Less Safe
In the Wasn’t That Obvious department, here’s a report to Congress on America’s military readiness:
The U.S. military isn’t ready for a catastrophic attack on the country, and National Guard forces don’t have the equipment or training they need for the job, according to a report.
Even fewer Army National Guard units are combat-ready today than were [...]
Shakespearean Goodbye Kiss
“I will go root away
The noisome weeds, that without profit suck
The soil’s fertility from wholesome flowers.”
—Richard II, 3.4.37-39
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Dogs, easily won to fawn on any man!” —Richard II, 3.2.130
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Terrible hell, make war upon their spotted souls for this!”
—Richard II, 3.2.134-35
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Boys…strive to speak big.” —Richard II, 3.2.113-14
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Judases, each one thrice worse than Judas!”
—Richard II, 3.2.132
More Expensive Every Year
That war they lied us into? It’s costing us more and more:
“Funding for U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and other activities in the war on terrorism expanded significantly in 2007,” the Congressional Budget Office said in a report released on Wednesday.
War funding, which averaged about $93 billion a year from 2003 through 2005, rose [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“It issues from the rancour of a villain,
A recreant and most degenerate traitor.”
—Richard II, 1.1.143-44
Lies
Yahoo! discovers the obvious concerning the so-called intelligence that drove the invasion and occupation of Iraq:
WASHINGTON - A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“I do defy him, and I spit at him,
Call him a slanderous coward, and a villain.”
—Richard II, 1.1.60-61
