Well, he’s been lucky in his opponents before, and it looks like he’ll be lucky again. But I won’t be surprised if Shepard Fairey sits out the next round.

some of Sandys stories were not about women. from what she said Afghanistan is like another planet in many ways. for one thing I was shocked to learn that it is not only common but totally acceptable and even considered upscale for a man to have one or more “little boys” to tend to his needs. she had pictures of some of them. unbelievable. even more unbelievable is what happens to them when they are to old to be cute any more.
another stunner was about public sanitation. she said that there were “areas” and we are talking about cities not middle of no where, where people, men actually, would hike their jalabas and take a dump. right in the middle of everything. and then just walk away. no muss no fuss no wiping.
anyway. her stories convinced me that as curious as I might be I dont think I ever really want to visit this country.

I want to hear about what we’re doing regarding health and education. About schools. About hospitals with sterile medical equipment. About jobs.

last night I was watching Maddow and she produced a chart supposedly from the Joint Chiefs (I think) that seemed to suggest they are at least considering some of the things you mention. Maddow basically uses the chart to ridicule it but I thought it was at least a tiny bit hopeful in that are at least considering something besides killing them.

She worked with NGOs where she was able to learn, in secret, how to use a computer (since women could not get an education). She survived Taliban rule and then came to the US to learn about public health, so that she can make a dent in the atrocious maternal mortality rate — 1,600:100,000 compared to 8:100,000 in the US.

I admire her courage. I am in awe of her. May God help her and everyone else there.

I don’t know how this strategically fits. And I don’t know whether an escalation will help or hurt. But I know for damned sure that we’re not building the CIVILIAN infrastructure needed for the Afghanis to stand on their own.

She told me that this is the best support that they need, and warned her countrypersons that the foreign aid will eventually end. I feel like we’re forgetting civil society and the needs of the people, and instead, we’re simply focusing on a military objective.

I want to hear more from Afghanistan’s people themselves. I want to hear about what we’re doing regarding health and education. About schools. About hospitals with sterile medical equipment. About jobs. That’s what’s being lost in the din about escalation.

http://gamepolitics.com/2009/11/24/winona-ryder-depeche-mode-factor-wow-lawsuit

chucha tu madre what did these people do before youtube

Is it ok to look back in wistful Hope™ and wish Michelle had been the candidate? Will you allow me a few moments of delusion that things would be significantly better if that had been the case?

@redmanlaw: One wonders, now that They have us all focused on Afghanistan, what kind of shenanigans They are committing in Iraq.