American taxpayer, or a total of $300...
U.S. FACTORY PRODUCTION FELL 0.4% IN NOVEMBER Steven Mufson, Washington Post Staff Writer December 17; Page c1
The nation's industrial production fell 0.4 percent last month, the government said yesterday. It was the biggest decline in eight months and a sign that the economy might shrink during the final quarter of the year, analysts said. The drop in output at the nation's factories, mines and utilities was twice as severe as most economists had been expecting and heightened expectations that the Federal Reserve would decide to cut interest rates when its policy-making open market...
ADMINISTRATION RETRACTS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CURBS MOVE FAILS TO MOLLIFY CRITICS Published on November 22, Author(s): Michael K. Frisby, Boston Globe Staff
WASHINGTON -- The White House retreated yesterday from a proposed directive that would have eliminated federal affirmative action programs and crippled private-sector ones. But the action did not quiet a storm of protest over the changes circulated by his legal counsel.
AMERICANS GRADE THEIR HEALTH CARE Richard Morin, Don Colburn, Washington Post Staff Writers December 31; Page z6
Most Americans are satisfied with the quality and availability of their health care, but anxieties about cost prompt an overwhelming majority to favor key changes in the health insurance system, a nationwide Washington Post-ABC News poll shows three out of four of those surveyed favor efforts to expand health insurance either by requiring businesses to provide coverage to all employees or by a national health care plan run by the government and financed by taxpayers...
Dream of Striking It Rich Fading in Silicon Valley Technology: Severe business restructuring and recession alter face-and attitude-of electronics Mecca. The Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, Calif.; Sep 9; JONATHAN WEBER;
No one believes that Silicon Valley is withering away as a center of innovation. Indeed, it is likely to remain a premier technology hub and a powerful economic driver for the state and nation. But many in the high-tech community agree that when it emerges from the recession, Silicon Valley probably will look more like any other vibrant industrial region rather than...
State's Long-Term Jobless Corps Grows 50% in Year Recession: Thousands have exhausted their unemployment benefits and are still without a job. The Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, Calif.; Sep 8; JESUS SANCHEZ;
Diane Dixon is one of a fast growing number of Californians who have exhausted their unemployment benefits before finding work in a recession-battered job market. The state's corps of long-term unemployed jumped 50% over year-before levels to about 36,000 in July, the latest month for which figures are available from the state Employment Development Department.
TWO VISIONS OF US ENERGY FUTURE Published on November 4: Ross Gelbspan, Globe Staff
The US Senate's vote Friday to derail action on the Bush administration's massive energy bill provided a vivid reminder of the nation's profound division over how best to provide for its energy needs in the 21st century.
The president's bill foundered primarily on opposition to oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but underlying that issue is a far broader disagreement over priorities...
RECORD NUMBER OF JOBLESS LEFT WITHOUT BENEFITS Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Ill.; Stephen Franklin
The number of workers in the U.S. who have exhausted their jobless benefits and are ineligible for further assistance hit a record high in July, according to a Washington-based research group.
Officials with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said that 318,000 workers nationwide, and 17,293 in Illinois, used up their unemployment benefits in July. The nationwide figure is the highest since monthly...
US EXPECTED TO RESTRICT USE OF RACE-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS Published on December 4: Anthony Flint, Boston Globe Staff
In a move that is sure to revive a thorny civil rights issue for President Bush, [the] Education Secretary is expected to propose a rule today prohibiting colleges from restricting scholarships to individual racial groups, although race can be a factor in awarding aid. Under the proposed regulation, scholarships must be open to "all comers," whether white or black or from other groups, a Department of Education official said yesterday...
ADMINISTRATION RETRACTS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CURBS HINTS OF WHITE HOUSE ADRIFT Published on November 22: John W. Mashek, Boston Globe Staff
WASHINGTON -- A White House lawyer's attempt to reverse two decades of affirmative action on the eve of a presidential ceremony to sign a new civil rights bill was the most serious of several recent blunders and miscalculations by President Bush and his aides. The episode, despite Bush's hasty and clumsy attempt to undo the damage, left the president embarrassed and gave the appearance of a White House careening out of control...
