[mountaineer]

I think there's a military rule that if your sibling has been killed, you can request not to be posted to a combat area, and it looks like these girls have taken advantage of that provision. What bugged me was that the parents were doing all the whining and complaining, instead of treating their daughters like the adults they are, and letting them make the decision.

[Timeout]

Watching "Hardball" and once again Chris is making me puke with his partisan take on today's hearings.

I think I've figured out what's up with him. His ratings are abysmal, always have been. I think someone at MSNBC pointed out to him how Geraldo's MSNBC ratings soared when he became Clinton's biggest defender during Monicagate. Is Chris shooting for the same spike? It's a shame because he used to be really balanced.