Day: August 6, 2006

The little boy who had an M-16 pointed at him on orders by Janet Reno, has sent a little note to Fidel Castro.

Elian Gonzalez sent a note Sunday wishing a speedy recovery to “my dear grandpa Fidel,” and Cuba’s vice president said the world’s longest-serving leader is recuperating well after surgery.

Gonzalez, the Cuban boy at the center of an international custody battle with family members in Miami six years ago, published a letter in the Communist Youth newspaper Juventud Rebelde signed with “little kisses” from him and his half-siblings and cousins.

“We send you this letter to let you know that we are worried about your health,” Elian, now 12, wrote. “We hope for your speedy recovery and take the opportunity to wish you a happy birthday, may you have many more.”

Signed with “little kisses” huh?

How creepy.

Fake a photo, get fired.

If you take pictures for a major media organization and you own a copy of Adobe Photoshop, Charles Johnson is watchin’ you.

UPDATE: Reuters withdraws all photos from photographer.

Former vice president candidate John Edwards is the latest Democrat to publicly call for the removal of U.S. troops from Iraq. His idea? Pull out 40,000 today.

The former U.S. senator from North Carolina told reporters America should “make it clear (to Iraqis) we are leaving, and the best way is to start leaving. We should take 40,000 combat troops out now.”

Edwards has said he regretted his vote as a U.S. senator authorizing President Bush to declare war in Iraq. He said Saturday that he would ask the country’s military leaders for a strategy “to have the (rest of the) troops out in roughly 12 to 18 months.”

“There is no chance other countries in the world will help Iraq as long as we are an occupying force,” he said.

Each time I hear another Democrat whine about Iraq, I think of our brave troops who continue to fight for Democracy while they are bombarded with morale crushing comments from “leaders” like Edwards.

And it sends chills up my spine to think that this man, who today backs surrender, could have stood within a heartbeat of the presidency.