Category: dKo journal

  • Sorry Gallows Humour

    The real problem with medical marijuana, the DEA says, is not its specific effects on health, but that it “sends absolutely the wrong message to elderly people.” This age group tends to view debilitating diseases as “cool,” and statistical studies indicate powerful peer-pressure for illness and pain at this age. It may also be a…

  • Shock and Opossumism

    Bush ‘encouraged’ despite report on Iraqi troops, Reuters During congressional testimony on Thursday, Gen. George Casey, top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Gen. John Abizaid, top U.S. commander in the Middle East, said the number of such battalions [that can go into combat without the help of the U.S. military] had dropped since July to…

  • George W. Ozymandias

    It is hard to express how catastrophic these kinds of results from a very mainstream survey are for the President of unilateral “shock and awe.” There is no middle ground. The last great military Superpower must either rule the world , or else become mere meathead muscle for the policies of other lands Public Rejects…

  • War Is Where You Find It

    Anti-war protesters pick up steam and take cause to D.C. . “Organizers expect more than 100,000 people for a march around the White House on Saturday. Sheehan is scheduled to speak. Rallies by war supporters are expected along the route.” USA Today 9/24/05 –The war supporters are expected to include some who support the current…

  • A Little Understanding, Please…

    Aside from the very slight chances of a hurricane and a flood occurring coincidentally, planners had to identify and assign personnel according to their skills. It must be remembered: –Every hurricane or flood is different. Some call for public-safety skills, boats and sandbagging, while others require clockmakers and paleontologists. –The records had to be, by…

  • Sympathy for the FEMA

    “In Louisiana’s capital, Baton Rouge, the head of FEMA, Michael D. Brown said power outages, rising waters and violence by looters and others shooting at rescuers had complicated relief efforts.” .-LA Times How is FEMA supposed to function effectively under these kind of adverse conditions? Rising waters! Power outages! Looters! Who can be expected plan…