Well, isn't it nice that they want to protect us from knowing?

The U.S.-led coalition routinely reports each time an American or other foreign soldier is killed by an Afghan in uniform. But The Associated Press has learned it does not report insider attacks in which the Afghan wounds — or misses — his U.S. or allied target. It also doesn't report the wounding of troops who were attacked alongside those who were killed.
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In recent weeks an Afghan soldier opened fire on a group of American soldiers but missed the group entirely. The Americans quickly shot him to death. Not a word about this was reported by the International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, as the coalition is formally known. It was disclosed to the AP by a U.S. official who was granted anonymity in order to give a fuller picture of the "insider" problem.
Gee, doesn't that make you feel good about our guys with their collective ass on the line?


As a general rule, anything that annoys the TSA is good; however, comments like this
In light of the shooting of Trayvon Martin, immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona, and the anniversary of the Rodney King trial "it has never been more readily apparent how the practice of racial profiling impacts all Americans," said Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The conference helped launch the app.
tell me some of these clowns are just grievance-mongering.


Here in OK, it appears the Education Department was playing games to get money; anybody surprised?
More than $100,000 that went into what auditors have dubbed as state Education Department slush funds was solicited by state education officials from 31 companies that had no-bid contracts with that agency, records reveal.

The Oklahoman reviewed a sample of 13 contractors and found they had received more than $48.5 million in no-bid Education Department contracts over the last six years. Their combined donations to the controversial accounts used to host educational conferences from 2007 through 2009 totaled $77,000.
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Executives from some companies with state Education Department contracts also contributed to Garrett's re-election campaign in 2006, the last time she ran for office, records show.


Robb notes "Don't forget: what they really want is to ban guns. ALL guns."