Afghanistan, service men and women are already facing repeated deployments, oftentimes while having already been diagnosed with medical and mental conditions that should render them unfit for deployment, even if they have been diagnosed with severe PTSD.

Cameron Todd Willingham insisted upon his innocence after his children died in a fire in their home. Texas Governor Rick Perry and the Board of Pardons and Paroles ignored a fire expert's report that found no evidence of arson and executed him anyway.

Agitators created America, and it's their feisty spirit and outright rebelliousness that we celebrate on our national holiday...As an agitator, remember this: The agitator is the center post in the washing machine that gets the dirt out...Is this YOU?

It is estimated that the state of Alaska has spent nearly $300 thousand investigating ethics complaints against the Governor. There's no mystery to Sarah Palin's decision. She is merely advancing in a nutter direction? A scandal in the works?

Less than a month after 13 single payer advocates were arrested protesting the exclusion of single payer, it is at the table in both Houses, making progress while the multi-payer pro-insurance reform is faltering. Today, single payer is breaking through.

With thanks to the author, Scott P. Care2 blog...(visit site)..."But was it legal? I think it is almost inarguable to say that it is not. At the bare minimum, cruel and inhuman punishment, let alone torture, is illegal under American law"!

In an interview with Fox News' Greta van Susteren Monday, Cheney said there was no evidence tying Iraq and 9/11 -- and that there never was. Now, after 4,308 US servicemembers have lost their lives in Iraq, and no longer in office, Cheney tells the truth!

Just over half of Americans say torture is at least sometimes justified to thwart terrorist attacks and are evenly divided over whether to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, according to a poll that underscores the challenges President Barack Obama faces--

A document providing confidential details of US civilian nuclear sites was accidentally posted on the internet, the government has admitted.

Maybe I have 'jumped the que' here, but I'm sure that Bengt won't mind too much...It's a tribute to Bengt, Not George, and it was brilliantly put together by Bengt...Enjoy a laugh with me and Bengt, why not? :-).The world should see the thoughts of BengT!