Well, the Right Wing Republican Revolt at Notre Dame went well. roflol

"Barack Obama said that his Administration will not release the photographs of detainee abuse. Not because they don't want to, but because they can't get the password for Dick Cheney's camera phone." --Jimmy Fallon

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

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,297 AP

• US soldier killed in combat in southern Iraq AP

• Afghan president's brother attacked, unharmed AP

• Pakistan says 1,000 militants killed CNN

• Pakistani Taliban vow to fight until 'last breath' AP

• Hezbollah win could shake Mideast policy CNN

Cheney's Daughter Chimes In

 Waterboarding was not used to produce intelligence that linked Iraq to al Qaeda in the run-up to the war in Iraq, former Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter said Sunday.
 

"Does this name ring a bell -- evil Dick Cheney? He's in New York City. He's on another one of his stops on his 'Don't Say I Didn't Warn You Tour.' And he is in New York City. And he has one of those crazy, embarrassing New York City moments. He's driving in a cab. And it turns out the cabdriver is somebody Cheney had waterboarded. It was crazy." --David Letterman

Disturbing News

• Dubuquer gives birth alone in jail cell

• Acid thrown into Hong Kong crowd CNN

• New York educator who had H1N1 virus dies CNN

• Seismologist: 1 in 20 chance of larger quake in LA AP

Cheesus

Many people have seen and heard about the likeness of Jesus turning up in unlikely places. Now, one North Texas family says they found Jesus in a cheese snack.

A Chicago-area company is coming out with hair products under the brand, “Blago: It’s Bleep’n Golden!” The name is inspired by ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. It was originally called “Gee, Your Hair Smells Illicit.” - Laugh Lines

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Subject: Panetta and Karl Rove

Hi Lisa: This is sort of old news but Don Monkerud is a local writer and
has been featured in Smirking Chimp and other blogs. He is a retired
community college professor.

This column appeared in the Watsonville, California, Register-Pajaronian.
(that is a strange name for a paper but 'pajaro' is Spanish for bird and
that's the name of our valley, so named by the Portola Expedition of
Spanish who were traveling up the coast trying to find San Francisco Bay.
When they crossed our river they not only saw sea gulls but also Indian
totems of birds on tall poles.

The Panetta Institute is now headed by
Sylvia Panetta and is going on with it's wonderful series of talks with
important people. Frank Sesno from CNN was a good moderator, especially
when Rove got his hackles up and gave him a blistering few minutes.
As a current comment, I'm not happy with  Leon Panetta for taking the part
of the CIA so strongly in this Nancy Pelosi flap.

Alice
 

Thanks for writing Alice. Loved the article about Rove.

I understand Panetta standing up for the CIA.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi should have chosen her words more carefully but she isn't the best communicator. That was an awful press conference she held. She looked and sounded guilty.

Pelosi has been shooting herself in the foot with many Democrats since she took "impeachment off the table".

It's sad to watch the first female speaker of the House blowing in the wind.

I hope she is innocent this because Democrats don't need this!

Republican-Shenanigans News

• Boehner asks Pelosi to show proof CNN

• McConnell: Obama should delay Guantanamo deadline The Associated Press

• Selma, Alabama: 'No jobs,' no stimulus money CNN

• Happiness Is ... Being Old, Male and Republican LiveScience.com

• Huntsman strategist: If Palin and Limbaugh dominate, GOP 'headed ... Washington Examiner

• Parents battle over free Bibles for students in Frisco public schools

• Bristol Palin graduates from high school The Associated Press

GOP Infighting Continues

A combative Lindsey Graham got into a sharp back-and-forth with some audience members at the South Carolina GOP convention on Saturday as he made the case for an open-tent Republican party.

