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...Rushdie's tart observation about the British may hold true for Americans, too, if the furor over the latest revelations about Senator Bob Kerrey's Vietnam career is any measure. The forthcoming issue of the New York Times' Sunday magazine contains a painful confession by the decorated Navy SEAL that he was awarded a Bronze Star for leading an operation in February 1969 that has all the appearances of an atrocity against Vietnamese civilians. And the revelations, both through Kerrey's own shifting recollections and the even more damning account offered up by one of the men he commanded that...
...Still, this does not make Bob Kerrey a monster; merely one of thousands of young Americans sent by their leaders to do an often monstrous job. Raised in the belief that their nation fought always and only for freedom and sent to Vietnam ostensibly to protect its people from an invading force of communists from the north, Kerrey and his men - like hundreds of thousands of others - found themselves in a moral vortex. While the politicians in far-off Washington never had their illusions challenged by daily reality, those sent to do the fighting were quickly apprised of the fact...
...fresh wounds on her arms. When asked about the cuts, she volunteered the reason: “I have to cut myself before sex,” said Jolie. Angelina, of course, has made it no secret that she enjoys wild sex with her husband Billy Bob Thornton (they want to pad the walls of their bedroom because their foreplay tends to be violent). But Jolie turned from playful to nasty when the photographer insisted that she take the vial-necklace off for the shoot. She whirled around and hissed, “It’s my husband?...
...stupid Billy Bob thought it was a couples cross burning b) Spanish penitents parade on Good Friday c) we see that the Grand Wizard got her job for more than just her hatred...
...with questions by first-time ranchers, just launched an UrbanRancher website to teach the basics from septic tanks to wildlife feeding. "A lot of county agents are getting asked how many cattle they can raise on 10 to 20 acres. The answer is none. It's too small," says Bob Brown, head of A&M's department of wildlife and fisheries sciences. "They want fences 10 feet to 12 feet high to keep wildlife in--or out--but don't understand that isolating a herd causes inbreeding...