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“Gays Too Precious To Risk In Combat,” Says General

Posted by nytexan

The Onion:
Gen. McBrayer discusses how valuable homosexuals are, and why we must never put their lives at risk by allowing them in the military.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vnkiWQF6iQ]

Posted by nytexan August 14th, 2007 | Category: Gays, Humor, You Tube, military | Comments (10)

RNC Now Seeks Shelter of Executive Privilege

Posted by nytexan

t r u t h o u t | Report: By Jason Leopold

The Republican National Committee said it will not abide by a subpoena and turn over documents to a Congressional committee investigating the firings of at least eight US attorneys last year because the RNC is waiting to see if the White House will [...]

Posted by nytexan August 14th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Congress, Conyers, Department of Justice, Judiciary Committee, Oversight, Politics, RNC, executive privilege | Comments (4)

Gonzales To Oversee Death Penalty

Posted by nytexan

This is stunning, Alberto Gonzales the guy who can’t recall where he put his shoes will be in charge of overseeing the death penalty. Obviously there were several items that were missed by the 109th Congress when they reauthorized the Patriot Act. Interesting that the items missed have to do with the Department of [...]

Posted by nytexan August 14th, 2007 | Category: Congress, Department of Justice, Gonzales, National, Patriot Act, Politics | Comments (2)

Elizabeth Edwards Smacks Down Hillary & Obama

Posted by nytexan

You really have to love the openness and straight talk from Elizabeth Edwards. In a recent interview she smacked down Hillary and Obama on a variety of issues but one important one for me was their lack of blocking the Iraq Funding Bill.

NEW YORK (AP) — Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic candidate John Edwards, lambastes [...]

Posted by nytexan August 14th, 2007 | Category: Clinton, Democrat, Edwards, Election, Elizabeth Edwards, Obama, Politics | Comments (2)