> > I would never let my daughters join the military. If you have daughters, be sure to read about the possible Army cover up of rape and murder of women soldiers. The Democratic Underground has this:
The Department of Defense statistics are alarming — one in three women who join the US military will be sexually assaulted or raped by men in the military. The warnings to women should begin above the doors of the military recruiting stations, as that is where assaults on women in the military begins — before they are even recruited.
But, now, even more alarming, are deaths of women soldiers in Iraq, and in the United States, following rape. The military has characterized each of the deaths of women who were first sexually assaulted as deaths from “non-combat related injuries,” and then added “suicide.” Yet, the families of the women whom the military has declared to have committed suicide, strongly dispute the findings and are calling for further investigations into the deaths of their daughters......
> The payday lenders in Ohio are fighting any restrictions on the astronomical interest rates they charge. Republican Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, continues to support the payday lenders.
WKYC is reporting that the city of Parma has put some restrictions on payday lenders. At least it is a start.
> I'm listening to this Bush press conference on TV. Bush says he thinks McCain will be the next president. OMG!
> Mother Jones has the story about John McCain's spiritual guide, right wing pastor, Rod Parsley:
Senator John McCain hailed as a spiritual adviser an Ohio megachurch pastor who has called upon Christians to wage a "war" against the "false religion" of Islam with the aim of destroying it.
On February 26, McCain appeared at a campaign rally in Cincinnati with the Reverend Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church of Columbus, a supersize Pentecostal institution that features a 5,200-seat sanctuary, a television studio (where Parsley tapes a weekly show), and a 122,000-square-foot Ministry Activity Center. That day, a week before the Ohio primary, Parsley praised the Republican presidential front-runner as a "strong, true, consistent conservative." The endorsement was important for McCain, who at the time was trying to put an end to the lingering challenge from former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, a favorite among Christian evangelicals. A politically influential figure in Ohio, Parsley could also play a key role in McCain's effort to win this bellwether state in the general election. McCain, with Parsley by his side at the Cincinnati rally, called the evangelical minister a "spiritual guide."....
Here is a YouTube video of McCain with Parsley:
McCain has Parsley and Hagee are right wing religious zealots. Why is McCain getting advice from them???