Friday, August 25, 2006

Vote Democratic

With the Republicans in control of the U.S. House and Senate, they rubber stamp everything the Bush administration wants to do. There is no oversight. There are no Republicans speaking up in opposition to the administration and Karl Rove. Why does it matter?

The Republicans have provided no accountability. The administration tells them to jump and they ask how high. They don't ask why they should jump, the costs of jumping, other alternatives to jumping, or how they should jump. The President says jump and they comply.

At this time, the Democrats have no power to stop the Republicans. With more Democrats elected to office, this country may begin to have real debates again instead of just Republicans following their marching orders.

This just in from RAW STORY:

BBC News describes as a "public relations disaster" a newly announced investigation by the US military into the deaths of Army soldiers, including that of Cpl. Pat Tillman, in video obtained by RAW STORY.

BBC Washington correspondent James Westhead, in referring to Tillman's case, describes "evidence of a whitewash and a cover-up."

"This is very damaging for the Army," Westhead reports. "[It's] trying to appear as transparent as possible."

Check out the video here,'

One hundred and sixteen (116) Ohioans have died in the war in Iraq. How can we stop this war? Visit http://icasualties.org/oif/Statecity.aspx to see that names, hometowns, states, and other information on the U.S fatalities. Is there someone from your hometown on the list?