Iowa Caucus
With 45% of the vote in Obama - 34%, Edwards - 32%, Clinton - 31%. On the Republican side CNN and MSNBC are calling the race for Huckabee.
Obama and Edwards coming in 1 - 2 will be huge!
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Bhutto controversy
The Pakistani government has taken a page out of the US government playoff. Keep throwing explanations at the public. The public will get tired before you have to give up the real answer.
I detailed the problems with the “official photo” in an earlier post. This video clear tells us that the doctors are being forced to be quiet. There was no autopsy. The physician’s notes don’t really make any sense. One doctor spoke out, sort of, “The government took all the medical records right after Ms. Bhutto’s time of death was read out,” said a visibly shaken doctor who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. Sweating and putting his head in his hands, he said: “Look, we have been told by the government to stop talking. And a lot of us feel this is a disgrace.” The medical report is here. It is incomplete.
Today, in an interview with foreign reporters, Pervez Musharraf cleared the air. He laid blame were it clearly belonged. “…Ms. Bhutto had defied the government’s warnings when she decided to go ahead with the rally in Rawalpindi, where she was killed a week ago. He added that she had broken standard security rules by standing in the open top of her vehicle as the crowd swarmed around her and by not leaving the rally quickly.”[NYT] Blaming the victim, always a great neocon strategy.
I don’t think that we will ever get the straight story on how Benazir Bhutto died. In my opinion, using only freely available information, I can say that Bhutto was shot without a doubt. She most likely died secondary to a gunshot wound. I don’t think that we will ever get the straight scoop on this story with the government cleaning the area after the shooting. I would guess that the CSI team would have a hard time getting the evidence after the Pakistani government has washed it away. Today, we heard that Scotland Yard is going to help with the investigation. We’ll see about the outcome. I don’t see how Scotland Yard can do anything but reinforce the official party line.
Violence in Kenya
I have read many of the stories about the violence in Kenya following their elections. It appears that an election was stolen. It seems that if these guys would have talked to Karl Rove they could have stolen the election without anyone raising an eyebrow for weeks or months.
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From CNN.com:
The orgy of violence that has greeted Kenya’s disputed election result has led to hundreds of deaths and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.
But away from the tragic human cost, the unrest has also provoked concerns about the stability of the east African country’s economy, until now seen as a model for the region.
Businesses have been destroyed and looted and supply routes disrupted after the opposition accused incumbent president Mwai Kibaki of election fraud after he was declared winner Sunday. (more…)
Worst person - Wendy Wright
From Countdown: Worst Person: Wendy Wright, president of the self-styled “Concerned Women For America,” on Fox News said that the advocates of comprehensive sex education are trying to encourage kids to have sex because they “benefit… when kids end up having sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies.”
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All I have to say is if you have a name of an organization called Concerned Women for America, you know that they are not going to liberal. They are going to more conservative than Michele Malkin and with that extra bit of crazy to make them perfect for Fox News. This is the dumbest argument that I have ever heard. Wendy Wright deserves the Worse Person in the World award for today and tomorrow this piece of stupidness.
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Errington C. Thompson, MD, is a surgeon, scholar, fulltime sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats...
