Via Ex Really getting harder to think happy thoughts.
NYT: Rebuit Iraq projects found crumbling.
At the airport, crucially important for the functioning of the country, inspectors found that while $11.8 million had been spent on new electrical generators, $8.6 million worth were no longer functioning.
At the maternity hospital, a rehabilitation project in the northern city of Erbil, an expensive incinerator for medical waste was padlocked — Iraqis at the hospital could not find the key when inspectors asked to see the equipment — and partly as a result, medical waste including syringes, used bandages and empty drug vials were clogging the sewage system and probably contaminating the water system.
The newly built water purification system was not functioning either.
Meanwhile:
• WSJ: Hellfire & Damnation — Rally against Yadkin commish meeting prayer rules
• Star News: Vets say they're not getting help from VA
• Char-O: Pay for Praise for homebuilder
• Screwy meets Karl.
• Two steps back — New UNC report on health care coverage is just stunning
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You sure know how to bring a guy down
Damn this is depressing.
I hate these people
Most Katrina Aid From Overseas Went Unclaimed
Draft Brad Miller -- NC Sen ActBlue :::Liddy 44 Brad 33
"Keep the Faith"
Wow. Especially after BlueNC Veteran's Day
This one really hits hard. Everyone should read it. Veterans combat anxiety
Say they can't get the help they need from the local VA. I don't even have words for the emotions this made me feel. That's saying something.
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My darling girl, when will you understand that 'normal' isn't necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic
Our Dem neighbors to the South are excited
Read Jim Morrill's article this morning. It's great news.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
See...this is what is going to get Clinton a lot of votes
That really is something to celebrate. (Still not sure I could support her.)
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My darling girl, when will you understand that 'normal' isn't necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic
some progress
Mr. Sunshine here.
I guess the point is that we’re still doing the screwing up and aren’t even close to getting to the fixin’. And yet, there are signs of progress.
Glad to see you back and contributing
to the People's Think Tank Mr. Sunshine!
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thanks
and what a peeptank it is.
From Today's N&O
Why is no one's talking about Rob Christensen's column today, "So much for the middle," about Heath Shuler's stop at the Civitas Institute conference?
Here are some highlights:
And, my favorite:
NY Times Article: A
TeamCommunity Gains Strength From Its Weakened Coach----
There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of the comfortable past which, in fact, never existed. - Robert F. Kennedy
nctodc, you must have missed this
Come On Rob by Anglico
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