This pretty much sums things up:
“I don’t know how the hell these people got into our army,” said Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., after viewing the images.
That could be said both for those involved in the pictured activities and those up the chain of command.
It also highlights a pitfall of the draft: things could be even worse if we bring in people who haven’t volunteered to serve under such conditions.
A Wisconsin newspaper runs an editorial asking readers to send in pro-Bush letters:
Faced with a scarcity of letters praising the president, a newspaper in a Republican-leaning district appealed for pro-Bush letters, then backed off the request Tuesday amid complaints of blatant politics.
Last week in an editorial, the Post-Crescent of Appleton said most of its letters had been coming from one side and asked readers “to help us ‘balance’ things out.”
“We’ve been getting more letters critical of President Bush than those that support him,” the editorial said. “We’re not sure why, nor do we want to guess. But in today’s increasingly polarized political environment, we would prefer our offering to put forward a better sense of balance.”
Hmmm. Perhaps the newspaper is receiving more critical than positive letters because the president is doing a lousy job. Just a guess. Anyway, it appears the Bush astro turf generator needs revamping.
Via TalkLeft.
Tennessee Legislative update from Rep. Doug Overbey:
Audit — A TennCare audit released this week showed that — TennCare has failed to recover $782,075 of money paid to managed care organizations for enrollees that have died; paid $1,208,292 for services to the Department of Children’s Services for children that were not in state custody; and incorrectly reimbursed behavioral and managed care organizations, and the Department of Children’s Services for services that were either not performed or allowed. The audit found 22 problems from previous years that have not been corrected, and eight new problems. The audit can be found here.
Probably not much of a surprise to anyone.
2004 Top Ten Favorite Words at Merriam-Webster Online:
1. defenestration
2. serendipity
3. onomatopoeia
4. discombobulate
5. plethora
6. callipygian
7. juxtapose
8. persnickety
9. kerfuffle
10. flibbertigibbet
Looks like the latest “Million Mom March” didn’t quite live up to its billing:
Organizers this time put the crowd at close to 3,000, a figure that could not be confirmed because police no longer estimate crowd sizes.
In the spririt of Million Mom March organizers, I deem Resonance a Million Visit Blog.
With all the Abu Ghraib prison brouhaha in the news, I’m surprised I haven’t heard more discussion on what changes, if any, we should expect to see after the so-called June 30 transfer of power.
A good way to help get this disaster behind us would be to raze that prison and let the Iraqis take over the system, but I don’t see that happening.
