TGIF/Weekend edition - October 27, 2006

At least Reagan could act like a president.

President Bush criticized the lack of progress in Iraq Wednesday. He said he is disappointed the Iraqi government isn't running smoothly by now. For their part the Iraqis are very disappointed in the U.S. government response to Hurricane Katrina. -- Argus Hamilton, comedian

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News

• US deaths in Iraq Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH

• U.S. death toll in Iraq worst in a year AP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Police say fighting kills 30 in Iraq AP

• Insurgent ambush kills 24 Iraqi police AP

• Bomb kills 14 Afghans as civilian death toll in clashes investigated AFP

• US hunts kidnapped GI in militia bastion AFP

• Attack on Shia militia upsets Iraqi PM Globe and Mail

• German embassies tighten security over skull photos Reuters AlertNet 

• Reality TV programs show a different Iraq Los Angeles Times, CA 

• Report: Iran has expanded nuke program AP

• Rumsfeld tells war critics to 'back off' AP

Countdown with Keith Olbermann: Making adjustments to the language of making adjustments

He Really Didn't Say What He Said! Really!

The White House said Friday that Vice President Dick Cheney was not talking about a torture technique known as "water boarding" when he said dunking terrorism suspects in water during questioning was a "no-brainer."...Tony Snow said. "You think Dick Cheney's going to slip up on something like this? No, come on."

Yeah, Dick is too smart to slip up, he's in his last throes, after all.
 

"Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom." - Ronald Reagan, 1987

Reagan had better speechwriters than Bush, too.

www.buckfush.com

Disturbing News

• Calif. fire forces hundreds to evacuate AP

• Australian Muslims rally behind cleric who defended rape Monsters and Critics.com

An Important Message About February for George Bush

Pre-election Threat

Coalition naval forces in the Gulf are on watch for possible terror threats to oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, a British navy official said Friday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, said an al Qaeda threat ...
 

The 10 Worst Congressmen

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12054520/the_10_worst_congressmen/1

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Republican Shenanigans

• Bush defines marriage as man and woman AP

• Hastert aide meets Foley panel in private Chicago Tribune

Rushed to a New Low

In a response to charges by conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, Michael J. Fox defended his appearance in recent political campaign ads, saying he was neither acting nor off his medication for Parkinson's disease.

"I've got a three-year-old son, the first time he's going to be trick or treating. I bought him what I thought was a great...I bought him a Shiite costume. It just goes to show you a father can do nothing right. He wants to go as a Sunni."
-- David Letterman

Rock-The-Voter News

• Hastert predicts election won't knock Republicans out of power Belleville News-Democrat

• Obama stirs Wash crowd with attack on Republicans, Iraq war Seattle Post Intelligencer

• Democrats Top Republicans in Fundraising Washington Post

• Republicans allege fraudulent voting in Milwaukee UW Badger Herald, WI

• UK bookie bets on Republicans News24, South Africa 

Music Video - I'M A LIBERAL!

Biz/Tech News

• Oil Prices Rise Above $60 a Barrel ABC News

• Chevron 3Q profit soars to $5 billion AP

• Wal-Mart slammed over consultant's ad AP

• Wal-Mart adds 12 states to $4 generic drug plan; total now 27 USA Today

• Sales of new houses on rise; median price down 9.7% Seattle Times

• Random surfing of unknown, untrusted Web sites Forbes

Wal-Mart announced this week that they are adding 100 new stores in China. A Wal-Mart spokesman said, "It's nice to be able to sell our merchandise to the people who make it." -- Conan O'Brien

Is Waterboarding torture? - YouTube

From November 18, 2005

ABC News: CIA's Harsh Interrogation Techniques Described

According to the sources, CIA officers who subjected themselves to the water boarding technique lasted an average of 14 seconds before caving in. ...
 

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• US will try dozens of Guantanamo detainees Monsters and Critics.com, UK

• Cheney says using water in questioning a 'no-brainer for me' San Francisco Chronicle

GOP TO GAYS: NO NUPTIALS HOLY, JUST DO A ‘FOLEY’

Valerie Plame Wilson Update

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald took on the first witness in the CIA leak case Thursday, dissecting an expert witness until she acknowledged errors and misstatements in her research.

Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, hoped the hearing would persuade a judge to let him call a memory expert at his obstruction and perjury trial in January.
 

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Cheney's Remarks Fuel Torture Debate Washington Post 

• Cheney to Chamber: Low taxes spur growth Cincinnati Post, OH

• Cheney to visit Whiteman AFB Kentucky.com, KY

Clocks get turned back this weekend AP

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