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR AN AILING ECONOMY December 22; Page h1. Washington Post Staff
What is to be done about the economy? Focus on long-terminvestment? Extend jobless benefits? Jump-start housing and construction through federal spending? Cut interest rates even more? As President Bush huddles with his advisers in search of a new strategy, a cross-section of experts offered their advice about the best path to follow...
BUSH APPROVAL RATING SLIPS TO 47% POLL RESULTS, REFLECTING ECONOMIC FEARS, ARE WORST OF HIS PRESIDENCY
Dan BalzWashington Post Staff Writers December 17; Page a1
Fed by surging doubts about his handling of the economy, President Bush's popularity has fallen to the lowest level of his presidency, with fewer than half of those questioned in the latest Washington Post-ABC News Poll saying they approve of the way he is doing his job. Bush's approval rating has dropped to 47 percent, marking the first time it has slipped below 50 percent in Post-ABC News surveys. Only about six weeks ago, 59 percent of the public approved of the way he was...
Capitol Hill Blue has learned the Joint Chiefs of Staff are split over plans to invade Iraq in the coming weeks. They have asked Secretary of State [sic] Donald Rumseld to urge Bush to back down from his hard line stance until United Nations weapons inspectors can finish their jobs and the U.S. can build a stronger coalition in the Middle East.
"This is not Desert Storm," one of the Joint Chiefs is reported to have told Rumseld. "We don't have the backing of other Middle Eastern nations. We don't have the backing of any of our allies except Britain and we're advocating a policy that says we will invade another nation that is not currently attacking us or invading any of our allies."
Intelligenced sources say some Arab nations have told US diplomats they may side with Iraq if the U.S. attacks without the backing of the United Nations. Secretary of State Colin Powell agrees with his former colleagues at the Pentagon and has told the President he may be pursuing a "dangerous course."
An angry Rumsfeld, who backs Bush without question, is said to have told the Joint Chiefs to get in line or find other jobs. Bush is also said to be "extremely angry" at what he perceives as growing Pentagon opposition to his role as Commander in Chief.
"The President considers this nation to be at war," a White House source says," and, as such, considers any opposition to his policies to be no less than an act of treason."
But conversations with sources within the Bush administration, the Pentagon, the FBI and the intelligence community indicate a deepening rift between the professionals who wage war for a living and the administration civilians to want to send them into battle.
Sources say the White House has ordered the FBI and CIA to "find and document" links between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
"The implication is clear," grumbles one longtime FBI agent. "Find a link, any link, no matter how vague or unproven, and then use that link to justify action against Iraq."
Some folks are born made to wave the flag, Ooh, they're red, white and blue. And when the band plays "Hail to the chief", Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son. It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no,
Yeah! Some folks are born silver spoon in hand, Lord, don't they help themselves, oh. But when the taxman comes to the door, Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no. It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no.
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes, Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord, And when you ask them, "How much should we give?" Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son. It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one.
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no, It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no,
Probably a pimply faced 13 year old that loves his linux. Comes home from school everyday, yanks his crank to the latest porn from kazaa, then spends the rest of the day in #hax0r downloading scripts to deface web pages of sites like "Sandra's Daycare".
per your sig, no I'm not a slashdot subscriber. Why should i pay for a service that limits me to posting twice a day, and screens out my informative posts because i don't conform to the linux fuckbuddy fantasy.
I do not appreciate the false advertising in your signature. Kamen has never made it clear that IT is actually the Segway. Besides, Segway is an overpriced piece of junk that will be less than $1000 in a year.
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WHERE ARE THE WMD's, BUSH?
