Tuesday edition - April 25, 2006

• A Look at US Military Deaths in Iraq Washington Post

• Iraq Body Count

• US Casualties in Iraq Nearing 2,400 ABC News

• Car Bombs Kill 10, Wound Nearly 80 in Iraq Washington Post

• Bomb Hidden in Minibus Kills 2 Iraqis AP

• Hussein Prosecutors Wrap Up Their Case Los Angeles Times

• Kurdish Sufis Dance, Chant in North Iraq AP

• Blasts kill at least 23 in Egypt Baltimore Sun

• 5 People Killed in Afghan Plane Crash Houston Chronicle

• Warrior Prince Harry Wants the Right to Fight Washington Post

• Greek leftists greet Rice with violent protests Washington Post 

• Osama is on the run, says White House CNN-IBN, India

George Bush can’t get no satisfaction — after Mick Jagger grabbed his hotel room.

The Rolling Stone splashed out £3,600 a night for the suite days before the US leader tried to book it.

Now Mick, 62, who has been a fierce critic of the Bush-led war in Iraq, is refusing to give it up.
 

"The Minutemen, the vigilante group that's on the border, they gave Bush an ultimatum. They said, 'Either you build a wall along the border, Mr. President, or we will.' I say let them try, because if there's one thing that will change your mind about immigration, it's trying to build a 2,000-mile fence without the help of Mexicans." --Bill Maher

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE -- President Bush is trying to calm Americans' outrage over soaring gas prices by ordering an investigation into whether the price of gasoline has been illegally manipulated, his spokesman said Monday.

During the last few days, Bush asked his Energy and Justice departments to open inquiries into possible cheating in the gasoline markets
 

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George  Goes Horseback Riding

Being a real cowboy, George Bush decides to go horseback riding.. He mounts the horse unassisted, and the horse immediately springs into motion.

It gallops along at a steady and rhythmic pace, but W begins to slide from the saddle. In terror, he grabs for the horse's mane, but cannot seem to get a firm grip. He tries to throw his arms around the horse's neck, but he slides down the horse's side. The horse gallops along, seemingly oblivious of its slipping rider.

Finally, giving up his frail grip, W attempts to leap away from the horse and throw himself to safety.

Unfortunately, his foot has become entangled in the stirrup, and is at the mercy of the horse's pounding hooves as his head strikes the ground over and over. As his head is battered, he is mere moments away from unconsciousness when to his great fortune........

Frank, the Wal-Mart greeter, sees his dilemma and unplugs the horse.

Sent in by Chris C

 Sources close to the White House said Monday that Fox anchor Tony Snow is likely to accept the job as White House press secretary, succeeding Scott McClellan.

The sources said they expect him to announce his decision within the next few days.

• Maybe the space he sees is from the hole in his head!
  Remember January 20, 2009 the most historic day in the Bush Administration! - James M

• "Being the Puppet King of an illegal Neocon cabal that is transforming America into a fascist dictatorship is hard work, ya know? It's hard, hard work. Gotta burn off some of that evil energy, heh, heh. Yeah! Not burnin' any oil using a bicycle, though. Uncle Dick is scolding me for not using a Hummer instead. But hey,  who's the decider around here? I am! Yeah!"
  (As far as seeing nothing but empty space is concerned, have you ever looked into one of Dubya's ears? That's the  only light at the end of the tunnel this country has seen in six years, folks.) - Ron B

• Like father, like son. These Bush's just have a genetic problem with the "vision thing."- Rick O

• Hi Lisa! What he said....., what I heard.........." I Shill, ride the mountain bike primately, to help settle the mole and to churn off the sexist energy one gets when you're living life to its foolest." - Paula

• My thoughts are these: 1) In a time of war, albeit a bogus one based on subterfuge and deceit, W. should not openly engage in juvenile activities and should act more statesmanlike 2) W claims that bike riding settles his soul, but makes no mention of the souls of 2000+ American servicemen and women who gave their lives for his futile war. Nor does W allude to the souls of the hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis who fell victim to his horrendous practice of "shock and awe." They have souls, too, but, unfortunately, they will never have a chance to settle theirs. - Cynthia

• What an arrogant prick! - Stephen
   

• Maybe Bush will finally do what I've been wanting him to do for six
  years now: Get Lost. - Jim

• Most people like to get outdoors and careen with nature now and then.
  It's unfortunate that the President doesn't feel quite the same when he
  is indoors signing ecology bills.Maybe he just doesn't read them first.
  I wonder. - Jim
   

• Lisa,
  He likes to feel like he's alone? What an illusion! But isn't that
  one of the themes of this regime? He'll do things his way no matter
  what the evidence shows?
  If he wants to be alone, why doesn't he just go back to Crawford?
  Pat :+}
   

• "Living life to it's fullest" omfg what a greedy sob...tell that to the Katrina refugees or the wives/husbands/children/parents that have lost loved ones in Bushes bloody Iraq invasion...how is riding a god damned bicycle living life to it's fullest? bastard never strapped on a gun and fought why should anyone else? what's next? ...El ~

• He had a "bit of anxiety" about the steep drop over several miles? How in hell does he think we feel, watching him take this country through a steep drop over the last several years? And how would he feel if he stopped his bike, looked around, and saw nobody was behind him? What gives him the impression he is leading this country, just the fact that he will allow no one in front of him? Fortunately, he will thus be the first person on the scene of any accident that might result from this foolish behavior. He will thereby set a great example that presidents to come would not follow.-- David P

• It is unfortunate the President considers himself the "Big Wheel" and rarely considers the spokes that are holding him together as he rides through his fog.- Biley

President Bush today said he had tried to avoid war with Iraq "diplomatically to the max."

Speaking to a business group in Irvine, Ca., he admitted mistakes were made in planning for the Iraq invasion, but he defended the troop level, saying "it was the troop level necessary to do the job," and he would commit the same number if given a second chance.

While drawing few conclusions about his role in Watergate, Felt remained stalwart in his belief that the public needed to know the truth.

"People will debate for a long time whether I did the right thing by helping Woodward," he wrote. "The bottom line is that we did get the whole truth out, and isn't that what the FBI is supposed to do?"
 

“A professor at USC wrote the story on Kobe Bryant. He said that Kobe is not very popular with his fans. … He said, ‘Kobe has about as much street cred as Dick Cheney.’ Actually, Cheney has more street cred. He actually shot a guy.” -- Jay Leno

Peace.