Citations for tonight's show are listed after the jump.
Number of U.S. soldiers killed in the Iraq war from 2003 to 2012*
Report on Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan (pdf)
Pentagon Says Afghan Forces Still Need Assistance
John Boehner's invitation to President Obama to address Congress (pdf)
Atia Abawi's interview with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai
On debt reduction, U.S. is nearly finished
U.S. budget deficit shrinks by over $200 billion, reaches 4-year low
U.S. Deficit Shrinking At Fastest Pace Since WWII, Before Fiscal Cliff
The Deficit Reduction We Have Achieved So Far
Budget office: Obama's health law reduces deficit
Jeanne Manford, 92, Who Stood Up for Her Gay Son, Inspiring Others, Dies
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Rachel,
Thank you for all that you do in educating me on so many levels. I'm 63
Disabled Veteran and still learning, your program on Jeanne Manford brought
tears to my eyes.
I´m 73 and also wept when the story of Jeanne Manford was told. Rachel does such a beautiful job of reporting. I am a gay man living in Brazil. It is my fervent wish to some day bring my Brazilian husband to America where we can live united there together. I hope the Supreme Court can make my wish come true.
You don't want to come here, you've surely read how bad it is.
To sit there and let these banks get away with these crimes is an outrage. Too many people have lost their homes by these banks. These banks and AIG set up a scam to go and maximize people’s mortgages than slap on insurance on somebody else’s home is ridiculous. And what happens, Bush the worthless with his lack of proper regulation ideas just fits in with these corrupt rich bastards at the very expense of others so they can get away with these crimes committed. And on top of it expect a big bail out to save their worthless arses as homeowners don’t get any relief or help at all barely. There is no excuse of laws start prosecuting these criminals.
Actually it was Rubin the Reckless that left banks and derivatives unregulated.
Shooter
So you are holding the Bush administration and the republicans in congress blameless?
Considering that the meltdown didn't happen until well into Bush's second term he had more than ample time to fix any regulations that they might have thought were broken in order to stave off a disaster that many saw coming.
Your case actually makes them look all that much worse because you are saying the system was broken and they were either to lazy, incompetent or greedy to fix it!
Pick one!
Sure, he could have fixed the deregulation from Clinton, but he didn't. It is amazing that we continue to read idiotic posts from people like deb.
Dragoon, Yes the Bushies dropped several balls. If it ain't broke, don't fix it is the usual CW during a real estate boom. And then the bottom drops out. Welcome to the role of human nature in the business cycle.
The same thing will happen with inflation. We have a humongous bubble in dollars floating around, which Democrats love... Right up until the time psychology turns and fear of renegade pricing hits. But for the time being it's even being discussed that the Treasury should bypass the Fed and counterfeit dollars. How bizarre is that?
Come now Rusty you have to admit things have become much more interesting, when people like me have come here. At least, I have the balls to break from the norm and say what I want to.
Well Deb- you seem intelligent. It was when I read your above post that I wondered. Bush the deregulator is paraphrased what you said. As has been well documented, even by Obama, Bush put more significant regulation in than Obama has, while he basically deregulated zilch.
Also well documented was the real deregulation that the Left atributes to the cause of the housing crisis was signed into law by Clinton. And- I believe, during the campaign, Obama took credit for much orf the bailouts- recall "Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive", etc- so attributing the bailouts to Bush is only a little correct. But- the failure to prosecute can only be blamed on Team Obama.
You may be directinally correct- you just seem to be aiming at the wrong target. Your complaints seem to center on actions from Clinton and the failure to act on Obama.
Vagientes is for infants. I would think that sterteia (which is alternately translated whiner or sniveler) is closer to the sense of the english.
I think TRMS should reserve the URL for some version of that motto. They are fabulous like that. :)
Let MSNBC and TRMS be the first among the main cable news channels to elucidate its viewers with the knowledge that our troops that remain in Afghanistan on condition of immunity, ONLY means they will not be subject to prosecution on charges of a crime or crimes in the Afghanistan justice system.
Any U.S. service member will still be held to account for offenses under a "Status of Forces Agreement" (S.O.F.A) and can be charged under U.S. military law under the "Uniform Code of Military Justice," (U.C.M.J). This is the standard arrangement between the host country and U.S. military personnel serving in a military capacity in most countries.
So, if a soldier is suspected of committing a crime in Afghanistan, he will not receive a blanket immunity and be free of accountability. He will most likely be charged and prosecuted under the S.O.F.A. under the U.C.M.J.
Having lived in South Korea for six years, I had to endure thousands of PSA's (Public Service Announcements) about both S.O.F.A. and the U.C.M. J. on AFN (American Forces Network), keeping those in uniform well aware of the agreement's implications and that they must be accountable for their actions.
When using the term "immunity" with respect to what Afghanistan will be agreeing to with regard to charging U.S. military members with crimes, this should be explained, so those who have not visited or lived in a country where our troops are stationed can better understand the usual arrangement.
Thanks.
A blinking and yawning dragon... going back to sleep.