Scoop's Views

Two dead teen girls on the beach, but fun never stopped

After giving up on lifesaving efforts, the lifeguards covered each of the girls' bodies with a beach towel out of respect for the dead. The feet and ankles of both girls poked from under the beach towels, a testament to two young lives snuffed out. Within feet of the girls' bodies, folks went about sunbathing and other beach antics as normal, ignoring the two dead bodies.

Suggestions for Barack Obama while in Iraq and Afghanistan

While you and I are sitting at home, enjoying all the creature comforts, American fighting men and women are in distant lands, including Afghanistan and Iraq, sweating their butts off, literally, while going on patrols, doing raids, and other duties, and their performance – or responses – could be the difference between life-and-death. As for Sen. Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic presidential candidate who is doing a tour of specific areas in Afghanistan and Iraq, supposedly getting a first-hand look at the situation on the ground, things are much different. His environment will be hot, sandy, dirty, but secure, for the most part. Because Obama, like McCain and others during past trips, are members of Congress, the military will provide a shroud around the "dignitaries" – ensuring, to the best of their ability, the survival of the elected officials, even at the expense of service men and women.

Phil Gramm quits as John McCain’s presidential campaign co-chairman over ‘nation of quitters’ comment

MSNBC is reporting former Republican Sen. Phil Gramm is stepping down as co-chairman of Republican John McCain's presidential campaign.

Rev. Jesse Jackson blasts Obama using N-word

As I wrote on July 10, in the post, Rev. Jesse Jackson is irrelevant in today's society, it seems he really needs to learn to shut hit mouth, stay out of the public spotlight, give up being a public figure, and not give any interviews -- to local, nation, international, or even target-market publications -- ever again. Now, for the second time in a month, he is under fire badmouthing presidential candidate Barack Obama, running as a democrat.

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