Archive for the 'Military' Category

Chertoff: Reports of Mexican Military Crossing Border Overblown

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says that the number of times the Mexican Military has stepped over the border into the U.S. without authorization has been overblown: Reports of Mexican soldiers frequently crossing onto U.S. soil are overblown, and many of the incidents are just mistakes, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said. Chertoff’s remarks followed [...]

Ted Rall: Clueless As Ever

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Ted Rall has an opinion piece up at Yahoo News. Basically, his point is that no one should be allowed to join the military until they are at least 30 years old, because before then they aren’t capable of making decisions about wars and combat. As I write this now, at 42, I’m a different [...]

Ted Rall Hates America

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

It seems that Ted Rall may have gotten angry at having been passed over as Soulless Bastard of the Year, so he published this lame attempt at humor: In the first panel, Rall equates the Palestinians with the Inn Keeper. In the second, third, and forth panels, Rall equates the Bush Administration with the Romans, [...]

Military Chaplains Prevented From Praying to Jesus

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

I saw this story and just could not believe it was true: To pray — or not to pray — in Jesus’ name is the question plaguing an increasing number of U.S. military chaplains, one of whom began a multiday hunger strike outside the White House yesterday. “I am a Navy chaplain being fired because [...]

Soulless Bastard of theYear

Monday, December 19th, 2005

The winner of the First Annual Conservative Dialysis Soulless Bastard of the Year Award© was a tough choice to make. However, a last-minute entry blew all of the others out of the water. Honorable Mention: Ted Rall Good old Ted was the front runner for most of the year. His tasteless, humorless, sick, and insulting [...]

Jane Fonda: Soilders Wern’t Killing Enough

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

Jane Fonda, 1960′s radical and used-to-be movie actress, was recently interviewed by email by the Washington Post. In this interview, she claims to have had “secret meetings” with military psychologists”: Fonda said “Winter Soldier” shows the psychological impact of the war on service personnel: “Starting with the Vietnam War we began training soldiers differently. In [...]

Ted Rall: Military Personnel Are Contract Killers

Friday, December 9th, 2005

Just when you thought Ted Rall couldn’t get any more vile, he pukes all over you with a stench heretofore unknown: Even if U.S. forces were not violating the rules of war in Iraq–torturing, maiming and murdering POWs, robbing and subjecting civilians to collective punishment, dropping white phosphorus and depleted uranium bombs on civilian targets–the [...]

Chinese Spy Arrested

Wednesday, November 30th, 2005

Two brothers, who have been sending American Naval secrets to the Chinese military for 22 years, have been arrested by federal investigators: A defense contractor charged with failing to register as a Chinese agent admitted passing data on U.S. Navy arms technology to China for 22 years, including information on next-generation destroyers, an aircraft carrier [...]

Ted Rall Demonstrates Why He Is A Waste of Human Flesh

Monday, November 28th, 2005

In yet another sickening demonization of the American Armed Forces, Ted Rall portrays our troops as thugs and indiscriminate killers. Well, despite what Rall states on his blog, I do not believe he loves our country, and I don’t think he gives a rat’s ass one way or another about what happens to our troops [...]

Cindy Sheehan Publishes Book, Nobody Cares

Monday, November 28th, 2005

What if you threw a party and nobody showed up? I think her act is getting tired.

Cheney: Quick Pullout A Dangerous Illusion

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Vice President Dick Cheney took the lead Sunday in defending the Bush Administration’s conduct of the war in Iraq: WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday said he strongly disagrees with a battle-tested congressman who advocates quickly pulling all U.S. troops from Iraq, calling such a proposal “a dangerous illusion.” But Cheney stopped [...]

Cindy Sheehan: Guilty As Charged

Friday, November 18th, 2005

America’s nuisance, Cindy Sheehan, just refuses to go away: WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraq War protester Cindy Sheehan and 26 other peace activists were found guilty Thursday of protesting without a permit near the White House. They were each ordered to pay $75 in fines and court costs, but Sheehan’s lawyer said he plans to appeal [...]