Gang Aft Agley

In an attempt to deal with Gang activity within the military the Defense Authorization Bill for FY 2008 bans gang membership within the ranks. As I was reading about it the line that caught my eye was the following prohibitions against membership in organizations that … advocate the use of force or violence; or otherwise engage in efforts to deprive individuals of their civil rights.. Now we know why the Members of Operation Yellow Elephant aren’t enlisting. They are specifically prohibited from it.

On a side note Operation Yellow Elephant has a story about sending the troops Beef Jerky. Reminds me of the local news story the other night where we saw pictures of a group packing care packages for soldiers stationed in Iraq. Among the items being packed were cans of spinach. Who the hell wants to be stuck in a war zone and open a package from home and get Canned Spinach.

So despite our best efforts Rethuglicans manage to keep both OH-05 and VA-01. In the case of OH-05 the NRCC spent over $400,000 in order to keep a R+10 district, with nearly the same vote percentage (55-45) as in 2006.

Kagro X has a good article giving one more reason why we shouldn’t offer retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies for their willing cooperation with the Bush Administration in breaking the law.

Then, speech done, Bush confidently headed out _ the wrong way.

He strode away from the lectern on a path that would have sent him over a steep drop.

MoveOn.org found this video of an interview with Dead Eye Dick Cheney from April of 1994.