Monday edition - March 12, 2007

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“President Bush arrived in South America. He’s going to Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, or as he calls it, Margaritaville.” - Craig Ferguson
 

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

• US deaths in Iraq Cleveland Plain Dealer

• CONFLICT IN IRAQ Car bomb kills 31 Shiite pilgrims San Francisco Chronicle, CA

• 47 killed in Baghdad; 3 U.S. troops dead AP

• Roadside bomb kills 9 in Afghanistan AP

• Conflicting reports about capture of al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Monsters and Critics.com, UK 

• Bush seeks 8,200 more troops for wars AP

• Officer shortage looming in Army USA Today

• Bush leaves door open for Iran talks AP

• Bush presses Iran, Syria to help Iraq AP

• Blair used 'spin' to justify Iraq war: Blix Guardian Unlimited, UK

• Lawyers protest against Musharraf BBC News

• Followers mark bin Laden's 50th birthday AP

Bush, Laura and Condi get jiggy in Latin America - Video from Raw Story

ANGRY LATIN AMERICANS BURN BUSH, LEAVE HIS ‘EFFIGY’ ALONE

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Disturbing News

• Hundreds in California evacuated as brush fire nears Canada.com 

• Flood plain construction rules relaxed AP

EVERYTHING'S rotten in the state of "Bushmark!"- Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Tom DeLay - CNN Contributor?

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) “is about to sign on with CNN as a commentator,” reports the Wall Street Journal's John Fund.

Republican Shenanigans

• Gonzales, Mueller admit FBI broke law AP

• Top Dems Call For Gonzales' Resignation WDIV, MI

• McCain: Keep 2008 spotlight off gossip AP

• Bush pledges to end FBI privacy lapses AP

• Justice wants Texas to pay legal bills AP

• Falwell invites Gingrich to give address AP

• Documentary questions Moore's tactics AP

• Bush wishes Chirac 'all the best' AFP

• Don't mention the polar bears, Bush tells US scientists Belfast Telegraph, UK

Giuliani/Gingrich 08?

Newt Gingrich's admission of having an extramarital affair as he pursued President Bill Clinton's impeachment in the Monica Lewinsky scandal has been defended by Republican presidential hopeful Rudolph W. Giuliani.
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Actor Fred Thompson considers 2008 run MSNBC

• Long Shot GOP Candidate Brownback Just Five Points Behind Clinton Rasmussen Reports

Republicans Don't Know the Difference Between Obama and Osama

Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday he was not greatly offended by the Fox News chief's word play about his name that led Nevada Democrats to cancel a presidential debate hosted with the network.

Fox's Roger Ailes made a remark last week about the similarities between the Illinois senator's name and al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden.

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"The man who lied to the FBI about whether the president secretly declassified files so the vice president could pass the identity of an undercover CIA agent to reporters so as to discredit the woman's husband, who had presented evidence undermining the president's case for war, has been ... what are we talking about again?" --Jon Stewart

Biz-Tech News

• Oil prices slip below $59 a barrel Houston Chronicle, TX 

• ConAgra extends peanut butter recall Seattle Post Intelligencer

• FDA warns on anemia drugs after test deaths Boston Globe

• Ford sells Aston Martin Guardian Unlimited

• Halliburton's Dubai Move Makes Democrats Suspicious ABC News

• SEC goes after scam e-mails of stocks AP

• Cable, telcos compete over wireless AP

• GoDaddy Servers Weather Denial-of-Service Attack PC World

• Google Earth urged to remove "Mount Hitler" name Reuters

"As Congress continued hearing details of the substandard treatment of Iraq war veterans at Walter Reed hospital, President Bush spoke before the American Legion, naturally appreciating the depth of war veterans' anger, the gravity of the situation [on screen: Bush saying, 'If you're here my advice is behave yourself. What happens in Washington stays in Washington']" --Jon Stewart

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Officer faces hearing over Abu Ghraib role MSNBC 

• South Carolina senators oppose moving Guantanamo detainees to mainland JURIST 

• Guantanamo detainees are given chance to garden Boston Globe, MA 

"In the Valerie Plame case, Scooter Libby was found not guilty ... on one of the five charges. ... But the media is instead focusing, of course, on the four counts of perjury, lying to the FBI and obstruction of justice for which Libby was convicted. It's typical. They always see the glass as 80% guilty." --Stephen Colbert

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Plame's lawsuit is next chapter in saga Lexington Herald Leader, KY

• Cheney: Congress undermining U.S. troops AP

• Czech president meets with Cheney, Gates International Herald Tribune

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Odd News

• Is It Daylight Saving Time Already? Scientific American

• Giant Australian salt lake springs to life Reuters

• Israel Recalls Naked, Drunk Ambassador Guardian Unlimited, UK

• Pope opposed Bob Dylan singing to John Paul in 1997 Reuters

• Man saves his drowning dog with CPR Reuters

• Stolen diamond shows up in prison shower AP

Winners of the tandem surfing division Rico Leroy and Sarah Burel (top) compete in the Noosa Festival of Surfing in Queensland, Australia. The Noosa Festival of Surfing is the biggest of its kind in the world, bringing together around 400 of the worlds best surfers for a variety of events. Photo/ASP

Peace.