US 5/1 Pfc. Jesse A. Givens 34 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Springfield, Missouri Killed May 1, 2003, when the M1A1 Abrams battle tank he was in fell into the Euphrates River when the riverbank collapsed near al Habbaniyah, Iraq
US 5/3 Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds 25 74th Long-Range Surveillance Detachment 173rd Airborne Brigade East Lansing, Michigan Killed when he fell from a ladder, causing his M4 rifle to accidentally discharge on May 3, 2003
US 5/4 Pvt. Jason L. Deibler 20 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Coeburn, Virginia Killed on May 4, 2003, by a non-combat weapon discharge in Kuwait
UK 5/6 Pvt. Andrew Joseph Kelly 18 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Tavistock, Devon, England Killed on May 6, 2003, in an accident that is under investigation, according to the UK Defense Ministry
UK 5/8 Gunner Duncan Geoffrey Pritchard 22 16 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment Suffolk, England Died on May 8, 2003, in a British hospital from injuries sustained in a traffic accident while on duty in Iraq
US 5/8 Pfc. Marlin T. Rockhold 23 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Hamilton, Ohio Killed by a sniper while he was directing traffic in Baghdad on May 8, 2003
US 5/9 Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns 22 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Force Service Support Group Vancouver, Washington Killed May 9, 2003, in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait
US 5/9 Cpl. Richard P. Carl 26 571st Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment King Hill, Idaho Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
US 5/9 Chief Warrant Officer Hans N. Gukeisen 31 571st Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Lead, South Dakota Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
US 5/9 Chief Warrant Officer Brian K. Van Dusen 39 571st Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Columbus, Ohio Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
US 5/10 Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Smith 20 Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Force Service Support Group Anderson, Indiana Killed May 10 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait
US 5/12 Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik 21 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Force Service Support Group Schaumburg, Illinois Killed on May 12, 2003, in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated
US 5/12 Pfc. Jose Francis Gonzalez Rodriguez 19 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Force Service Support Group Norwalk, California Killed on May 12, 2003, in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated
US 5/13 Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr. 31 728th Air Control Squadron, U.S. Air Force Elgin, South Carolina Killed in action when his convoy was ambushed near Diwaniyah, Iraq, while enroute to Baghdad on May 13, 2003
US 5/13 Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker 19 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division Irvington, Illinois Killed when the munitions bunker he was working in caught fire and exploded near Hilla, Iraq, on May 13, 2003
US 5/14 Spc. David T. Nutt 22 494th Transportation Company, 129th Corps Support Battalion, 101st Corps Support Group, 101st Airborne Division Blackshear, Georgia Killed on May 1
US 5/1 Pfc. Jesse A. Givens 34 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Springfield, Missouri Killed May 1, 2003, when the M1A1 Abrams battle tank he was in fell into the Euphrates River when the riverbank collapsed near al Habbaniyah, Iraq
US 5/3 Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds 25 74th Long-Range Surveillance Detachment 173rd Airborne Brigade East Lansing, Michigan Killed when he fell from a ladder, causing his M4 rifle to accidentally discharge on May 3, 2003
US 5/4 Pvt. Jason L. Deibler 20 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Coeburn, Virginia Killed on May 4, 2003, by a non-combat weapon discharge in Kuwait
UK 5/6 Pvt. Andrew Joseph Kelly 18 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Tavistock, Devon, England Killed on May 6, 2003, in an accident that is under investigation, according to the UK Defense Ministry
UK 5/8 Gunner Duncan Geoffrey Pritchard 22 16 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment Suffolk, England Died on May 8, 2003, in a British hospital from injuries sustained in a traffic accident while on duty in Iraq
US 5/8 Pfc. Marlin T. Rockhold 23 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Hamilton, Ohio Killed by a sniper while he was directing traffic in Baghdad on May 8, 2003
US 5/9 Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns 22 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Force Service Support Group Vancouver, Washington Killed May 9, 2003, in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait
US 5/9 Cpl. Richard P. Carl 26 571st Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment King Hill, Idaho Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
