'Deep Throat' is revealed!!

Our favorite folks across the Atlantic are wondering why their violent crime rate is increasing dramaticly. Britain has some of the most restrictive gun control and self defense laws in the world. Now that the gun control lobby has gotten their way with no effect on violent crime the next logical solution would be what? Knives! Yes and not your typical 'that's not a knife, this is a knife!" Crocodile Dundee bowie! Nooooo. Kitchen knives are the culprit now. Neal Boortz is all over this one.

Mustang Marine cleared of wrongdoing

A Mustang Marine is one who was enlisted first and then becomes an officer, hence the mix breed Mustang. Lt. Pantano who seeked a commission in the Marines in response to the 9/11 attacks has been cleared of any wrong doing in his Article 32 (grand jury) hearing. Why was someone who was defending his men charged in the first place? This sadly is why,

“Down at the unit level, there was never a question about Ilario’s conduct and whether or not he did the right thing,” Charles Gittins, Pantano’s civilian lawyer, said. “It was up in the higher echelons. The people removed from combat situations needed to put more trust in their officers rather than assuming they’re guilty.”

I'm not surprised. Though the Marines do one of the best jobs of training their men and women to handle a great deal of responsibility it is difficult to work with the higher ups when they can't see the battlefield from your point of view. That's why they give you the benefit of the doubt but here they chose not to and had a public relations fiasco.

I can laud the President for sticking to his guns in the debate over stem cell research. I can not deny how beneficial it would for my family memebers to have access to the medical benefits stem cells would have. Senator Arlen Spector spoke out today on the need for more government funding in stem cell research and the House and Senate both debate stem cell research bills. This is one issue I'm going to have to disagree with President. I would hate to see him veto any such bill.

Once again Amensty International decries our abuses of enemy prisoners of war in a loud statement but this time they take it one step further and blame the US for the rest of the worlds abuse of prisoners and torture tactics. The President of Amensty had this to say,

When the most powerful country in the world thumbs its nose at the rule of law and human rights, it grants a licence to others to commit abuse with impunity.

I don't buy it. Meanwhile there are some good outcomes to the war on terror like this here.

Let's hope this is true.

Update: He might have fled the country after suffering a gun shot wound to the lung.

Update II: Now the Iraqi government acknowledges that Zarq is injured. I hope it was from a 5.56 mm shot from a Lance Corporals M-16 A2. And I hope he's in a lot of pain. He's earned it.

Good riddance. See 'Jacko's Future".