omfg

is there anything that can come out about this administration that will bring them down? what is it going to take? live video of bush eating babies?

Bush-Blair Iraq war memo revealed

From private talks between George Bush and UK PM Tony Blair, the memo makes it clear the US was determined to go to war whether or not he had UN backing.
Mr Bush is paraphrased as saying: "The start date for the military campaign was now pencilled in for 10 March. This was when the bombing would begin."
The note cites Mr Bush suggesting three ways in which Iraq could be provoked into confrontation.
The US "was thinking of flying U2 reconnaissance aircraft with fighter cover over Iraq, painted in UN colours", Mr Bush said.
If Saddam fired on them, the Iraqis would be in breach of UN resolutions, he suggested.
He predicted it "was unlikely there would be internecine warfare between the different religious and ethnic groups" - an opinion with which Mr Blair agreed.

hmm...yes, very unlikely

no doubt

a friend sent me this, and it is so good i had to share.

dick's rider

ok, that title sounds unnecessarily dirty, but does this whole rider thing make anyone else even more creeped out by the vp? i didn't think that would be possible, after he shot a man and got the shoot-ee to apologize to the shooter, but every time i hear anything about dick cheney i just get chills down my spine (and not in a good way). if you haven't seen the rider, you can see it here. and remember, if dick comes for a visit, he likes it bright, and he likes it foxy.

what ever happened to impeachment?

Feingold to call for rare presidential censure

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A top Democratic senator said Sunday he plans to introduce Monday a resolution calling for President Bush to be censured for his domestic wiretapping program.
Sen. Russ Feingold, a potential presidential candidate, told ABC's "This Week" Sunday that the resolution would not preempt discussions about changing a 1978 law governing a special court set up to approve wiretaps.
"It's an unusual step," he said. "It's a big step, but what the president did by consciously and intentionally violating the Constitution and laws of this country with this illegal wiretapping has to be answered.
"There can be debate about whether the law should be changed. There can be debate about how best to fight terrorism. We all believe that there should be wiretapping in appropriate cases -- but the idea that the president can just make up a law, in violation of his oath of office, has to be answered."

IMPEACH!!!

thanks

Here is the text of a letter that Focus on the Family founder James Dobson said he received from Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. Dobson read the letter on his radio broadcast Wednesday.

Dear Dr. Dobson:
This is just a short note to express my heartfelt thanks to you and the entire staff of Focus on the Family for your help and support during the past few challenging months. I would also greatly appreciate it if you would convey my appreciation to the good people from all parts of the country who wrote to tell me that they were praying for me and for my family during this period. As I said when I spoke at my formal investiture at the White House last week, the prayers of so many people from around the country were a palpable and powerful force. As long as I serve on the Supreme Court I will keep in mind the trust that has been placed in me (emphasis added). I hope that we’ll have the opportunity to meet personally at some point in the future. In the meantime my entire family and I hope that you and the Focus on the Family staff know how we appreciate all that you have done.
Sincerely yours,
Samuel Alito

now, i'm not one to say someone shouldn't be allowed to send a thank you note. i, in fact, tend to be quite polite and have sent quite a few in my time. all i'm saying is, let's hope he just holds on to those warm, fuzzy feelings he's got for Dobson, and doesn't let them run his decisionmaking. one can hope, right?

over the borderline...

so, a bill passed in the house to make all kinds of things related to being in the u.s. illegally punishable by way harsher penalties than ever before, and with way less due process. in one section, the proposed legislation provides that any person (this could mean an individual, a social services organization, a religious charity, etc.) that counsels or helps a person who is an undocumented immigrant could face up to five years in prison. that means people helping undocumented immigrants (not, by the way, aka terrorists, at least in my world) get food or medical care could be put away. it could, at the very least, have a major chilling effect on the people providing already scant services available to undocumented people.

this is real and this is now, people.