"To raise money for California, Governor Schwarzenegger says he's willing to sell some of the state's aging landmarks, like San Quentin Prison. So far, the only bid has come from Dick Cheney. Apparently, he wants to use it as a vacation home in the summer. 'I can just relax in the atmosphere.'" --Craig Ferguson

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Subject: Miss California

Hi Lisa,

With Carrie Prejean aka Miss California in the news, I'm surprised our buddy Joe Scarborough didn't offer his laser like insight on the Miss California mess. Joe was the lawyer for a beauty pageant when he first ran for Congress in 1994. Hmmm, so odd he wouldn't give us his "experienced" insight.

I'm sure you already knew.

Lannie - Pensacola, FL

Yes, I did know that Joe's only real "lawyering" experience was for some "family connected beauty pageant" before he became a Congressman.

If I were him I wouldn't admit it either! lol Hell, we may find out how stupid the voters of Pensacola were to put such an inexperienced conservative political hack in office.

He was our Sarah Palin, wasn't he? Hell, he still is.

"Happy birthday to Miss California, Carrie Prejean, who turned twenty-two today. Her breasts turned one."- Jimmy Kimmel

Lest we forget …

the moronic behavior of the past President who so seriously harmed our nation, All Hat No Cattle now offers a different notable quotation from George W. Bush each week.

“The reason I believe in a large tax cut because it’s what I believe.” – Dec. 18, 2000
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• At Notre Dame, Obama tackles abortion debate Los Angeles Times

• Maureen Dowd in Hot Water, Admits Wrongdoing, 'NYT' Will Correct E&P

• Philippine senator angered by Alec Baldwin's joke AP

Creepy Christians

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld prepared top-secret military intelligence briefs for former President George W. Bush with cover sheets featuring triumphant images from the Iraq war with "Crusades-like" Bible messages, according to an exclusive report in the latest June issue of GQ magazine.

"He can't take a waterboarding. I can break Sean Hannity just by giving him a middle seat in coach." -- Wanda Sykes

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Biz-Tech News

• Oil rises to around $58 amid weak crude demand AP

• GM, UAW in dispute over imports and plant closures AP

• These cars have got to go: Dealer cuts mean deals AP

• The Great Ethanol Scam BusinessWeek Online

• AIG plans to spin off Asian life insurance unit AP

• Despite embargo, Cuba imports daiquiris from US AP

Didn't They Try This Before? New York Times To Charge for Web Content

The New York Times is reportedly close to deciding on some kind of paid-Web strategy, the New York Observer reported today.

The paper states that Executive Editor Bill Keller told staffers on Wednesday that two proposals were being "strongly considered."

"One includes a 'meter system,' in which the reader can roam freely on the Web site until hitting a predetermined limit of word-count or page views, after which a meter will start running and the reader is charged for movement on the site thereafter," the Observer said.
 

Medicare and Social Security are closer to default than previously thought. So we may have to postpone that whole getting-sicker-and-older thing. – Will Durst

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Senator Jim Webb doesn't want Guantanamo prisoners brought to US New York Daily News

• Amnesty urges Cowen to take Guantanamo detainees Irish Times

"Well, if I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I'd go with Rush Limbaugh, I think," ... "I think my take on it was Colin had already left the party. I didn't know he was still a Republican"- Dick Cheney

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Go-F**k-Yourself News

• GOP gives Dick Cheney green light Politico

"Pfizer has announced that they will be giving their drugs away to anyone who lost their job, including Viagra. They want to give everyone Viagra to give fired employees the chance to do to their loved ones the same thing their company just did to them." - Jimmy Kimmel

In case you missed it …

In its tireless effort to provide news and giggles for its readers, All Hat No Cattle offers this Monday glimpse back at the previous week with an emphasis on the weekend dump. (We mean the time preferred by government officials, politicians and titans of industry to release unsavory news in the hope it receives less media coverage – not the bathroom activity.)

Sun., 5-17-09
Abortion foes promise heckuva welcome for Obama at Notre Dame
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama ventures to America's foremost Roman Catholic university, where the country's deep divisions over abortion and stem-cell research have moved to the forefront in a time of war and recession.

