some news! roundup

hopefully ya'll haven't seen these yet:

"Theft, hookers, melting down Iraqi gold to make cowboy spurs—all in a day's work for private military contractors in Iraq?"

"Policymakers, potential private investors, and the public received valuable new information to help identify fault lines and the potential location of undiscovered water, oil and gas, and non-fuel mineral resources in Afghanistan."(emphasis mine)

gates says america could eye expansion in afghanistan- hmmmmm.....

oh- remember rev. wright and how horrible he is? how the right is screaming at the tops of their lungs (and that includes clinton and her clintonistas)? well, hagee endorsed john mccain- and there was probably even a hug, ala falwell, to seal the deal. let's let him speak for himself:



and i will throw this one in with an 'oh, fuckity. won't they ever just go away?'

"The right-wing organization WorldNetDaily (WND) is rewarding children for “debunking” global warming in a new video/essay contest. “The contest was launched early in 2008 and was designed to highlight the absurdities, untruths and downright lies that children are being taught daily about ‘climate change’ in public school,” the site states. “Contest winners will receive a cash prize, a copy of ‘The Great Global Warming Swindle’ DVD courtesy of junkscience.com, and copies of ‘The Sky’s Not Falling‘ for their local school library and their kids’ science classroom.”