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Monday, May 31, 2004 memorial day What They Left Behind 
Rosemarie Dietz Slavenas in her living room in Rockford, Ill., with the stuffed bunny that belonged to her son, Brian, a 30-year-old pilot who died in November when his troop transport helicopter was shot down in Iraq. The upright piano was his 16th-birthday present. Ms. Slavenas said that her son played Chopin very well, and that his first instructor performed at the funeral. Ms. Slavenas says she is allowing herself a year to mourn. "The grief has been exhausting," she said. The mail does not help, either. After receiving numerous letters from a company offering air-safety workshops for pilots, Ms. Slavenas has finally decided to write the company a letter to let it know her son is dead. 
Kenneth Jerabek raises the Marine and United States flags every day on the flagpole he erected as part of a memorial to his son Ryan, an 18-year-old marine killed in battle in April. Students from his high school class planted the tree in the background. Mr. Jerabek, who lives in Oneida, Wis., was eager to receive his son's belongings from Iraq, but he did not anticipate how hard it would be to go through them. Family members worked their way through the first box, but stopped when they saw his white hat. They could go no further; not yet. "He was only there for four weeks," his father said. 
Paula Zasadny of Taylor, Mich., was so plagued with worry when her daughter left for Iraq that she started taking antidepressants. After Holly McGeogh, 19, died in a roadside bombing in Kirkuk in January, her mother's dosage was doubled. When Ms. Zasadny learned of her daughter's death, she desperately wanted her child's used laundry so she could smell her once more. She was heartbroken to learn that the military had washed all of Ms. McGeogh's clothing before sending it back to the family. But a returning soldier gave her a surprise gift, a bag filled with her daughter's unwashed clothes. as of memorial day, there have been 814 US fatalities in iraq. posted by downtown | 2:42 AM Friday, May 21, 2004 fucking sick New Details of Prison Abuse Emerge Abu Ghraib Detainees' Statements Describe Sexual Humiliation And Savage Beatings 
By Scott Higham and Joe Stephens Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, May 21, 2004; Page A01 Previously secret sworn statements by detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq describe in raw detail abuse that goes well beyond what has been made public, adding allegations of prisoners being ridden like animals, sexually fondled by female soldiers and forced to retrieve their food from toilets. .... The statements provide the most detailed picture yet of what took place on the cellblock. Some of the detainees described being abused as punishment or discipline after they were caught fighting or with a prohibited item. Some said they were pressed to denounce Islam or were force-fed pork and liquor. Many provided graphic details of how they were sexually humiliated and assaulted, threatened with rape, and forced to masturbate in front of female soldiers. good fucking god. oh, and there's video now too. it ain't pretty. the delgados: "all you need is hate" "hate is all around.. ..come on people feel it like you just don't care..." posted by downtown | 10:56 AM Thursday, May 20, 2004 so long, jackass. Chalabi's House Raided by U.S. Troops 
BAGHDAD, May 20 -- U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police on Thursday raided the home of Ahmad Chalabi, a Governing Council member who was once the Pentagon's pick to run post-war Iraq, and two office buildings used by his Iraqi National Congress. U.S. troops detained three guards and seized computers, dozens of rifles, and files from the offices of the INC, a coalition of parties headed by Chalabi that opposed Saddam Hussein from exile. Hours after the morning raids, a U.S. official and an Iraqi judge disclosed to reporters that arrest warrants had been issued for 15 people on charges of kidnapping, fraud, and "associated matters." finally some good news from bushopotamia. good riddance. if only the neocons could have seen this fucking snake oil salesman for what he was years ago, maybe we wouldn't be trapped in such a shithole right now. juan cole, as per usual, has got the the straight dope. hank williams "i saw the light" "then like the blind man that god gave back his sight, praise the lord! i saw the light..." posted by downtown | 12:49 PM Saturday, May 15, 2004 fuck you, zell miller fuck you. fuck you repeatedly and with great violence. fuck you running, sideways, backwards and forwards. fuck you with green eggs and ham. fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you miserable fucking cretin. Zell Miller Blasts Fellow Democrat Kerry By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: May 15, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) -- Sen. Zell Miller, the Bush campaign's most famous Democratic attack dog, ripped into John Kerry Saturday as an ``out-of-touch, ultraliberal from Taxachusetts'' in a speech before Georgia Republicans. Miller, the lone Democratic senator publicly backing Bush, made the remarks in a Bush-Cheney grassroots event during the state Republican convention, where he was greeted as a hero. "I'm afraid that my old Democratic 'ties that bind' have become unraveled,'' he said in a speech that evoked sustained applause, cheers, laughter and two standing ovations. (don't let the door hit you in ass, fucker--P) .... "Look, John Kerry couldn't find Main Street with both hands,'' he said. "You can't make a chicken swim and you can't make John Kerry anything but an out-of-touch ultraliberal from Taxachusetts.'' .... In his speech, Miller said the nation is more secure with Bush in the White House. "With John Kerry on national security, it's vacillate, retreat and turn over to the U.N.,'' he said. "With John Kerry on domestic policy, it's tax, spend and redistribute income.'' He said Kerry deserves praise for his war record in Vietnam but declared his Senate voting record on national defense "shameful,'' saying Kerry voted "against every single major weapons system that won the Cold War.'' "The man now wants to be the commander in chief of U.S. armed forces? U.S. forces armed with what, spitballs?'' .... But he has ruffled the feathers of Democratic colleagues since joining the Senate, siding with Republicans on virtually every key issue and writing a best-selling book in which he accuses his party of being out of touch with Southern voters. The speech was a hit with Republicans. "That