Carpenters In The Forehead/   Warlords, Inc.  Part 2

Below find continued excerpts from the Congressional Report of John Tierney, entitled, “Warlord, Inc.: Extortion and Corruption Along the U.S. Supply Chain in Afghanistan:”

"The U.S. operation in Afghanistan has presented the U.S. military with the most complex logistical operation it has ever undertaken. By September 2010, under President Barack Obama’s plan to increase troop strength, the United States will have 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, with an additional 38,000 allied forces under NATO command. Military logistics officers are responsible for providing the troops with the food, water, shelter, weapons, ammunition, and fuel they need to perform their duties."

Carpenters In The Forehead/  A Rousing Yell-out To All My Sanctimonious Christian Friends

Putting out a loud and rowdy call to all of you Christians, just full to the brim with Jesus’ love:  Hark the Herald, it’s time to join me and get on the bus.  Now, it should be as obvious as the hat on my head that I’m not referring to the bus which years ago transported the Merry Pranksters around the countryside.  I know iniquity when I see it, or taste it, and there’s no way you’re going to give me a test of the Electric Kool-aid Acid variety.

The Ehrlich campaign seemed caught off-guard yesterday by Governor O'Malley's "Building Maryland's Schools" plan and was forced to put out "faux" facts of their own.

O'Malley's plan includes an additional $1 billion for school construction over the next four years to rebuild our schools and revitalize our communities.  After a $1.3 billion investment in school construction during his first term, Governor O'Malley committed to meeting the recommendation of the Kopp Commission and providing $250 million for school construction annually over the next four years.

O'Malley's investment in rebuilding our public schools represents a 56% increase over Bob Ehrlich's one-term in office. Bob Ehrlich chronically-underfunded public school construction in our state, leading the Kopp ...

Carpenters In The Forehead/  Warlord, Inc.: Extortion and Corruption Along the U.S. Supply Chain in Afghanistan

Report of the Majority Staff\Rep. John F. Tierney/ Chair Subcommittee on National Security and  Foreign Affairs/Committee on Oversight and Government Reform/U.S. House of Representatives/June 2010

As mentioned in a recent rambling from my forehead (see "What's A Few Billion Here, A Few Billion There?"), it is eye-opening and flat-out astounding to read this report from Representative John Tierney.  Call it the straw that broke the camel's back, call it an affront to decency, call it a sick feeling in your stomach; call it whatever you choose, but call the troops home.  This reality of the war on the ground is downright schizophrenic and morally corrupt, ...