In annual survey, Afghanistan was second only to Illinois.

The U.N. General Assembly declared on Monday that Afghanistan's presidential election was both credible and sound, despite allegations of ACORN voter-registration fraud.

 The U.N. General Assembly declared on Monday that Afghanistan's presidential election was both credible and sound, despite allegations that dead people from Illinois voted.

...after widespread corruption and voter fraud were found in Afghanistan's recent presidential election, the United States has sent over a delegation from the Florida Board of Elections to do another recount and certify a winner.  The challenger Abdullah Abdullah has quit the race in protest.  The recount was completed, and George Bush has been declared the winner.  

U.S. troops in Afghanistan first to get new device; ‘red’ means you have a bomb up your ass or hemorrhoids. Creators of device are selling same device to U.S. hospitals for the upcoming National Health Care System.

John McCain said that sending less than 40,000 troops to Afghanistan "would be an error of historic proportions."  Perhaps we should take heed of McCain, who chose Sarah Palin, making him an expert on " errors of historic proportions."

President Barack Obama's approval ratings are starting to rise after declining ever since his inauguration, new poll figures show as the country's mood begins to brighten. But concerns about the economy, health care and war persist, and support for the war in Afghanistan is falling. An Associated Press poll says 56 percent of those surveyed in the past week approve of Obama's job performance, up from 50 percent in September. It's the first time since he took office in January that his rating has gone up.  ***MARLAR: Probably because watching his televised speeches is still more entertaining than the new Fall TV lineup.  

The troops have requested the Erin Andrews video. 

John McCain knows a lot about appropriate troop levels.   After all,  it was McCain who had called for more troops to be added to the American Army during the Revolutionary War.  

...amid reports of corruption and voter fraud, the UN has sent a delegation to Kabul to verify the Afghanistan elections results.  The UN council found no evidence of tampering or voter fraud and have certified Hamid Karzai as the winner with approximately 115% of the vote.