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View Article  Lieberman, turning again?

Follow-up to yesterday’s posting (Nov 11). Notwithstanding numerous reports over the weekend that he is now declaring himself a Democrat, newly reelected Senator Joseph Lieberman took the interviewee seat with Tim Russert on Meet the Press this morning reverting to his previous statements that he will “caucus” with Democrats.

 

Double-checking the transcript after listening to Lieberman on air:

 

Lieberman: “But, but I’m going to be an independent because that is how and why I returned to the Senate. I was elected as an independent, I was elected, I believe, because I said to my constituents in Connecticut, ...   more »

View Article  A bullet through the helmet in Iraq

This is one Iraq anecdote that has a happy ending. The daughter of friends of an old friend of mine, a nurse, shipped out to Iraq to do ER work there, survived the experience and is now posted as per the military’s promise to her in a safer and easier environment in Europe. Actually, that’s a happy ending in itself. She has a very good chance of coming home to the states, safe, after her contractual two years are up.

 

The anecdote within this anecdote concerns a soldier in Iraq. One of the less regarded frustrations for U.S....   more »