The U.S. mission in Iraq is a ``nightmare with no end in sight'' because of political misjudgments after the fall of Saddam Hussein that continue today, a former chief of U.S.-led forces said Friday.
Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who commanded coalition troops for a year beginning June 2003, cast a wide net of blame for both political and military shortcomings in Iraq that helped open the way for the insurgency - such as disbanding the Saddam-era military and failing to cement ties with tribal leaders and quickly establish civilian government after Saddam was toppled.
He called current strategies - including the deployment of 30,000 additional forces earlier this year - a ``desperate attempt'' to make up for years of misguided policies in Iraq.
``There is no question that America is living a nightmare with no end in sight,'' Sanchez told a group of journalists covering military affairs.
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And, this is news? We are getting this bit of information why? Do people really want to believe the hell we have been going through since 2000, the lies, the fuck you attitude from the white house, while the rest of world lets it go on as well.
We're stuck, we've been stuck ever since the day of the chads. Ever since daddy lost to Bill. It wasn't supposed to take them this long to start building their empire, but because daddy forgot to take care of this side of his world, he lost. While Jr, was executing anyone he could in Texas, a plan had to be put into place, to take back control and boy did they do that in a big way.
We, the people let it happen and keep letting happen, we can only blame ourselves for being so short sighted that a simple media change in affairs, makes us forget what the real storyline has been since 2001.
Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric condition defined as recurrent episodes of significant disturbance in mood. These disturbances can occur on a spectrum that ranges from debilitating depression to unbridled mania. Individuals suffering from bipolar disorder typically experience fluid states of mania, hypo mania or what is referred to as a mixed state in conjunction with depressive episodes. These clinical states typically alternate with a normal range of mood. The disorder has been subdivided into bipolar I, bipolar II and cyclothymia, with both bipolar I and bipolar II potentially presenting with rapid cycling.
Also called bipolar affective disorder until recently, the current name is of fairly recent origin and refers to the cycling between high and low episodes; it has replaced the older term manic-depressive illness coined by Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926) in the late nineteenth century. The new term is designed to be neutral, to avoid the stigma in the non-mental health community that comes from conflating "manic" and "depression."
Back in 1981, my diagnosis was personality disorder. It's cure 400 milligrams of Mellaril per day which is a basically Thioridazine ( Mellaril ) which is a is an anti psychotic drug of low-potency. Used in the treatment of disorganized and psychotic thinking. Also used to help treat false perceptions.
The drug handcuffed the mind and your aggression. It took away the will to be a free thinker, even if your thinking was in a good frame of mind. It also causes dry orgasms and that in itself is very depressing. I walked through my daily routine like a low budget zombie, with only 2 urges, coffee and cigarettes. Being from Brooklyn, NY and being from the streets of Brooklyn, NY this was a handicap I couldn't afford. So, needless to say I stopped taking Mellaril and tried to get on with my life.
Things were not very easy in any sense of the word, but at least I had the control of my actions some of the times. But, not all, and you wonder to yourself, why does my mind work like this? I look at people who are blind, or in a wheelchair or with any other disability and wonder why they can function in society and I can't.
Over the years I indulged in other kinds of treatments, but, it all did the same thing, a state of mind that was willing but not able. Self medication has been with me since I was 12 years old, and at times it went way out of control. Life had lost it's value at points in which I hate to look back on. Love and family was lost forever. And, yet I was still there?
Waking up is like flipping a coin, and even with the coin with a favorable toss, a trigger was always out there to grip me and pull me back in.
As it is now, just writing about this illness, that none would know from looking at me, puts me at the bottom of the handicap zone.
The Commission would not let the fire fighters testify before the Commission. Maybe they didn't want testimony like this presented to the public as fact.
Open Video Here
Besides the refusal by the Bush Administration to go under oath or even in public there are many other conflicts of interest that defied the families of the fallen on September 11th, 2001
Some members of victims' families have claimed that the commission has numerous conflicts of interest. 9/11 Citizens Watch, in particular, called for the resignation of Philip D. Zelikow, the executive staff director. Zelikow is a Bush-appointee who served on the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He spent three years on the President George H. W. Bush's National Security Council. Zelikow worked closely with Bush NSC adviser Condoleezza Rice and even co-wrote a book with her. Some worry that Zelikow may be using his power to deflect blame from himself and to protect Rice. Both the Family Steering Committee and 9-11 Citizens Watch demanded his resignation, without success. (Philip D. Zelikow).
In addition, many members had ties which could be viewed as conflicts of interest.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - For millions of smokers itching to quit, new Web-based technologies are promising to stand by you like a close friend through those dark days of stress and withdrawal.