US 5/9 Chief Warrant Officer Hans N. Gukeisen 31 571st Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Lead, South Dakota Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
US 5/9 Chief Warrant Officer Brian K. Van Dusen 39 571st Air Medical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Columbus, Ohio Killed when the UH-60 medical helicopter he was aboard crashed in the Tigris River near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2003
US 5/10 Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Smith 20 Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Force Service Support Group Anderson, Indiana Killed May 10 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait
US 5/12 Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik 21 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Force Service Support Group Schaumburg, Illinois Killed on May 12, 2003, in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated
US 5/12 Pfc. Jose Francis Gonzalez Rodriguez 19 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Force Service Support Group Norwalk, California Killed on May 12, 2003, in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated
US 5/13 Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr. 31 728th Air Control Squadron, U.S. Air Force Elgin, South Carolina Killed in action when his convoy was ambushed near Diwaniyah, Iraq, while enroute to Baghdad on May 13, 2003
US 5/13 Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker 19 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division Irvington, Illinois Killed when the munitions bunker he was working in caught fire and exploded near Hilla, Iraq, on May 13, 2003
US 5/14 Spc. David T. Nutt 22 494th Transportation Company, 129th Corps Support Battalion, 101st Corps Support Group, 101st Airborne Division Blackshear, Georgia Killed on May 14, 2003, in a vehic
you know, the ones you said Iraq possessed "without a doubt".
meanwhile, Clinton lied about a bj, and he gets impeached.
Yet another intelligence official comes forward to say: The American Public was lied to BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, so they could get their war in Iraq.
WHERE ARE THE WMD'S? Does it matter? Ask the family of the 200+ dead soldiers if it matters. IMPEACH BUSH!
Clinton lied about sex = impeachment.
Bush lies about wmd's, kills 214 coalition soldiers, and many of them are STILL DYING(one american died today, 5 injured. THat's about 30 in the past month that have DIED). = BUSH GETS AWAY WITH IT
You fuckers
Bush lied, Soldiers died
That book will knock you on your ass
That book will knock you on your ass
Can't wait for Pikmin 2
haha here's where someone posts a funny goatse.cx link. BLACK HOLE. Oh my god, that's classic
Seriously, this is possibly the best article on black holes, at least recently.
are the only decent way to keep spam out of a company's email.
screw censorship. Get responsible, admins
I remember being impressed with the graphics, but the play was horrid. I think technologically it deserves it's praise, but otherwise, shit game
Linux sucks
Maybe Ellen Feiss will change her tune on him now!
Dude, you're getting stoned!
why is linux so dead and why does slashdot seem to be down all the time now?
hmm..could it be...nah..the nerds are too arrogant to admit that.
Love you long time
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So what's remarkable about these headlines?
WHEREFORE ART THOU, RECOVERY?
Published on December 5: Charlie Stein, Boston Globe Staff
The latest statistics out of Washington confirm what most people already suspected: The sluggish recovery is threatening to stall altogether.
The economy grew at an annual rate of 1.7 percent in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported yesterday, down from a previous estimate of 2.5 percent. The revision showed that inventories were higher and sales weaker than originally thought, a pattern that does not bode well for the fourth quarter...
INDEX SHOWS ECONOMY STAGNANT BUSH SAYS, 'WE CAN'T SIT BACK AND HOPE FOR THE BEST'
Published on December 4: John D. McClain, Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The government's chief measure of future economic health edged up an anemic 0.1 percent in October, casting new doubts on the economic recovery.
"It tells me that whatever recovery we had is gone," said economist Paul Getman of Regional Financial Associates in West Chester, Pa. "The economy is in imminent danger of slipping back into recession."
In Bradenton, Fla., President Bush said he understands the plight of Americans who have lost jobs and...
ECONOMISTS TAKE DIM VIEW OF USING TAX CUTS TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY
Steven Mufson, Washington Post Staff Writer
December 18; Page a18
It's two and a half times the food stamp program. It's roughly the size of the entire budget of the Transportation Department. It's nearly as big as the contributions the Persian Gulf countries made to cover the cost of Operation Desert Storm. It may be dubbed the Great Tax Giveaway, and it's one of the latest ideas underconsideration by the Bush administration and other Republican leaders. It would give $200 to $300 to every American taxpayer, or a total of $300...
