Are these the same troops who call anyone opposed to the war cowards, faggots and un-American traitors?

In the near future, after the fall of Baghdad, Preznit Bush, our nation's top military commanders, the troops and the national news media will all blame those handful of Hot Topic punks and aging hippie protestors for "losing" the Iraq War. It's as predictable as night following day.

Oh the irony of living in a right-wing country like the US, where people are constantly screeching about personal responsibility but are pathologically incapable of taking any.

Also, with everything that Dick has done & said the last 6 years, nothing is in poor taste.

WOAH! I had no idea how scary that statistic was.

I've also seen a handful of tiny houses, once built as cabins, now sold as condos, that are around 450 sq ft. These are free standing mini-houses, not part of a condo/apartment building.

It isn't just in Japan. It is here too. 20 years ago, there was hardly any townhouses in Seattle. As land costs have gone through the roof, more and more of these townhouses are being built in Seattle. Three or four on a lot that used to have only a single home.

It is part of the density you guys are always promoting. And a natural consequence of rapidly escalating land costs.

(It's a JOKE, secret service. Really. Kidding.)

As to the US Attorneys, an interesting development that McKay was shitcanned because he was pressing the Justice Department to get going on LINX, Rep. Reichert's pet project to get emergency agencies to communicate together. So basically he was punished for trying to get the administration to accomplish something meaningful and helpful, rather than all the other post-9/11 bullshit.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003626951_mckay20m.html

Six months in jail is way to light a sentence.

These women are heroes.

I made the mistake of watching Northwest Cable News last night. They were covering the anti-war protests in Portland and interviewed two local pro-war soldiers for a counterpoint. Ugh.

I've also read excerpts of "Generation Kill" that were published in Rolling Stone and I frequently (masochistically) read the human interest stories about the troops published in the papers; they're usually right-wing assholes.

There was one recently that really stuck with me. I think it was in the PI and it was about a soldier from So Cal who described himself as a "liberal humanist" and was KIA. Last fall he wrote an essay about sacrifice that is now a hot post for the likes of Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity, and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Hell) you know, people who would happily sacrifice you and your family for their own greedy, self-aggrandizing goals. He actually believed all of Christopher Hitchens' idiotic, propagandist ramblings and now he's not only dead, but he's gone from "liberal humanist" to neocon/neonazi poster boy; what a gullible fool.

I've got to stop reading these stories. I always feel sick afterwards.

i'm glad to hear rapes are down by half, and i hope that trend continues.

Then why do members of the service vote overwhelmingly Republican?

Seems like there was a chart floating around based on Senate votes last year that showed Democrats are far more likely to take better care of the troops (ex healthcare, benefits, pay, etc) while the Republicans screw them, and yet here we are.

I'm fortunate in that being on the younger end of a large family, I grew up helping getting dinner going before my mom got home from work. I started cutting my teeth early.

The linked article encourages people to make smiley faces out of fruit on their kids's breakfast. What a depressing reflection on inept parental food preparation habits. The fallback they proffer: "If you're ordering pizza, add some veggie toppings". Sad, sad, sad.

Cook at home as much as you can. It's going to be fresher and healthier than just about anywhere you'd eat out at. Restaurants love to sneak in a lot of dairy, fat, starch and cheese to fill you up.

Prep food in advance. While you're making your veggie-laden glory ramen, blanch a bunch of veggies at the same time and have 'em at the ready in the fridge for quick adds to upcoming meals. And, yes, lots of salads will allow you to live an extra hundred years.

I get organic produce delivered once every other week, which is just about right for me and the lady I veg up. It also puts the challenge out there in front of you to tackle new veggie frontiers. Piece in your dairy, protein, and starches from the store, and voila, you're a prince.

Keep a ziploc in your freezer with trimmings of veggies and every couple of weeks you can make a veg stock and use your aging veggies to make a soup to use it up. These are all quick and practical things, palzo.

Also, own a copy of The Joy of Cooking. It'll walk a novice cook through all the hoops, as well as getting down to the finer points of more challenging fare. You'd use it a million times tackling all imaginable fares.

As Mike in Mo. points out, that may be coming to an end, but that depends on how smart the Dems are about embracing them and the working class in general (not just unions).

You shoot them with a firing squad.