http://northshorejournal.org An on-line magazine supporting the Ninth Amendment Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:10:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en More than 130,000 residents of Kamaliyah have a more sanitary way to remove sewage from their homes and streets with the official opening of an extensive sewer system, Sept. 3, 2008. Local leaders, Iraqi contractors, national police officers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, ... http://northshorejournal.org/sanitation-helps-build-a-nation This is what the right side of my neck looks like right now. You can see the several places that the MD put the needle to assure the nerve block in my shoulder during surgery. It's about 2 cm or 1 inch long and raised, like a welt. http://northshorejournal.org/nerve-block I am not a Second Amendment blogger. I do not own a firearm or hunt. No objection to either but was not brought up that way. Palin hunts. It seems that her hunting goes for food. Good. She eats what she kills. I approve. http://northshorejournal.org/sarah-palin-as-huntress I managed to dress myself this morning. All but socks. They seem to require two hands. 1 vicodan and 1 motrin before sleep. Slept like a baby. Should have started motrin from the beginning, I guess. http://northshorejournal.org/i-got-dressed Coalition and Afghan forces killed more than two dozen insurgents while disrupting terrorist cells along the southeastern and southwestern borders of Afghanistan during operations over the past days, military officials reported on Sept. 5, 2008. Coalition and Afghan forces killed six militants today after being ambushed while conducting a reconnaissance patrol ... http://northshorejournal.org/heavy-fighting-in-afghanistan POTI, Georgia, Sept. 5, 2008 – USS Mount Whitney pulled into port here today, transporting humanitarian relief supplies in support of "Operation Assured Delivery." The delivery is part of the larger U.S. response to the Georgian government’s request for humanitarian assistance after the conflict with Russian forces last month. Mount Whitney ... http://northshorejournal.org/uss-mount-whitney-brings-aid-to-georgia Fighting thru pain. Scheduled for 11:45 am surgery yesterday. In at 3:30 pm, "preceding case took longer". Think old lady arrested on table. Nerve block for shoulder. V painful to do but produced numb shoulder and arm for 18 hrs. Felt asleep and had no motor control. Wore off gradually. Imagine MD ... http://northshorejournal.org/surgical-update I am scheduled for shoulder surgery at 11:45. Next few days will be very slow posting. I will need to learn how to work one armed. I entertain the hope that I will be able to post pics from my shoulder, if they record the surgery. Curiously, the shoulder is pain free ... http://northshorejournal.org/slow-posting The United States Supports The Recovery, Stability, And Continued Growth Of Georgia's Economy U.S. assistance will aid Georgia's economy and seeks to ensure Georgia regains its position as one of the world's fastest growing economies. Georgia's economy grew by 12 percent in 2007, as ... http://northshorejournal.org/fact-sheet-us-support-for-georgia Politico Democrat Joe Biden, in what he intended as self-deprecating remark, observed, “There's a gigantic difference between John McCain and Barack Obama and between me and I suspect my vice presidential opponent." ... What do you suppose he said the difference was? Energy policy, executive experience, age? "She's good looking." That's the gigantic difference ... http://northshorejournal.org/joe-biden-on-his-differences-with-sarah-palin A collection of remarks on Twitter from right after her speech. Little known fact: Sarah Palin is weak sauce indeed. All she did was regurgitate std GOP blather. Not a single new idea in the whole speech. i dont like sarah palin. she has no more experience than obama, and she would ... http://northshorejournal.org/palins-speech-from-her-foes Hurricane Gustav was far less a threat than many expected, this past week. It presented the new media, Web 2.0 and even Web 3.0, with the opportunity to strut their stuff. Community building, networking, two-way communication, citizen journalism and more were on display. Rick Sanchez led the way over at CNN. ... http://northshorejournal.org/gustav-gives-new-media-a-workout Time is getting a lot of press over its revelation that Sarah Palin, as mayor, tried to ban some books from the local library and threatened to fire the librarian. Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. "She asked the library how ... http://northshorejournal.org/loser-says-palin-banned-books People dismiss the women who participate in beauty pageants as mindless drones enslaved to makeup and plastic surgery. I beg to differ. I would suggest that the fact that Sarah Palin participated in beauty pageants enhances her qualifications for the office of Vice President. It's called a competition for a reason. The ... http://northshorejournal.org/sarah-palin-as-a-beauty-queen ISAF units in Helmand provided medical care to several civilians who came to ISAF installations for treatment of blast and fragmentation wounds August 31. More than 20 wounded civilians arrived at two ISAF bases. ISAF immediately treated those with the most severe injuries, and those with minor injuries received money for ... http://northshorejournal.org/insurgents-torment-afghan-villagers