U.S. FACTORY PRODUCTION FELL 0.4% IN NOVEMBER
Steven Mufson, Washington Post Staff Writer
December 17; Page c1
The nation's industrial production fell 0.4 percent last month, the government said yesterday. It was the biggest decline in eight months and a sign that the economy might shrink during the final quarter of the year, analysts said. The drop in output at the nation's factories, mines and utilities was twice as severe as most economists had been expecting and heightened expectations that the Federal Reserve would decide to cut interest rates when its policy-making open market
ADMINISTRATION RETRACTS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CURBS MOVE FAILS TO MOLLIFY CRITICS
Published on November 22, Author(s): Michael K. Frisby, Boston Globe Staff
WASHINGTON -- The White House retreated yesterday from a proposed directive that would have eliminated federal affirmative action programs and crippled private-sector ones. But the action did not quiet a storm of protest over the changes circulated by his legal counsel.
AMERICANS GRADE THEIR HEALTH CARE
Richard Morin, Don Colburn, Washington Post Staff Writers
December 31; Page z6
Most Americans are satisfied with the quality and availability of their health care, but anxieties about cost prompt an overwhelming majority to favor key changes in the health insurance system, a nationwide Washington Post-ABC News poll shows three out of four of those surveyed favor efforts to expand health insurance either by requiring businesses to provide coverage to all employees or by a national health care plan run by the government and financed by taxpayers...
Dream of Striking It Rich Fading in Silicon Valley Technology: Severe business restructuring and recession alter face-and attitude-of electronics Mecca.
The Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, Calif.; Sep 9; JONATHAN WEBER;
No one believes that Silicon Valley is withering away as a center of innovation. Indeed, it is likely to remain a premier technology hub and a powerful economic driver for the state and nation. But many in the high-tech community agree that when it emerges from the recession, Silicon Valley probably will look more like any other vibrant industrial region rather than
State's Long-Term Jobless Corps Grows 50% in Year Recession: Thousands have exhausted their unemployment benefits and are still without a job.
The Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, Calif.; Sep 8; JESUS SANCHEZ;
Diane Dixon is one of a fast growing number of Californians who have exhausted their unemployment benefits before finding work in a recession-battered job market. The state's corps of long-term unemployed jumped 50% over year-before levels to about 36,000 in July, the latest month for which figures are available from the state Employment Development Department.
TWO VISIONS OF US ENERGY FUTURE
Published on November 4: Ross Gelbspan, Globe Staff
The US Senate's vote Friday to derail action on the Bush administration's massive energy bill provided a vivid reminder of the nation's profound division over how best to provide for its energy needs in the 21st century.
The president's bill foundered primarily on opposition to oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but underlying that issue is a far broader disagreement over priorities...
RECORD NUMBER OF JOBLESS LEFT WITHOUT BENEFITS
Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Ill.; Stephen Franklin
The number of workers in the U.S. who have exhausted their jobless benefits and are ineligible for further assistance hit a record high in July, according to a Washington-based research group.
Officials with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said that 318,000 workers nationwide, and 17,293 in Illinois, used up their unemployment benefits in July. The nationwide figure is the highest since monthly
US EXPECTED TO RESTRICT USE OF RACE-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS
Published on December 4: Anthony Flint, Boston Globe Staff
In a move that is sure to revive a thorny civil rights issue for President Bush, [the] Education Secretary is expected to propose a rule today prohibiting colleges from restricting scholarships to individual racial groups, although race can be a factor in awarding aid.
Under the proposed regulation, scholarships must be open to "all comers," whether white or black or from other groups, a Department of Education official said yesterday...
ADMINISTRATION RETRACTS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CURBS HINTS OF WHITE HOUSE ADRIFT
Published on November 22: John W. Mashek, Boston Globe Staff
WASHINGTON -- A White House lawyer's attempt to reverse two decades of affirmative action on the eve of a presidential ceremony to sign a new civil rights bill was the most serious of several recent blunders and miscalculations by President Bush and his aides.
