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I wrote back when Bob Woodruff, an ABC News anchor, was injured about our selective memory when it comes to Iraq.

It is sad that it takes something like Woodruff being injured or Jill Carroll being abducted to make the American people notice the deaths in Iraq

On Memorial Day, the day to honor our troops, a cameraman and soundman for CBS News were killed, while a correspondant was seriously injured. They were injured when a nearby car exploded, showering the Humvee caravan they were traveling with in shrapnel.

Cameraman Paul Douglas had spent more than a decade covering the world's hot spots for CBS News. Freelance soundman James Brolan was part of a CBS team honored for its dispatches on the earthquake in Pakistan. Correspondent Kimberly Dozier had reported on the deteriorating situation in Iraq for nearly three years.  Read More »

Remember Don Young's $200 million Bridge to Nowhere? The hefty pricetag was all for a bridge to Alaska's Gravina Island -- with a population of 50. That comes out to $4 million per resident.  Read More »

Only a week ago -- just a solitary week -- Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden's confirmation as the new CIA Director was ... not in trouble, but not on firm ground either. There were questions of whether Hayden -- a career Pentagon man -- would be willing to go toe to toe with the Department of Defense. Or would he be a Pentagon shill in charge of the CIA?  Read More »

If I didn't read Daily Kos, I'm sure that I would have never heard of this.

There is a plan by Barrick Gold Corporation to mine the area underneath a glacier in Chile. In order to mine the gold, they have to transport five acres of ice to another glacier -- to preserve it, of course. But preservation for the vital glacier -- which provides water for two rivers in Chile.  Read More »

It's been reported that Vice President Dick Cheney will testify in the I Lewis "Scooter" Libby case.

Mr Cheney may be called to give evidence at the criminal trial of his chief of staff, Lewis Libby, who has been accused of revealing the identity of Valerie Plame.

So what will Cheney be saying? What will he say while under oath?  Read More »

After six days of deliberations, Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were both found guilty on multiple counts in the Enron fraud and conspiracy trial.

Lay, 64, was convicted on all six counts against him, including conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud.

Skilling, 52, was also convicted of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud.

Jurors spent six days deliberating after more than three months of testimony from 54 witnesses in the fraud and conspiracy trial.  Read More »

This weekend, FBI agents raided the office of embattled Senator William Jefferson (D-LA). They were looking for (more) evidence of corruption.

And Congress members, especially Republicans, called it an example of the executive branch overstepping their powers.

I'm sorry, what makes an Congress member's office sacrosanct? Are they suddenly granted diplomatic immunity, are they allowed to do whatever illegal activities they want in their offices?  Read More »

The Colbert after-dinner performance at the White House Correspondent's Dinner that was practically blacked out in the MSM has proved its staying power.

After being at the top of Technorati searches for well over a week, it looked like the hubbub over Colbert had died down. But now the audio recording of the performance has hit number one on iTunes.  Read More »