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Soldiers that can stay alive with over half of their blood gone? The future of small unit soldiers is being developed by Darpa today.

Wired 15.03: Be More Than You Can Be

From the Technology Liberation Front:

An Egyptian blogger has been sent to jail for four years for criticizing Islam!

Video of him being taken away.

This kind of moral courage in a politician gives me a small sliver of hope for the republic.

From: Politico.com

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut told the Politico on Thursday that he has no immediate plans to switch parties but suggested that Democratic opposition to funding the war in Iraq might change his mind.

Lieberman, a self-styled independent who caucuses with the Democrats, has been among the strongest supporters of the war and President Bush’s plan to send an additional 21,500 combat troops into Iraq to help quell the violence there.

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Bob Drogin of the L. A. Times outs 3 CIA pilots involved in extraordinary rendition operations where suspected terrorists are transferred to countries other than the United States for imprisonment and interrogation.

Don’t spend your money with corporations who invest in state sponsors of terrorism. The Center for Security Policy is dedicated to informing the public on which companies do and do not invest in hostile governments. The best way for the public to voice its opinion in a capitalistic society is with its money.

I just found this awesome site that ranks the characters of “24”. The rankings vary according to what happens during each episode. If you love “24”, you will love this site.

According to the Justice Department the 9/11 Commission cannot be sure they had all relevant documents because former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger stole documents from the National Archive.

Students protested at a speech by the president of Iran. The people of Iran are not the enemy but the government is. This is a problem that I have not yet heard an answer for. Who knows though, we could take out the leaders and cause a power struggle like in Iraq.

Many Iraqi leaders are upset over the recently released Iraq Study Group Report. They fear that the report will lead to a stronger move to leave that country before the Iraqis themselves have everything under control. The Iraqis want us there, end of story.

From Wired.com: A new add makes comparisons between Tony Blair and Hitler, for proposing a national ID. While this blogger is against governments creating mass databases of its citizens, I don’t like the comparison. The add will get people’s attention, and maybe that is a good thing.

It looks like the Democrats are about to severely cut spending on missile defense. This comes as North Korea has recently tested a mid-range ICBM and Iran is working on missile technology as well. I can’t understand this kind of reasoning, if in fact that’s what you could call it.

A Democrat has proposed reinstating the draft for the military. The Democrats previously said that Republicans would bring back the draft and were using that as a reason to vote for Democrats and now they are the ones proposing a draft (see title). Who in their right mind thinks like that? Any country that cannot sustain a volunteer military, obviously does not have the support of the people. Any politician proposing a draft is not welcome on this blog, no matter what party they happen to affiliate themselves with at the time.

Video of Black activist calling for the extermination of Whites. This guy thinks Whites are going to kill all Blacks and the only way for Blacks to survive is to kill the Whites. News flash: Blacks in America should be afraid of being taken over by Islamofascists whose mantra is: “Convert or Die”, not White people.

Some NATO countries that have soldiers in Afghanistan have refused to back up other NATO countries and engage the enemy. The world is not going to be pretty place if we refuse to destroy those who wish to destroy us. Some of the countries have “mandates” that say they are not to get involved in combat! That is insane. Not helping your friends fight the enemy helps the enemy.

As I wrote in a previous post, al Qaeda has seen the election of Democrats and the resignation of Rumsfeld as a sign of weakness. They now believe that they are winning.

al Qaeda tape:

“The victory day has come faster than we expected,” he says. “Here is the Islamic nation in Iraq victorious against the tyrant. The enemy is incapable of fighting on and has no choice but to run away.”

If you voted for Democrats, your reasoning for doing so does not matter. The only thing that matters is that it is seen by the enemy as weakness. I did not think that Democrats being elected would be that bad, but with the release of a new tape by some of the Islamofascists I fear for the safety of this nation the most since September 11, 2001. I believe that most of the country still really doesn’t understand the threat and the only thing that will convince them is a city wiped out by a nuclear weapon.

The only thing I can think of now is: God help us all.

There has been much talk on Liberal Blogs about Kerry’s recent gaff and how it was an honest and simple mistake. This is a cogent response to that from Donald Sensing

Since the 2004 election, I decided to avoid posting about partisan politics, that is, issues attached to candidates or holders of office. I decided to discuss issues as before, but without discussing the personalities behind those issues except, as far as possible, in a non-partisan way.

Until today.In about 30 minutes I wll leave to attend the funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Richard Buerstetta, killed in action in Iraq two weekends ago. He was a 2004 graduate of Franklin High School, where both my sons knew him. He and my eldest son were actually scheduled to go to boot camp at Parris Island, SC, the same day, but a change by their recruiter sent them on different days. Lance Cpl. Buerstetta was a Marine reservist, enrolled in college at Middle Tennessee State University, when his callup came. Without a flicker of hesitation at being yanked from his college courses, he shouldered his seabags and went off to war. “His bags stayed packed,” according to a family member. He died about a month after arriving in Iraq.

Got that? High school graduate. College student. US Marine. Iraq.

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From: Review-Journal

“Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas H. Anderson was killed on Nov. 12, 2004, in Iraq.
Photo by The Associated Press

From: Best of the Web

‘That Guy Is a (Expletive)’
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports on a Nevada Senate candidate’s botched effort to use the crippled-vet ploy:

Hoping to generate attention for his boss late in an underdog campaign, an aide to Democrat Jack Carter solicited the mother of an Iraq war casualty to appear alongside the Senate candidate at a rally or news conference last week.

But if it was looking for a willing ally, the Carter camp evidently picked the wrong mother.

Eleanor Dachtler of Las Vegas said she was insulted by the overture, which was made in a blind letter that began: “I hope I have reached the right Eleanor Dachtler and that you are the mother of Nick Anderson. If not, please disregard this letter.”

The letter asked if Dachtler would appear with Carter at an event where the candidate would be criticizing the Iraq policy of President Bush and Republican incumbent John Ensign.

Dachtler’s participation could help draw media coverage, she was told. . . .

“I read the letter, and I thought, ‘This guy is a (expletive),’ ” said Dachtler, whose 18-year old son, Nicholas, was killed on Nov. 12, 2004, in the Anbar province. . . .

She said she kept her annoyance to herself until she saw Carter on television with paraplegics at an event to promote stem cell research, similar to the idea his aides had pitched her on Iraq.

“It was almost like he was exploiting these people,” she said.