I had the opportunity to volunteer at a national cemetery for a summer before the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts. While not privy to anything dealing with the deceased being interred, I did get to see the personnel working there as they went about handling 15 to 20 funeral ceremonies and just as many separate interments each day. Assistant directors dealt with funeral home representatives, family members and often the local media. It was their job to escort the funeral processions in and out of the cemetery in a timely manner so as to allow for another scheduled service. Combined with the functioning of the cemetery workers laying out the headstone rows, digging the individual graves and moving large amounts of heavy machinery, all in the limited space available, made for a look of confusion. But these workers and management maintained a respectful and reverent attitude as they provided a last honor to Americans that had served their country.

As for Arlington, their mistakes may have been just that, mistakes. As in the political realm, it is the cover-up that is usually more criminal that the crime.

That's what the repub "got its groove back" really is. As previously mentioned,

Republicans have no ideas to solve America's problems

Republicans have no cohesive party to rally

Republicans have no clear leader to rally the party around

And their answer to all problems Democrat is all their old talking points (Taxes, government, gays, abortion, family values), but this time they are going to make them TWICE as strong as before. That way the country will get into more trouble in half the time.

The problem for Dems will be when the repubs finally get their "Moses" with a "bumper sticker" idea.

Its crickets! What a load of poo Salon! If the author is that impressed by the "folksy" (ghostwritten) tripe of Palin's, then your site should look for deeper intellect in book reviewers. Your author baits the reader with the idea that through some sight beyond sight she discovered a gem of literature that both critics and sycophants missed. Moose chili, hummus, turkey, halibut, stop already! I personally don't care what the diet in Alaska is or for that matter in California. As punishment, you should have the author reread Palin's book and this time find something substantial.

The author's premise in writing this article was to try and gauge whether Beck's rants affected white nationalists in some way. While it was thin on evidence, his basic claim was correct, but barely. If given the venue I am sure that anyone could discover many examples of racist tendencies in every strata of American society. Now, how someone could do a valid statistical poll, where the participants would provide honest opinions is probably impossible. But like alot of other right winger big mouths, Beck is fueling a fire and making money from it. If he really truly believed, in his heart of hearts, the crap spews out then he probably would be running a white supremacist web site of his own.

People continue to refer to the courts as a "justice system". It should be called what it truly is: A Criminal Legal System, a system where guilt or something less than guilt is determined by elected official and those ensnared in its tendrils will forever carry a scarlet letter of criminal.

The PRIMARY reason that alcohol is legal and marijuana illegal is MONEY. Alcohol makes money, not only for its producers but also its distributors and sellers. But not to be left out are the federal, state and local governments that make a whopping amount of cash by taxing liquor, wine and beer with every move it makes. And therein is control. Our fearless leaders can manipulate us citizens by the tightening or loosening of how alcohol is sold. Don't forget that there are still towns, counties and parishes that allow NO alcohol because their laws are based on some kind of biblical restriction or something.

Myself, I gave up tobacco smoking and I never want to take up any form of smoking again, but what folks smoke in their own homes doesn't concern me in the least.

Since ideological purity is the only requirement for Floridian election:

Mr. Crist, are you now or have you ever been a moderate Republican or a politician affiliated with any moderate Republican organization that seeks to dilute our Conservative agenda ordained by God?

Mr. Crist, why do you hate America???

The bloated druggie is just stating the obvious, by his own acerbic rantings, he gets higher ratings from his zombie listeners, his station masters gain more ad revenue with which they command higher prices and yes he earns much more money.

But the fat bas**rd's false humility betrays him.

His is the archetypal path that a lowly seminary student can follow to go from preacher to televangelist superstar, where the fame, fans, money and POWER flow like milk and honey. And that power is based on the flocks admiration and blind allegiance to the one that feeds their need for spirituality, or in the case of Radio Druggie, the need to release their deeply rooted hatred.

It is that ability to whip up the his followers into an active frenzy that strikes fear in the hearts of republican leaders and lawmakers. In rushputin they found their mystical conservative icon with which to align themselves. But like the master that suddenly becomes the student to his apprentice, they find that the real power comes from he who can actually control the zombies.

Kremlinology...nice. Kinda reminds me of listening to North Korean shortwave, with their "capitalist running dogs" junk, always a knee slapper!

And by the way, Palin's support group doesn't employ "ghost writers", everyone knows she uses flying monkeys.