A storm blew up immediately after the University of Notre Dame invited Obama to address Sunday's commencement exercises. It still rages, with anti-abortion activists promising to disrupt the president's appearance, where he was to receive an honorary degree.

Sat., 5-16-09
Gay marriage not likely in Russia anytime soon
MOSCOW (AP) – Riot police violently broke up several gay rights demonstrations in Moscow on Saturday, hauling away scores of protesters hours before the Russian capital hosted a major international pop music competition.

City officials had warned they would not tolerate marches or rallies supporting the rights of gays and lesbians. Activists had targeted Moscow, which was holding the finals of the Eurovision song contest on Saturday, to press their claims that Russia officially sanctions homophobia.

Fri., 5-15-09
Surprise, surprise: Republicans back CIA in dispute with Pelosi
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congressional Republicans are rushing to defend the CIA after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the spy agency of misleading her and other lawmakers about its use of waterboarding during the Bush administration.

The issue of what did the speaker know about the interrogation method — and when did she know it — has deepened the fault lines between the two political parties. Pelosi was unequivocal about a CIA briefing she received in the fall of 2002.

Thurs., 5-14-09
Republican candidate claims he really likes Jews
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Republican candidate for Senate from Arkansas reportedly referred to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer as "that Jew" during a recent appearance before a Republican group.

State Sen. Kim Hendren told The Associated Press on Thursday that he was wrong to refer to Schumer's religious affiliation during a Pulaski County Republican Committee meeting last week. Hendren said he doesn't remember the exact wording of his comment, but he was quoted by conservative blogger Jason Tolbert as calling Schumer "that Jew."

"I ought not to have referred to it at all," Hendren told the AP. "When I referred to him as Jewish, it wasn't because I don't like Jewish people."

Wed., 5-13-09
You’re damn right it will inflame people – and it should
(POLITICO) – In a dramatic, high-profile reversal for his young administration, President Barack Obama is seeking to block the release of 44 photographs depicting abuse of detainees in U.S. military custody in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“The publication of these photos would not add any additional benefit to our understanding of what was carried out in the past by small number of individuals,” the president told reporters Wednesday as he left the White House on a two-day trip to the Southwest.

“In fact,' he said, "the most direct consequence of releasing them, I believe, would be to further inflame anti-American opinion and to put our troops in greater danger.”

Tues., 5-12-09
Vitter drops opposition to FEMA boss, but still likes hookers

WASHINGTON (AP) – A Louisiana Republican has agreed to stop blocking the White House's pick to lead FEMA amid bipartisan criticism that he was leaving the agency vulnerable just a few weeks away from hurricane season.

Sen. David Vitter had put a hold on confirming Craig Fugate at the Federal Emergency Management Agency until FEMA officials provided answers on several lingering questions involving Hurricane Katrina rebuilding.

With hurricane season starting June 1, Vitter's delay had won support from some local officials and the Louisiana Floodplain Management Association, who want FEMA to take a second look at parts of southern Louisiana that it has labeled high-risk flood zones ineligible for rebuilding funds.

Mon., 5-11-09
Cheney prefers chickenhawk Limbaugh over warrior Powell for future of GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) – Dick Cheney made clear Sunday he'd rather follow firebrand broadcaster Rush Limbaugh than former Joint Chiefs chairman Colin Powell into political battle over the future of the Republican Party.

Even as Cheney embraced efforts to expand the party by ex-Govs. Jeb Bush of Florida and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and the House's No. 2 Republican, Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, the former vice president appeared to write his one-time colleague Powell out of the GOP.

Asked about recent verbal broadsides between Limbaugh and Powell, Cheney said, "If I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I'd go with Rush Limbaugh. My take on it was Colin had already left the party. I didn't know he was still a Republican."

"I think the head's in the wrong place."

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