They're consistent, if nothing else:

For at least a year, the soldiers had survived one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: driving trucks on the violent roads of Iraq for the US Army. Half the company had been at it nearly two years.

But when the 150 soldiers in the Massachusetts-based 220th Transportation Company , 94th Regional Readiness Command , arrived at Camp Atterbury in Indiana just after midnight Friday for demobilization, they were told they would have to take the bus home -- an 18- to 20-hour ride.

I suppose by now we’re hardly surprised at how Republicans shit on the troops every chance they get, It’s just a never-ending story, isn’t it? No plans for success, inadequate armor, not enough food, not enough water, not enough ammunition, not enough forethought, not enough troops.

Not enough.

Not enough.

The only thing Republicans give enough of is photo opportunities, and spin lies. They have enough contempt for the Constitution, Federal and state laws, the American citizens, the troops, and their tame lapdogs, the American Media.

Furious families of the soldiers called the office of Senator Edward M. Kennedy , a Massachusetts Democrat and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

``I was absolutely outraged," Kennedy said in a phone interview yesterday. ``These are men and women who have worn our uniform that bears the flag of the United States of America. They deserve a hero's welcome."

The senator dashed off a letter to Secretary of the Army Francis J. Harvey , pointing out that the Indianapolis International Airport was 38 miles from Camp Atterbury .

WTF? Has Senator Kennedy being pissing around with the Beltway crowd for so long he’s lost his reason? A letter?

We have this thing – kind of new, Senator. Called a telephone. Maybe you’ve heard of it. Pick it up and you can actually talk to someone. Of course, to be honest, I imagine if a ball-less Democrat called a Fascist Party apparatchik, he probably would find the Army Secretary was out – permanently – whenever he phoned.

Let’s face it. Would you have any respect for the DC Democrats? Would you be in the office and available when one of them called?

If I was “absolutely outraged” to quote “Senator Kennedy, I’d have been on that phone faster than flies on shit. And the first thing I’d say to Secretary Harvey’s phone minder would be, “I have to talk to Harvey fast – before the scandal becomes public.” That’s one of the two things you say to a phone minder when some guy is ducking you. The other is, “I want to know what he’s going to do about my wife.”

(Of course, nowadays, when calling a Fascist, “I need to talk to him before the FBI gets there” works, too.)

Senator Kennedy’s last comment in the Boston.com story:

``This is a demobilization," he said. ``They're on their way home, they served in Iraq and to be told . . . there are not enough resources in the Defense Department budget to treat people first-class is indefensible, unwarranted, and outrageous."

The Fascist Party response:

“Army officials said they could not confirm plans for a flight.”