Internet sites and discussion forums dedicated to kicking the nicotine habit have been around for more than a decade.
Now they are following smokers to their cell phones, social networks and anywhere else to remind them that it's not worth lighting up.
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Some a-hole here on Staten Island, NY has a fetish for stealing loose change. A nickel and dime bandit, lol.
The other night at my friends bagel shop, someone broke in though the basement and took $150 in change from the register. But, leaving behind $600 in bills?
Just an hour ago, I was walking my dogs and noticed my car door ajar, the only thing missing was the loose change I had in the glove compartment and coffee holder, radio was there, but change was gone.
I find it hard to believe that some idiot would risk, limb for loose change, but it takes all kinds I guess. I'm gonna crazy glue some quarters around the area and see if I catch someone desperately trying to retrieve them from the ground.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 10 — Disgruntled about having been suspended on Monday after a fight, a 14-year-old student shot and injured two students and two teachers at a downtown Cleveland high school on Wednesday before fatally shooting himself, the authorities said.
None of the victims’ injuries were considered life-threatening.
The gunman was identified as Asa H. Coon, a freshman at the school, SuccessTech Academy.
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I just don't know why people have to blame, accuse and take action on others because of their short comings. We see too many people trying to blame others when they screw up in their lives. Take responsibility for your actions, it's not so hard, to stand up and be counted a man / woman.
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Everyday in the news there are idiots that do some of the dumbest things, things that just can't be explained why in terms of common sense.
I will be using this post to add such news.
First lets start with the IDIOT grandmother who was using her 1 year old granddaughter to shop lift with here toy baby carriage.
See news video here
How frigging dumb or desperate could someone be to us a child for their crimes?.
Prior to 1996, the wireless age was not coming online fast enough, primarily because communities had the authority to block the siting of cell towers. But the Federal Communications Act of 1996 made it nearly impossible for communities to stop construction of cell towers "even if they pose threats to public health and the environment. Since the decision to enter the age of wireless convenience was politically determined for us, we have forgotten well-documented safety and environmental concerns and, with a devil-may-care zeal that is lethally short-sighted, we have incorporated into our lives every wireless toy that comes on the market. We behave as if we are addicted to radiation. Our addiction to cell phones has led to harder "drugs" like wireless Internet. And now we are bathing in the radiation that our wireless enthusiasm has unleashed. Those who are addicted, uninformed, corporately biased and politically-influenced may dismiss our scientifically-sound concerns about the apocalyptic hazards of wireless radiation. But we must not. Instead, we must sound the alarm.
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MORE STUFF ABOUT CELL PHONES AND RADIATION
Recently, researchers from the Orbero University in Sweden led by Professor Kjell Mild have suggested that young children may be at risk for brain cancer when using cell phones because of their thinner skulls and developing nervous systems. The study also suggests that 10 years is the minimum period needed by cancers to develop, which would warrant more research at this time when a large number of the population has been using cell phones for a long time.
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Welcome To The News Maze
I opened this blog...
so I could get off my chest shit that racks my nerves in the news. Between the media, the politicians, local sports, and public servant bullshit issues.
We have been handed nothing but lies about the war, September 11th 2001, Katrina, the oil take over, the cell phone radiation, and the heroin deals this government has made over the past administration's takeover.
The body count has been astronomical, and the attention it gets is always in bits and pieces. Some focus on the war, some 9-11, some on the victims of Katrina and some on the edges of the reality that we are getting screwed big time.
Here we will focus on it all! No free rides and no hidden agendas. We want answers, we'll ask for them, we'll share them and we'll plead for them as well.
September 11th 2001 I think is a good place for me to start. So many people had died, and so many questions had risen from the flesh infested dust, yet we let it pass without as much as a legal commitment. Justice was blinded by headlines of anthrax, Eron, the Church and it's sex scandals and anything else the people were willing to let blind them.
Normally, here in New York, we take pride in how we approach a crime scene. We look at details and we piece together what could be the cause of the crime. But this crime, had no crime scene, no investigation, no evidence turned over to the DA's office. What we got was full line of bullshit, that people wanted to believe, for people to keep the faith, while all along, being lied to. Sometimes, a lie, can be swallowed and digested just so it will pass through us.
First with all crimes, we have to look at who had the means, the motive and the opportunity. Within that frame work most crime investigations are conducted. We never had that chance, that chance was taken away from us before September 11, 2001. Now, in 2007, the crime scene still sits with human ash and more people paying the price because of this ash. A crime that has been killing for over seven years, and yet we still have no investigation? What we have is a war, deflecting our deepest desire to ask a simple question. What really happened on September 11th 2001?
