I'm calling bullshit on this
Thursday, October 23, 2008

After reading several versions of the story, things just don't add up.

WTAE
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Breitbart.com
KDKA

The attacker had a knife, and he scratched the letter "B" into her face. Was it made of plastic? Most knives in the hands of muggers do not leave nice tidy scrapes. Bonus: she refused medical treatment, and police are re-interviewing her today.



I guess her story didn't add up to them either. She was held at knife point at an ATM, and the attacker accepted $60 she had in her pocket. That just doesn't even make sense.

Then, after she had managed to step away, the attacker noticed the bumper sticker on her car and became irate. Really? Was he checking to see if she honks for Jesus?

Also the - naturally - black assailant ran off in an "unknown direction". Sorry, but if you've ever been mugged, you damn well remember which way they ran off.

That's just my gut on this one, and I've been wrong before. If I am here, then I will offer my most sincere apology, but this just doesn't smell right.

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Wesley Clark
Saturday, June 14, 2008

Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, four-star General Wesley Clark envisioned a volunteer force of specially skilled Americans to be called upon to serve both domestic and international functions ranging from fighting forest fires to nation building in his 2004 platform for President of the United States. I wrote about a similar program dubbed the Civilian Reserve Corps proposed by President Bush in 2007.

This model for service fits nicely with Barack Obama's vision for America.

In the following video, General Clark critiques John McCain's positioning as the presumptive national security candidate in this year's election.


Who else is on your Obama VP short-list? Post a comment.

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they don’t care
Thursday, June 12, 2003

No wait. The administration now believes that there is in fact some centralized coordination to the attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq.

But they don’t care.

More accurately, they claim it doesn’t matter. No of course not. Why would it matter? Who’s organizing these forces? Rummy says don’t worry, ‘cause we’re gonna get them. Yep.

So that’s that. In other news the Middle East is still as vibrant as ever. So much so in fact that in three days I’ve heard three separate assertions on three different networks that a U.S. lead coalition of peace-keepers might be the only way to stop the violence and save the “road map.” Wouldn’t that be great? I mean they've done wonders in Korea over the past 50 years.

I give credit to Senator John McCain for understating the obvious today: “The Israelis can defend themselves.”

It scares the hell out of me that there’s an increasingly vocal segment of the U.S. population that believes our country - and our president - have some kind of cosmic destiny to fulfill. These people shop at Wal-Mart. I’m a Target Boutique guy myself, so you can understand my dismay.

Who knows, maybe this religious fervor thing will be good for us. Maybe someone will run a slew of “How would Jesus vote?” ads with mushroom clouds hovering over the “holy land” before the election, and people will finally pull their heads out their asses.

I won’t hold my breath.

P.S. John Ashcroft is in Portland today. I expect to be monitored.

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