I may not be able to say bad things about legislators, but, fortunately, McBlogger takes on my representative for me.

Yes, I’m still awake. Yes, I’m a sucker for the drama. Will there or won’t there be a new Lege in the morning? Who knows? But Craddick isn’t bearing the gavel. (He may still have his head, but he’s likely running around like a chicken without one.) Solomons is on the dais having a good [...]

Women and children first. I can’t agree more — or say it any better.

O, the Doublespeak! The hypocrisy! From Military.com Veteran’s Report: As the House of Representatives prepared to pass its fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill, the White House urged lawmakers to reconsider a host of costly personnel initiatives added by the armed services committee. Initiatives opposed by the White House included: Bigger Pay Raises Higher TRICARE Fees [...]

The Tank picks up on something I’ve been pissed (and concerned) about for quite some while: private security companies guarding military installations. When we don’t have enough troops to guard our own bases, we’ve got a serious problem. In terms of security, there were military policemen everywhere, except the main gate. . When I pulled [...]

Badger’s Forward thanks American taxpayers for the delivery of Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicles to replace the HMMWVs currently used in Iraq: Anyone who has been in the military can give you a litany of complaints. The saying “a bitchy Soldier, is a happy Soldier” exists for a reason. But I would be hard [...]

As the troop surge continues in Baghdad, search efforts continue for three 10th Mountain Division soldiers who remain missing following a pre-dawn attack south of the city, the Joint Staff’s deputy operations director reported today. “A massive effort is under way to locate three missing American soldiers,” Army Brig. Gen. Perry Wiggins told reporters during [...]

Awesome!

The Capitol is falling to pieces . . . on both sides. Senate. House. And Prince Harry isn’t going to Iraq.

From CJR Daily: Adel, the rock star of the three, with his big black shades, spiky hair, and goatee, looks at the camera and describes how his date went last night. “The vast majority of girls will not allow you to get where you want,” he says coyly. We hear you, brother. But then he [...]