You’re not going to get a whole lot of “go team” from me this week, and I suspect that a lot of my friends here are on the same page. I want to specifically focus this rant on our elected officials and the absolute act of betrayal that they committed today. To start, there’s […]
Archive for the 'Iraq' Category
The new House Democratic proposal to end the war in Iraq offers major concessions to the President: there is no timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. Instead, the proposal temporarily funds the war through July (though the money to fund the war through July is already in the pipeline). It no longer includes the funds […]
Deepest apologies for being a week late with this analysis, but I couldn’t let Lee Terry’s Iraq visit go unnoticed.
Here’s a sample of Lee Terry’s in-depth reaction to the situation in Iraq:
“Some politicians in Washington wrongly believe they should declare Iraq a lost cause and broadcast a false message that demoralizes our troops and emboldens […]
The Nebraska Democratic Party released polling information today that shows Senator Chuck Hagel in an extremely vulnerable position among the Nebraska electorate. Take a moment to read over the numbers:
According to the findings of the recent statewide survey of Nebraska, Hagel is on a dangerous terrain, particularly if he is to face Bruning in […]
May 1, 2003 will forever go down in history as one of the most craven moments of political theater in American history, a horrendously detached and cynically staged event that showed little concern for reality. In other words, the events aboard the U.S.S Abraham Lincoln that day pretty much encapsulate the Bush administration as a […]
Note: The Tribute To The Fallen event that we held this week has no partisan purpose, and whether you are for or against the war, I think we all agree that our men and women in the military deserve honor and respect. We aren’t going to tell you what to think about the war, and […]
Photos from the first night of Tribute are up in the photo gallery. We’ll be adding more as the week goes on. Special thanks so far to 40 or so volunteers who showed up to place flags, and the the members of the media (CBS, NBC, Fox, and the Omaha World-Herald so far…) […]
