Wednesday edition - November 15, 2006

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Bush Administration: No Constitutional Rights for Guantanamo ...
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Senate to investigate rendition abuses |
Former Abu Ghraib Head Janis Karpinski Points to Signed
Rumsfeld ... |
I wonder if Dubya's Daddy is for or against water boarding?
"President Bush's dad is stepping in to help with Iraq, and he is not happy. This could be the first time a sitting president could be grounded."--Jay Leno

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
US military deaths in Iraq hit 2,852 Penn Live, PA
Education Ministry kidnappings reflect plight of Iraqi academics San Francisco Chronicle
Clinton, former aides, Blair talk with panel Chicago Tribune
Back in the USSR
U.S. President George W.
Bush has arrived at a Moscow airport, a Kremlin official said Wednesday.
During a 45-minute refueling stop in Moscow, Bush will meet briefly with Russian
President Vladimir Putin ahead of the Pacific Rim countries' summit in Hanoi,
Vietnam.
Putin and his wife met the Bush couple and accompanied them to the
airport terminal,
where an informal breakfast..
"This week President Bush is flying to Asia to meet with leaders of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Or, as President Bush calls them, China." --Conan O'Brien
Disturbing News
The My Way or the Highway Continues
President Bush on Tuesday renominated the chairman of the agency that directs U.S. overseas broadcasts even though the nomination has been stalled in the Senate amid allegations of misconduct.
A report by the State Department's inspector general, released Aug. 29, said Kenneth Y. Tomlinson misused government funds for two years as chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors...Tomlinson signed invoices worth about $245,000 for a friend without the knowledge of other board members or staff, used the board's office resources to support his private horse racing operation and overbilled the organization for his time, according to the report.
“President Bush was asked by the press today if he was ready for bipartisanship in the Senate. And Bush said he had no problem with anyone who was bipartisan, as long as they don't try to get married.” -- Jay Leno
Republican Shenanigans
Conservatives wary of choice to lead RNC Los Angeles Times
Work against hope, and see a backlash
"Last week, the Democrats set a new record. They picked up more seats than Mark Foley did when he was a congressman." --Jay Leno

The South Has Risen Again
Sen. Trent
Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago
because of remarks considered racially insensitive,
won
election to the No. 2 post Wednesday for the minority GOP in the next Congress.
Rock-The-Voter News
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Biz/Tech News
Crude oil prices advance ahead of US stocks report Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates
Big Three 'pleased' after Bush meeting but ...
UK demands Halliburton drop KBR float
Halliburton Receives $59 Million Pact in Siberia Houston Chronicle
US Airways offers $8 billion for Delta
Email'
Subject: political humor
Lisa - let this be a
cautionary tale for your 'political-humor' webstie:
Q: Do you know what's wrong with political jokes?
A: They get elected
tquigly

Shooting the Messengers
Former President Bush Blames
‘Bloggers’ for ‘Ugly’ Political Climate
Last night on Fox News, former President George H.W. Bush said the current
political climate has “gotten so adversarial that it’s ugly.” Asked to offer an
explanation for why there is this “incivility,” Bush pinned the blame on
bloggers. “It’s probably a little worse now given electronic media and the
bloggers and all these kinds of things,” he said.
Watch it:
Go-F***-Yourself News
Drop suit on CIA leak, Cheney asks judge Seattle Times
Did you have a good time today?
US MAIL:
Lisa Casey - PO Box 88 - Ashford, AL 36312
Odd News

Rescue workers on horseback lead a herd of horses through flooded fields from a small knoll in Marrum, northern Netherlands, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. Rescue workers saved a herd of around 100 horses that have been stranded on a tiny knoll since a fierce storm threatened to submerge them three days ago, in an incident that has transfixed the nation. (Photo/Peter Dejong)
Peace.