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Blue Girl, Red State: Reining in the Mercenaries
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007. Reining in the Mercenaries. It is starting to look like the days of mercenaries running amok and committing wanton acts of violence and going on murderous rampages in Iraq might be coming to an end. And the checks are coming from all directions. Reported today that it isn't just Blackwater that is facing scrutiny, but all security contractors. The Sept. 16 shootings at Baghdad's Nisoor Square provoked outrage within the Iraqi government, which moved to have Blackwater bann...
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Blue Girl, Red State: Recruiting year off to a slow start
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Thursday, November 1, 2007. Recruiting year off to a slow start. The Army started off the recruiting year with the lowest number of recruits signed up for Basic Training since the United States military became an all-volunteer force in 1973. Gen. William S. Wallace, commander of Army Training and Doctrine Command, told Pentagon reporters on Wednesday that the diminished number of delayed enlistment recruits in the pike will make it extremely difficult to reach the goals for 2008. As a result of rushing r...
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Blue Girl, Red State: Gates Blindsided...Again
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Thursday, October 11, 2007. Bob Gates got blindsided this morning with a report in the New York Times. On the Marine Corps pushing to have their forces withdrawn from. To take the lead in operations there. On NPR Gates backed away from the report like both of ‘em carried a negative charge, mumbling something about he had heard…maybe it was an idea being kicked around by staffers…but really, it’s all just speculation. He is the one who raised the issue with Gates. In a closed door briefing. Marines train ...
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Blue Girl, Red State: Thirty Months for Scooter
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007. Thirty Months for Scooter. Linked at the Salon Blog Report, Blogging from the Left. And a $250,000 fine. At the same time, Walton said, "I also think it is important we expect and demand a lot from people who put themselves in those positions. Mr. Libby failed to meet the bar. For whatever reason, he got off course.". As you know, I was pulling for an application of the gallows, but I’ll take what I can get. As far as I am concerned, I don’t care if you are Mother-freakinR...
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Blue Girl, Red State: You know how I'm always saying it's a Bug Hunt?
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Thursday, March 22, 2007. You know how I'm always saying it's a Bug Hunt? Insurgents waged a five-hour pitched battle against Iraqi and American forces in al-Anbar province. The fighting started Amiriya, about 11 miles south of Fallouja on Tuesday night with an hour-long barrage of mortar fire directed at an Iraqi police station. The barrage continued until a United States Marines artillery unit fired on the insurgents and disrupted the shelling. The fighting continued for hours and only ended when.
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Blue Girl, Red State: "Has anyone seen my little dog?"
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Monday, September 1, 2014. Has anyone seen my little dog? Now I need to figure out my next move. When I started blogging, I hadn't even discovered the online Washington Monthly. Community, it was 2005 and I was just pissed at my Governor. And had no voice. Now I have lots of outlets.I can bitch about things that piss me off in Missouri at Show Me Progress. Now I am the social media maven who manages the Facebook page for Washington Monthly. Can anyone explain that to me in a convincing tone? I read GAO r...
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Blue Girl, Red State: Unconscionable!
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007. As if there was any doubt left in any sentient mind that the far-right wing of the Republican party could not possibly care less about the well-being of the G.I.’s in the field, Republicans successfully filibustered the Webb amendment that would have mandated that troops receive at least as much dwell-time as they do time in the theatre of operations. Snowe is the only one of the Republican’s to support the bill who is not up for reelection in 2008. As an intelligence officer.
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Blue Girl, Red State: Don't Ask the Question if You Don't Want the Answer
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Saturday, September 6, 2014. Don't Ask the Question if You Don't Want the Answer. I have a new policy.I am not letting preconceived notions go unchallenged or bullies barge into my space any more. If you are out there offering offense, I'm going to take it and respond in an appropriate manner. An NRA activist and one of the original 'Mad Moms' – that's not an insult, by the way, it's pretty much the job description – being in line together? On Friday night, something similar happened on Facebook with the...
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Blue Girl, Red State: The PR is surging along just fine
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Friday, August 31, 2007. The PR is surging along just fine. Even the most ardent supporters of this clusterfuck will have a hard time defending this. Let's set aside for a moment that I think those juggernauts to the war zone on the taxpayer dime are a ridiculous waste of money, security and time and should be ceased immediately. The bottom line is that idiotic Senators and Representatives are going to keep traipsing in and out of Iraq to take in Dog-and-Pony Shows™. In the soldier's hand was a thumbnail...
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Blue Girl, Red State: I wonder what precipitated this?
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007. I wonder what precipitated this? After years of blowing off requests by Henry Waxman to appear before the Oversight Committee, which he has chaired since the 110th congress was seated in January, Condi has finally acquiesced. I noticed this morning when I checked the committee schedule. That the following entry had been quietly added:. Upcoming Hearings and Meetings. Hearing with Secretary Rice on Iraq. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Labels: Contempt of Congress.
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