Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I just saw a news item linked to from Salon.com. It was the second one I saw today that seemed to express a desperation that's been glossed over and covered up for years now in America. I'll spare you any more liberal commentary, at least in this post. Maybe I'll add a bit of conservative commentary.

'Thank God guns are so easily available in America!'

How bad is Iraq?

From the Associated Press:

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A young Marine who feared returning to Iraq persuaded his cousin to shoot him in the leg, then told police he was hit by random gang gunfire, authorities said.

The shooting early Saturday on Chicago's Northwest Side was meant to keep 19-year-old Moises Hernandez from going back to Iraq, prosecutors said.

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The young man's father, Ray Hernandez, said his son was troubled by nightmares when he got home.

"Whatever he experienced changed him totally," the senior Hernandez said. His son had joined the Marines to get away from gang violence, the father said.
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Man shoots postman to get jailed

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A US man shot his postman so that he would get sent to prison for life and escape his crippling medical debts, investigators say.
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