Soldiers take on insurgents with a musical vengeance, cranking up the volume to distress the enemy. The choice of tunes might surprise. Soldiers take on insurgents with a musical vengeance, cranking up the volume to distress the enemy. The choice of tunes might surprise. As tanks geared up to trample Fallujah and American troops started circling the city, special operations officers rifled through their CD cases, searching for a sound track to spur the assault. What would irk Iraqi insurgents more: Barking dogs or bluegrass? Screaming babies or shrieking feedback? Heavy metal. The Army's latest weapon. AC/DC. Loud. Louder! Let's roll. This is a great idea, but what would make it perfect would be if the soldiers used music by artists like Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and the Dixie Chicks, who've been flamboyantly unsympathetic to the American cause.

I think the winning idea for “The Blinding Flash of the Obvious” goes to the 101st Infantry Division. In the course of combat operations and searching for weapon caches the 101st came across large amounts of Ba’athist cash. They immediately turned right around and spent the money in the local economy for humanitarian efforts. During 2003 they seized and spent $178 million. Other units are now continuing the program.

Taking Condy from the babies The level of dislike some white liberals have for minorities is absolutely amazing. I should be more specific – minorities who are smarter than they are, and on a different side of the political aisle. My apologies if the redundancies continue to accumulate. Since Dr. Condoleezza Rice was nominated to be secretary of state, the vile racism of those who have made their living telling minorities how much they love them, has been nothing short of amazing. One white radio host called Rice an "Aunt Jemima," and Colin Powell an "Uncle Tom." There have been several cartoons – by white liberals no less – which draw Rice as some sort of plantation slave, exaggerating features in the vein of 19th and early 20th century racist "art." It's alright to be racist if your a liberal, but just let one conservative spout this rhetoric and watch all hell break loose. Although, it appears that the Hispanic population is catching on (Bush almost doubled his Hispanic votes since 2000), but when will the rest of the minorities?