I still can't figure out why Jesus was Bush's favorite political philosopher, they're such complete opposites.

"In a reversal of his position, President Obama this week said he now opposes the release of photographs showing terror suspects being abused in Afghanistan and Iraq. Meaning we'll just have to wait for Dick Cheney's Christmas card." --Amy Poehler
 

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

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

• Aunt: 'We did not send a rapist ... to Iraq' CNN

• Suspect in Iraq clinic shooting now in Kuwait AP

• Pakistan troops fight Taliban on streets AFP

• Pakistan races to deal with 1.5 million refugees AP

• Israeli settlers reject Obama call to halt building Reuters

"Torture. That is the story that just will not go away in this country, and now with Nancy Pelosi in the middle of it. Yes, Republicans keep changing their story on torture. First it was, 'We didn't torture.' Then it was, 'Okay we tortured, but it worked.' And now it's, 'Nancy Pelosi said we could! She said it was okay!'" --Bill Maher
 

Wow. Holding People Accountable?

TO paraphrase Al Pacino in “Godfather III,” just when we thought we were out, the Bush mob keeps pulling us back in. And will keep doing so. No matter how hard President Obama tries to turn the page on the previous administration, he can’t. Until there is true transparency and true accountability, revelations of that unresolved eight-year nightmare will keep raining down drip by drip, disrupting the new administration’s high ambitions.

“Cheney, who had five deferments himself to get out of going to Vietnam, would rather follow a blowhard entertainer who has had three divorces and a drug problem (who also avoided Vietnam) than a four-star general who spent his life serving his country.” - Maureen Dowd, NYTimes columnist/plagaririst
 

Disturbing News

• Sheriff: La. 8th-grader planned school shooting AP

• Maine police arrest man with rifle outside church AP

• Unidentified baby found buried on playground  CNN

"Newt Gingrich yesterday was all over TV. He called Nancy Pelosi a 'trivial politician.' Pretty strong words from a guy who goes on CNN just to swipe food from the green room. A 'trivial politician,' as opposed to Newt himself, who is a very serious, unemployed fat guy who runs a think tank out of his basement." --Bill Maher

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Subject: Nancy Pelosi

Lisa,

I think people are missing the main issue with Pelosi. As a Fed with a security clearance, I think I can speak with some credibility.
For conversation purposes let's say she knew everything. All she could do is write a classified letter like Jane Hartmann did! Anything else and she would have violated her security agreement and could be prosecuted for making public classified information.
The the real issue is that Boehner is stating that intelligence officials have "told him" that Pelosi was briefed and what information was briefed. That information should be available on a need to know basis. What is "the bronzed man's" need to know? Who are these people, they have violated their security agreements?
Why is the press corps not asking these questions.
As a member of Congress he should identify these people who have leaked/violated security agreements, since he has admitted that the CIA has has a security breach on network news shows.

Just my thoughts about Monday's edition, keep up the good work.

T

Thanks for writing, T.

I think this Pelosi situation is one that has become too convoluted -- due to all the GOP squawking and Pelosi herself.

The press corps should investigate where Boehner got his information from but will they? Maybe a few die hard reporters will. I think there are a few of them left, somewhere.

Pelosi is being treated by the GOP the same way Valerie Plame was. Traitors calling the victim a traitor. Typical GOP strategy. Accuse your enemy of your sins.

I was shocked, I tell you shocked when I saw this GOP Cuban hack, Alejandro "Alex" Castellanos say “if Speaker Pelosi were still capable of human facial expression, we’d see she’d be embarrassed, because, right now, she is in a very Nixon-like position.”  So Alex not only insults Nancy's face but calls her a Republican to boot! Boy, talk about having it both ways.

Here's a great synopsis of the GOP misogyny machine - Yet again, media figures respond to a Pelosi controversy with attacks on her looks

I hope this ends soon, for Pelosi's sake, otherwise the GOP is going to continue to grind her up and spit her out.

Even comedians are making fun  of her looks

"They say Nancy Pelosi was aware, as far back as 2003 that we tortured and didn't raise any questions about it. Which raises the big question: what did Nancy Pelosi know, and when was she going to tell her face?" --Bill Maher

I guess I'd rather people make fun of my Botoxed face instead of my wrinkles!

