this way to infinity.

brittanibotulism:

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Saturday that he would consider sending U.S. troops into Mexico to combat drug-related violence and stop it from spilling into the southern United States. “It may require our military in Mexico,” Perry said in answer to a question about the growing threat of drug violence along the southern border. Perry offered no details, and a spokesman, Robert Black, said afterward that sending troops to Mexico would be merely one way of putting an end to the exploding cartel-related violence in the region.

Black said Perry’s intention is to work with the Mexican government, but he declined to specify whether Perry is amenable to sending troops into Mexico with or without the country’s consent.

WOW, WHAT A GREAT IDEA. ANOTHER WAR?!? THAT IS JUST WHAT AMERICA NEEDS TO GET BACK ON TRACK.

liberal-life:

Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) on the House floor Wednesday called on Congress to do something about the pervasive problem of sexual harassment and rape that in the U.S. military.

“I rise today, as I have done virtually every week, to tell a story of a man or woman in the military who has been raped,” she said. “Nineteen thousand are raped every year in the military, only 13 percent report the rapes, because there has been such an ineffective addressing of this issue.”

“It is time for us to act, we have known of this problem for over sixteen years. We have had eighteen years of reporting on this issue and yet nothing changes.”

She went on to tell a story about a woman who was repeatedly sexually harassed and assaulted while serving in U.S military. Her superiors told her that the men were just “being playful.” The woman was later raped by another member of the military while serving in Italy. Despite evidence against her perpetrator, he was found not guilty.