Click Here

Click Here

Click Here

Today brings us very sad news. The U.S. death toll in Iraq has hit 2,000. While the cost of our invasion of Iraq is far greater than numbers quoted in a news report, we must take the time to reflect on what has happened, what has got us to this point and what to do from here. A little over two years ago, on May 1, 2003, President Bush stood, triumphant, on the deck of the USS Abraham automated lead generation system incoln and proclaimed , "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." Behind him flew a banner reading "Mission Accomplished." As of that speech, 139 Americans had died in Iraq. Since, as Bush said, major combat operations have ended and the United States and our allies have prevailed, 1,861 more Americans have paid the ultimate price. Two thousand Americans. Thousands more maimed, seriously wounded or left with lifelong mental scars, to say nothing of the toll the war has taken on the Iraqis themselves. And for what? Two thousand have died and the mission still hasn't been accomplished. Two thousand have died and freedom still hasn't marched. Two thousand have died and the course we're staying still hasn't been defined. Two thousand have died and the president still hasn't crafted the excuse that explains away a single flag-draped coffin.

I know. This has how to become a non profit othing to do with The Branding of Polaroid. I came across these yesterday in the Guardian (UK) and today on Yahoo. You can read the articles in the Guardian and Yahoo by clicking on these links. Any comments? Mine is that it makes me really appreciate how out of touch I am with today's reality. Update, 1 July 2007 . Apparently I wasn't alone with my opinion.

That's how one commentator described the prospect of a Mexico-Argentina quarterfinal, and indeed that is what we will server spam filter ee on Sunday since both teams won their matches today. Sunday, 7:30 ET. Can't. Wait.

(Click on the image to enlarge it.) A nurse at a youth correctional facility attempted an exorcism on a 17 year old boy. She is currently under investigation. Here's the story: Prison nurse suspended in 'exorcism' investigation The Sun newspaper reported that the nurse performed the exorcism road trip planner n a 17-year-old who feared he was possessed by the devil after hearing voices and having disturbing visions. After carrying out the exorcism, the nurse told prison bosses what she had done, the newspaper said. "The lad said he was possessed by the devil - he complained of hearing voices and seeing things," a prison insider told The Sun. "This nurse, who has apparently performed exorcisms before, took it upon herself to go to his cell to carry out the ceremony. It is altogether unwise for someone who has not been ordained and who has not been commissioned by the authority of the Church to attempt an exorcism, even if one is warranted. Without Christ, human beings are no match for the preternatural power of a fallen angel. Your thoughts?