Ode to Mike “The Poet” Huckabee
By Madeleine Begun Kane

Dear Huck, you’ve no rhythm or rhyme,
And your verse about Nancy’s a crime.
Your ditty ain’t witty.
Your talent is bitty.
Your poetry’s awful. Try mime.
 

The Pentagoon from 2003

This veteran knew a liar when he saw one

The Shiftless No Accounts

FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be sued by a former Sept. 11 detainee who claimed he was abused because of his religion and ethnicity, a sharply divided Supreme Court said Monday in a decision that could make it harder to sue top officials for the actions of low-level operatives.

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Republican-Shenanigans News

• EXCLUSIVE: RNC's Steele associates' pay spurs questions Washington Times

• Gingrich: Pelosi could be ousted if she lied CNN

• Meghan McCain takes aim at GOP, Bristol Palin's abstinence tour CNN Political Ticker

• Obama Urges Compromise on Abortion; Palin Slams Notre Dame PoliGazette

"Our governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, wants to 'legalize the marijuana.' He says that taxes on it will help raise money to balance the budget. Now, see, this can go one of two ways. Either California raises some revenue and balanced the budget, or California still goes broke, but everybody is too stoned to care. So, you see, it is a win-win, really." --Jay Leno
 

Sarah Palin: Crack Ho

Gov. Sarah Palin does not take kindly to being called a crack ho.

The Alaska governor's office has issued a cease and desist order to the owner of crackho.com, a URL that was set up to redirect to Palin's official Web site.
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Bill Clinton to be special UN envoy to Haiti AP

• Atty: Blagojevich's wife mulling reality TV spot AP

• Emanuel, Blagojevich traded calls on school grant AP

• Byrd hospitalized for infection CNN

Palin and Hillary? No Wonder It Didn't Work Out

In an unusual attempt to forge an alliance between two of the most prominent families in American politics, John Coale, a Washington-area Democratic donor and onetime adviser to Sarah Palin, urged the conservative Alaska governor to use her political action committee to help retire the presidential campaign debt of Hillary Clinton.

"Donald Trump announced Tuesday that despite the controversy over Miss California Carrie Prejean's stand on gay marriage and racy pre-pageant photos, she will keep her crown. Hmm. Who would have ever imagined Donald Trump would side with the hot lady who likes to take her top off?" --Amy Poehler
 

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Biz-Tech News

• Oil rises to near $60 on signs recession easing AP

• CNNMoney: Obama gets tough on fuel economy

• US: Drugmaker Wyeth cheated Medicaid AP

• American Express says it will eliminate 4,000 jobs AP

• Foodies flock to Twitter-savvy food trucks AP

Email

Subject: Comment

MEN! Please quit discussing a subject you will never understand....
I am so tired of men (white) and abortion....this is not their choice...it is ours as women...watching the male whiners in South Bend I was distressed we let this take place. Is it not time we just tell all the guys to just SHUT UP....
sincerely, Lynn M...in California

Thank you for writing, Lynn.

I say separation of church and state will separate the rosaries from our ovaries. I can hope can't I?

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• German Foreign Minister Opposes Taking Uighur Guantanamo Inmates Spiegel Online

CIA Can't Do Their Job And Not Break The Law -- I Guess That's What This Means

Battered by recriminations over waterboarding and other harsh techniques sanctioned by the Bush administration, the CIA is girding itself for more public scrutiny and is questioning whether agency personnel can conduct interrogations effectively under rules set out for the U.S. military, according to senior intelligence officials.

Harsh interrogations were only one part of its clandestine activities against al-Qaeda and other enemies, and agency members are worried that other operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan will come under review, the officials said.
 

"Dick Cheney says that Rush Limbaugh is more of a Republican than Colin Powell. And I think, well, yeah, about 300 pounds more.'" --David Letterman
 

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• SNL Does Cheney: 'On TV More Than That Sham-Wow Guy' Washington Post

• Dick Cheney is Mr. Republican Politico

Chinese Ax Sex Park

Chinese authorities were explicit: Tear down the nation's first sex-themed amusement park before it gets going full steam.

I'm an algebra teacher who was forced to confiscate a rubber-band pistol from a student because I considered it a weapon of math disruption. - Zing!
 

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