The episode, despite Bush's hasty and clumsy attempt to undo the damage, left the president embarrassed and gave the appearance of a White House careening out of control...
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR AN AILING ECONOMY
December 22; Page h1. Washington Post Staff
What is to be done about the economy? Focus on long-terminvestment? Extend jobless benefits? Jump-start housing and construction through federal spending? Cut interest rates even more? As President Bush huddles with his advisers in search of a new strategy, a cross-section of experts offered their advice about the best path to follow...
BUSH APPROVAL RATING SLIPS TO 47%
POLL RESULTS, REFLECTING ECONOMIC FEARS, ARE WORST OF HIS PRESIDENCY
Dan BalzWashington Post Staff Writers
December 17; Page a1
Fed by surging doubts about his handling of the economy, President Bush's popularity has fallen to the lowest level of his presidency, with fewer than half of those questioned in the latest Washington Post-ABC News Poll saying they approve of the way he is doing his job. Bush's approval rating has dropped to 47 percent, marking the first time it has slipped below 50 percent in Post-ABC News surveys. Only about six weeks ago, 59 percent of the public approved of the way he was...
Figured it out yet?
They're all from 1991.
Capitol Hill Blue has learned the Joint Chiefs of Staff are split over plans to invade Iraq in the coming weeks. They have asked Secretary of State [sic] Donald Rumseld to urge Bush to back down from his hard line stance until United Nations weapons inspectors can finish their jobs and the U.S. can build a stronger coalition in the Middle East.
"This is not Desert Storm," one of the Joint Chiefs is reported to have told Rumseld. "We don't have the backing of other Middle Eastern nations. We don't have the backing of any of our allies except Britain and we're advocating a policy that says we will invade another nation that is not currently attacking us or invading any of our allies."
Intelligenced sources say some Arab nations have told US diplomats they may side with Iraq if the U.S. attacks without the backing of the United Nations. Secretary of State Colin Powell agrees with his former colleagues at the Pentagon and has told the President he may be pursuing a "dangerous course."
An angry Rumsfeld, who backs Bush without question, is said to have told the Joint Chiefs to get in line or find other jobs. Bush is also said to be "extremely angry" at what he perceives as growing Pentagon opposition to his role as Commander in Chief.
"The President considers this nation to be at war," a White House source says," and, as such, considers any opposition to his policies to be no less than an act of treason."
But conversations with sources within the Bush administration, the Pentagon, the FBI and the intelligence community indicate a deepening rift between the professionals who wage war for a living and the administration civilians to want to send them into battle.
Sources say the White House has ordered the FBI and CIA to "find and document" links between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
"The implication is clear," grumbles one longtime FBI agent. "Find a link, any link, no matter how vague or unproven, and then use that link to justify action against Iraq."
can't wait to buy Nintendo's next "cube" and have 3 games for 6 months!
"Luigi's Mansion II..This time, he blows for Mario!"
Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no,
Yeah!
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no.
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord,
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one.
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no,
and a big FU to linux zealot dorks and slashdot staff.
Kr3m3Puff 1z 133t hax0r!!!!
Probably a pimply faced 13 year old that loves his linux. Comes home from school everyday, yanks his crank to the latest porn from kazaa, then spends the rest of the day in #hax0r downloading scripts to deface web pages of sites like "Sandra's Daycare".
per your sig, no I'm not a slashdot subscriber. Why should i pay for a service that limits me to posting twice a day, and screens out my informative posts because i don't conform to the linux fuckbuddy fantasy.
DMCA and Patriot Act and Homeland Security Act
remove your CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
oops. That should read "IN AMERICA"
here is a hole
I do not appreciate the false advertising in your signature. Kamen has never made it clear that IT is actually the Segway. Besides, Segway is an overpriced piece of junk that will be less than $1000 in a year.