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What is JPMorgan Chase Going to Railroad through the Lege?
Bill Daley is moving on from SBC to JPMorgan Chase. What wonders does JPMorgan Chase have in store for the Illinois taxpayers?
Just Keep Making It Up
From Comments:
AP, while 70 percent of Iraqi detainees have been picked up for merely “Driving While Iraqi,” the particular Iraqis Sen. Inhofe refers to were segregated because they were caught doing mean things, such as shooting and blowing up Americans.
Wrong. It’s unfortunate that people don’t actually read the Red Cross report before that it’s details are different. The report concerns the treatment of prisoners who are covered under the Geneva Convention and thus the segregated unit are prisoners of war or similar and who are covered in the report–not the street criminals and such are in the other portions of the prison.
Suggesting that they were arrested for driving while Iraqi is nothing more than an attempt to divert attention from a very real scandal. And if one were to read the report, one would see serious allegations of random arrests and abuse during those arrests. But one wouldn’t want that to get in the way of a good story, would one?
The stunning thing is the ‘regular’ criminals were pretty much running the Iraqi guards.
Sen. Inhofe is probably correct in his facts.
In the end this is probably a wash. I know how much many on the left are hoping for the US to be swiftly defeated — alas, this incident isn’t going to do it.
Bull. Absolute bull. And Greg is getting his talking points from Tom DeLay apparently. The point isn’t to raise money. The point isn’t to lose a war (a war I supported initially and currently think we have to win). The point is to install competence into the position of Secretary of Defense who despite multiple failures this President says is doing a ‘superb job’.
I don’t want Rumsfeld to step down because it would hamper the effort in Iraq and in a separate fight against Al Qaeda, I want him to step down because he is hampering the effort in Iraq and in tracking down Al Qaeda.
Don’t Let the Facts Get in the Way of Hate
As the scandal over the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib continues to unfold, some of our dim bulbs are coming out to defend the torture.
First up, the embarrassment to the State of Oklahoma known as the dumbest of the dumbest delegation, James Inhofe.
“I’m probably not the only one up at this table that is more outraged by the outrage than we are by the treatment,” the Oklahoma Republican said at a U.S. Senate hearing probing the scandal.
“These prisoners, you know they’re not there for traffic violations,” Inhofe said. “If they’re in cellblock 1-A or 1-B, these prisoners, they’re murderers, they’re terrorists, they’re insurgents. Many of them probably have American blood on their hands and here we’re so concerned about the treatment of those individuals.”
Coalition military intelligence officers estimated that about 70 percent to 90 percent of the thousands of prisoners detained in Iraq had been “arrested by mistake,” according to a report by Red Cross given to the Bush administration last year and leaked this week.
Oops. Mistakes happen.
Ah, but we have some home grown Illinois morons too:
Make the decision to invest the troops to win a battle in Iraq and prove to the insurgents there (and elsewhere) we can win. Remember, also, the Democrats didn?t care about the prisoners until pictures came out; it is all about the politics. Realize, too, as most Americans do, that our soldiers caught these prisoners with weapons they intended to use to ambush and kill Americans.
Tell them those prisoners? objective was to terrorize and that a quivering terrorist in women?s panties is turn-about and fair play. Humiliation is temporary and different from loosing roadside bombs or commandeering airplanes.
Never forget that, Secretary Rumsfeld.
Well between 10 – 30% of them were doing bad things. Of course, if we can stop the semantic vandalism, attacking troops in a combat zone is not terrorism, but guerrilla warfare. Depending on their status they may or may not be subject to the Geneva Convention. However, treating them with dignity, even if that is better than they would treat captured Americans is what a moral people do.
Word is McCain walked out on Inhofe. I think Senator McCain might understand the issues a bit better than the blowhard from Oklahoma.
Now the particular idiot from the Leader seems to miss the issue that such conduct specifically limits our ability to win in Iraq.
It’s the Incompetence Stupid
Dick Durbin is on the O’Franken Factor calling for the Rumsfeld to go for the reasons he cites in USA Today
Reward good behavior at the DSCC
How Long Until it is Considered A Failure
The Cuban Embargo has continued for 40 years. Is he gone yet?
Really, who is more incoherent at this point? The State Department of the goofy guy with a cigar?
And if he dies in office, does the US Government claim credit?
There’s a way to challenge a dictator–take our ideas and our cash to him. How long do you think people would tolerate their standard of living with gringos vacationing there in vast numbers?
Disaster Waiting–wait it Happened in 1982
Despite that the Democrats lost the 1982 Gubernatorial Election to the Republicans due to amazingly bad election procedures and hanging chads, the system is still broken.
The problem here is incompetent judges. The problem in the past as hanging chads. How long is it going to take to fix this.
Eric Zorn wrote a column on this a while ago, but I can’t seem to find it.
But Yet, they Can Keep Track of the Strip Club Bribes
Washington Park Illinois needs a blog dedicated to it. Today’s installment of Petty Corruption for $1000 Alex is:
Dozens of people regularly used the general fund of the bankrupt village of Washington Park to pay their monthly bills, including those for cell phones, utilities and mortgages, authorities say.
Most of the money changed hands electronically – through an online bill-paying service. With a few clicks of a computer mouse, money flowed from Washington Park’s bank account to pay off personal bills at scores of businesses.
The scam continued from September 2002 until last December. The loss is put at $150,000, and a federal criminal investigation is under way.
Authorities said the scam was relatively indiscreet, with the names of suspected scammers appearing month after month on bank statements.
But it gets better:
Washington Park officials showed bank statements to a Post-Dispatch reporter that contained the names of 38 people who had used the village’s general fund to pay their bills.
But that isn’t all:
According to one official, it’s often the practice in Washington Park when one account runs low to move money from other accounts to cover the shortfall, rather than examine the account’s transactions.
The estimated $150,000 loss from the scam is close to what the village spends on its fire department each year.
Northside Vs. Southside
Everyone in the office thinks my allergies are bad because I’m crying. But the reality is I’m crying from laughter at this: