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And thank you for bringing it up. The dead and wounded Iraqis are estimated to be 600,000. Throw in domestic and foreign contracrors, probably 5000 more. An unconscionable slaughter by any test. NO, the question must be answered, it wasn't worth it

'The only question after 4500 American dead military is: Was it worth it?' maybe the families of the more than 100,000 dead Iraquis are asking the same question....

Texting: the new DUI... It really is a little unnerving how many of the current crop of traffic fatalities are due to cell phones, though. Including and especially train wrecks, at least in California--I can think of at least two spectacular ones in the last few years, one involving the engineer and one involving a truck driver who plowed right into the California Zephyr.

900,000 accidents(!!!)almost 3100 deaths in 2010 What more evidence do you want. NO more cell phones (hands free or not, texting or not). The sentence schedule should be: 1st offense: 2 years suspension of license 2nd offense: 5 years suspension 3rd offense: LIFETIME SUSPENSION! Think about it this way. You may not do it but you drive on the road every day with your loved ones. How would you like some 18 year-old texting and crossing the center line at 55mph? How selfish. Turrn the fucking thing off! ~ Train 102 is on the wrong track & heading for you ~

The only good thing to come out of that war was the downfall of Saddam Hussein and his murderous clan. The only question after 4500 American dead military is: Was it worth it? We know after Bush Jr. blew Valerie Plame's ID away as a CIA agent that the real reason wasn't WMD, it was to settle a score, Texas style cause Saddam hatched a plot against his father after Kuwait. Plain and simple. These are the people who have led our country and caused others to make the ultimate sacrifice. What bullshit! Bush is a war criminal. Cheney is a war criminal Take them to the Hague and chain them to the dock for 2 year trials.

Did anyone happen to notice that Reason And Rhyme: Bluegrass Songs By Robert Hunter & Jim Lauderdale was nominated for a Grammy? It's hard to believe but the Grammy's are actually nominating acts that have musical talent! (Robert Hunter, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Tedeschi-Trucks.... ETC) Shame the Europa '72 Box Set wasn't on the list for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

Did anyone happen to realize that Reason And Rhyme: Bluegrass Songs By Robert Hunter & Jim Lauderdale was nominated for teh Grammy's? It's hard to believe, but the Grammy's are now selecting people who have musical talent! (Robert Hunter, Warren Haynes, Tedeschi-Trucks.. ETC)

You have to bet $700 to win $500 if you bet on Obama. Nobody else is even close to those odds. Unless the economy, ecology gets in the way, Obama is going to win walking away. I sure hope that is a good thing.

Newt Gingrich is surging in the presidential polls, but his campaign organization has not caught up — making it possible he’ll miss Wednesday’s deadline to file enough signatures to even appear on Ohio’s primary ballot. Mr. Gingrich, the former House speaker whose once-moribund presidential campaign has been resurrected in the polls in recent weeks, already missed the deadline for Missouri’s ballot. With several other state deadlines looming this month, his campaign is showing growing pains as it strives to meet them. “We are going to give it our damnedest. We are going to do everything in our capacity to meet this deadline,” Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammand said of the Ohio deadline. “As far as the next deadline, we’re on pace for everything else.” Gingrich backers said the campaign could mount a write-in effort in Ohio if need be. But missing that state’s 4 p.m. Wednesday deadline would be the latest embarrassment for Mr. Gingrich’s organization.

European Union leaders banded together Friday to back tighter budget policing in a desperate bid to save the eurozone, with Britain left isolated after it vetoed a new EU treaty. After years of foot-dragging on deepening integration, 26 of the 27 EU states signaled their willingness to join a "new fiscal compact" to resolve the crisis threatening to crack apart the monetary union. But the deal came with a heavy political price when non-euro Britain resisted a Franco-German drive to enshrine new budget rules in a modified EU treaty. "The British were already not in the euro, and in that respect, we are used to this situation," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Merkel said she was "very pleased" most had agreed on the pact, which includes plans to impose near-automatic sanctions on debt and deficit delinquents. "We have learned from the mistakes of the past," she said as EU leaders wrapped up two days of marathon talks. Some leaders hope the pact will convince the European Central Bank to drop its reluctance to use its full arsenal against the crisis after ECB president Mario Draghi called for a "new fiscal compact" last week. Draghi dubbed the summit decisions a "very good outcome" for the eurozone. Many analysts see the ECB, with its power to print money, as the single currency's best hope after eurozone leaders struggled to boost the firepower of their bailout fund to one trillion euros ($1.3 trillion). The 17 eurozone countries signed up to the pact while nine other EU nations "indicated the possibility to take part in this process" after consulting their parliaments, EU leaders said in a statement. Hungary had originally voiced reluctance, while Sweden and the Czech Republic were undecided. The new deal, to be adopted by March through an intergovernmental agreement, was put to the entire 27-nation bloc in the interests of maintaining unity. "Except for one, all are considering participation," said EU president Herman Van Rompuy. "It is unfortunate that we missed the chance to have a full-fledged treaty change, but having said that we will make the best of it."