Jeb Bush: The only governor to have all three of his children obtain police records while he was in office.

"The Dalai Lama was down at the White House today to meet President Obama. Meanwhile in Texas, George W. Bush got caught in the garage door." –David Letterman
 

The-World-Will-Be-A-Safer-Place-Without Saddam

• U.S. Death Toll in Afghanistan at 1000

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4379 Washington Post

• US military: Soldier dies in Iraq in accident

• Iraqi campaign worker killed along with wife, children

• Pakistani officials: Suspected US missiles kill 4

• US-led troops inch close to victory in Afghan assault

• Afghan: US bomb squad on the frontlines

• Clashes break out at Greek crisis protests

Ode To GOP Stimulus Hypocrisy
By Madeleine Begun Kane

“The stim bill was bad. Voted no,
Cuz it won’t the economy grow.”
That’s the GOP rant
As they privately chant,
“Now give me more stimulus dough.”
 

Meanwhile, Back In Turkey

Seven high-ranking Turkish military officers were charged on Wednesday with plotting a coup against the country’s Islamist-leaning government, two days after as many as 50 officers were arrested and accused of belonging to the plot.

Disturbing News

• School shooting suspect identified CNN

• Oil spill threatens 'ecological disaster' in Italy'

Meanwhile, Back In Mexico

A state police official says gunmen stormed a rural town in southern Mexico and killed 13 people, including a rancher and his three sons.

 "The only sport I really get into is snowboarding because that's the only sport where they perform a half pipe just after smoking a full pipe." –Bill Maher

Republican-Shenanigans News

•  Palin daughter to be featured in show on ABC Family Chicago Sun-Times

• Steele's spending spree angers donors

"We're finding out a lot about Joe Stack. That's right, Joe the Suicide Bomber, the guy who flew the plane into the IRS office building in Texas. Boy, I knew teabaggers were mad, I didn't know they had an air force." –Bill Maher
 

 Talk show host Glenn Beck poked and prodded the Republican hierarchy Saturday night in a raucous address to fellow conservatives, comparing the party to an alcoholic who hasn't hit bottom and to golfer Tiger Woods before his public repentance.
 

Rachel Maddow Conclusively Proves That Republicans Are ‘Dogs’

By Don Davis

Rock-The-Voter News

• Centrist Democrats lukewarm on Obama's new health plan

• States eye ban on public release of 911 calls

 "How is it that the Olympics can hand out 250 medals in a few weeks? It takes 'American Idol' 58 weeks to pick one karaoke singer." –Jimmy Kimmel
 

Meanwhile, Back In Rhode Island

 A school board in Rhode Island has voted to fire all teachers at a struggling high school, a dramatic and controversial plan aimed at shoring up education in a poverty-ridden school district.

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Biz-Tech News

• Oil prices slip before US crude inventories report

• Wall Street bonuses shoot up 17 percent in 2009

• Kuwait posts $27.8 billion in preliminary surplus

• Toyota CEO apologizes for recall, accidents

• Insurer blames health costs for Calif. rate hikes

• American Indian reservation reaping oil benefits

• Washington Post Co. quadruples 4Q profit

• World trade suffers biggest drop since WWII

 The Shrinking Of ABC News

ABC News staffers got a memorandum Tuesday that promises to leave no part of the organization untouched, and will lead to massive personnel reductions by the end of 2010.

 

"Tiger was adamant that his wife Elin never hit him with a golf club. I guess his Escalade fell down the stairs." –Jimmy Kimmel
 

"President Obama met with the Dalai Lama today, despite strong objections from the Chinese government. They’ve even threatened to stop sending us poisonous toys." –Jimmy Kimmel
 

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Spain takes 1st Guantanamo inmate, Albania takes 3 Washington Post

The Owner of Fox News

 British lawmakers accused bosses at Rupert Murdoch's top-selling British tabloid on Wednesday of suffering "collective amnesia" over illegal hacking of phone messages meant for royalty and other celebrities.

"Dick Cheney loves snowboarding. He thinks it's waterboarding, but colder." –David Letterman

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Cheney Had Heart Attack, His Fifth  New York Times

• Former VP Cheney released from hospital

"There's a bit of a scandal in men's figure skating at the Olympics. Three skaters have tested positive for 'fabulous.'" –David Letterman
 

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