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Friday, Nov 05, 2004
The Red States Don't Value Brains
This portion of a Knight-Ridder article was not present in the Houston Chronicle's version. This was an unfortunate editing decision. Texans need to understand what they voted for.
Heavy human toll expected in battle for Al-Fallujah
HOSPITAL NEAR INSURGENT-HELD CITY PREPARING TO HANDLE MANY VICTIMS
In the six weeks Noyes has worked at the Al-Fallujah camp, his team has operated on Marines with eyes gouged by shrapnel and limbs torn by explosion. A rocket strike outside the hospital killed two staff members and left deep pockmarks across the white concrete walls.
Noyes said some bodies have been so badly mangled that they had to be shipped home for DNA identification.
As Noyes was speaking Thursday, two Marines and a female American photojournalist were rushed into the hospital. A roadside bomb had damaged their vehicle. The Marines had shrapnel cuts and burns, and the photographer's teeth had been pushed back into her mouth. The bomb was attached to a tank of gasoline, meant to create a fireball that didn't ignite.
Capt. Melissa Kaime, another Navy surgeon at the hospital, said that seeing trauma wounds in medical school is one thing; seeing them come off the battlefield is something altogether different.
``To treat a patient when (his) brain is coming out . . .,'' she said, before her voice trailed off. ``There are things that I will never understand. It's beyond my comprehension; a higher power will have to explain why these things have happened.''
HOSPITAL NEAR INSURGENT-HELD CITY PREPARING TO HANDLE MANY VICTIMS
In the six weeks Noyes has worked at the Al-Fallujah camp, his team has operated on Marines with eyes gouged by shrapnel and limbs torn by explosion. A rocket strike outside the hospital killed two staff members and left deep pockmarks across the white concrete walls.
Noyes said some bodies have been so badly mangled that they had to be shipped home for DNA identification.
As Noyes was speaking Thursday, two Marines and a female American photojournalist were rushed into the hospital. A roadside bomb had damaged their vehicle. The Marines had shrapnel cuts and burns, and the photographer's teeth had been pushed back into her mouth. The bomb was attached to a tank of gasoline, meant to create a fireball that didn't ignite.
Capt. Melissa Kaime, another Navy surgeon at the hospital, said that seeing trauma wounds in medical school is one thing; seeing them come off the battlefield is something altogether different.
``To treat a patient when (his) brain is coming out . . .,'' she said, before her voice trailed off. ``There are things that I will never understand. It's beyond my comprehension; a higher power will have to explain why these things have happened.''
Bible-based Law
In preparation for the imposition of the Evangelical Talmud, we're making a few changes to bring the United States of Jesusland more into line with basic Judeo-Christian values.
19: And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
20: And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
21: And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
That's right folks, women must be shunned when they are unclean. Falure to do so will result in hot man-on-dog polygamy, the public rape of children, and 500 channels of mandatory pornography.
20: And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
21: And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Thursday, Nov 04, 2004
Seen somewhere on DKos
"The Cracker Belt hates us because of our freedom."