was the greatest speech he's ever made,'' said convention delegate Ernest Dyal of McRae. ``He could get re-elected today.'' Miller, who will be 73 next year, is not seeking re-election and he confirmed again following the speech that he is not changing parties. "I'm comfortable right where I am doing what I'm doing. I want to be doing everything I can to help President Bush be re-elected, and Dick Cheney. I think they're doing a superb job.'' where to start? let's start with that last statement, " I want to be doing everything I can to help President Bush be re-elected, and Dick Cheney. I think they're doing a superb job." this is america and we all have the right to delude ourselves about anything and everything. what we don't have to tolerate is some unelected jackass in the united states senate doing so as a member of our party. i wondered aloud the other day to a friend, "how long 'till we hear someone use the term 'taxachussetts'? i assumed it couldn't be too long from now. what does surprise me is that i had to read it as uttered by a senator who is at least nominally a member of my party's caucus. good fucking grief... does he honestly believe we are safer today as a result of the utterly disasterous policies pursued by idiots like w and cheney? a superb job? do you read the papers, dickhead? bushCo et al are literally grinding up the united states army in iraq right now. their assumptions, predictions and worldview have been completely and utterly discredtied time and time again. what's worse? they have absolutley no idea how they're gonna fix it. actually, the whole sordid fucking tragedy is more than likely beyond redemption at this point. the wheels are coming off the damned car, you fucking geezer moron. pay attention. i would not so respectfully ask that you do so as a member of another party. perhaps you could resurrect the dixiecrats. please take this worthless asswipe with you, too. oh, and fuck you, zell miller. gang of four "i found that essence rare" "Aim for politicians fair who'll treat your vote hope well.. ..The last thing they'll ever do act in your interest" posted by downtown | 2:04 PM Friday, May 14, 2004 we're all media whores now.. it's not everyday that one of your friends ends up on the cover of new york magazine. alas, today is one of those days. voila! 
The Circus Is Coming Four months away from the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden, activists are circling their welcome wagons, predicting “a battle for ground zero,” a “Burning Man festival for the city,” “a political disaster,” “a disciplined, organized protest,” “a culture war”—five days that are “part blackout, part Woodstock,” “worse than Miami,” “better than Seattle,” “our Chicago ’68.” Will these five days help push Bush out of office or spark a red-state backlash that cements his reelection? Either way, says 26-year-old activist Brandon Neubauer, “it’s already sort of legendary.” go read the whole thing. it's chocked full of inaccuracies and half truths, but it does paint a fairly interesting overall picture of what's happening around here these days. not to be outdone i'll be on diva queen kathleen's show tonight on MNN. i'll be dicussing both my RNC doc and a new project as well. channel 67 at 11pm for those of you in the new york city area. it's a call in show, too. you can call and ask me hugely inappropriate questions as well. it'll be a hoot. camper van beethoven "tania" "oh, my beloved tania. we carry your gun deep within our hearts for no better reason than our lives have no meaning and we want to be on television..." posted by downtown | 8:51 PM Wednesday, May 12, 2004 how we all know this is gonna end 
mudhoney: "touch me i'm sick" "well i've been bad.. ..and i've been worse. ..yeah i'm a creep... ..yeah.. .and i'm a jerk.." posted by downtown | 4:53 AM Friday, May 07, 2004 no fucking shit. From a Picture of Pride to a Symbol of Abuse in Iraq "...."You talk about the unusual," Mrs. England said. "That child liked it." 
Pfc. Lynndie R. England with an Iraqi prisoner at the Abu Ghraib prison. i'd say that young lady has a kink or two..... the velvet underground: "venus in furs" "taste the whip in love not given lightly.. ..taste the whip now bleeeeeed for me..." posted by downtown | 2:26 AM Sunday, May 02, 2004 news of the day from operation iraqi freedom... 11 Troops Die in Iraq; U.S. Hostage Safe Filed at 5:44 p.m. ET BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- In a daring escape, American hostage Thomas Hamill pried open the doors of the house where he was being held late Sunday morning and ran a half-mile to a military convoy that was passing by, officials and his wife said. Insurgents attacked U.S. forces across Iraq, killing 11 Americans. .... Meanwhile, 11 soldiers were killed in separate attacks, the military said, raising the U.S. death toll to 151 since a wave of violence began April 1. At least 753 U.S. troops have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. Six U.S. service members were killed and another 30 were wounded in a mortar attack near the western city of Ramadi. .... Another U.S. soldier was killed and 10 were wounded in a bomb and small arms attack on a coalition base near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Overnight, Shiite militiamen attacked a U.S. convoy with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades near the southern city of Amarah, 180 miles south of Baghdad. Two soldiers were killed, the military said. Through the night and into Sunday morning, Iraqis set fire to the long line of abandoned vehicles, jumping on the hoods and beating them with sticks. An attack in northwest Baghdad killed two other soldiers and wounded two Iraqi security officers and another American, the military said. U.S. troops also exchanged gunfire Sunday near Najaf with militiamen loyal to radical Shiite preacher Muqtada al-Sadr, who is charged in the murder of a rival cleric last year. In the southern city of Basra, a mortar shell exploded late Sunday near the headquarters of the traffic police, killing one civilian, police Lt. Col. Ali Kadhim said. Minutes later, gunmen killed a policeman at a checkpoint, he said. It was unclear if the attacks were coordinated. the day that was.. southern culture on the skids "it's all over but the shoutin'" "it's all over. it's all over..." posted by downtown | 6:42 PM Saturday, May 01, 2004 apropos of nothing... it sucks to be totally krushed out. superchunk: "out on the wing" "airplanes are heavy. ships deserve to sink..." posted by downtown | 3:26 AM |
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