Wednesday edition - May 23, 2007

Democrats need to put impeachment back on the table or join the Republican party.

"The president of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, came to America today to check into a weight loss clinic 'cause he's dangerously obese. Apparently, Talabani is the only Iraqi these days worried about dying of natural causes." --Conan O'Brien

DEMOCRATS CAVE ON TIMETABLE … FOR BUSH’S WITHDRAWAL!

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

• US military deaths in Iraq at 3422 Denver Post, CO

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Attacks across Iraq kill nine US troops International Herald Tribune

• Iraqi police: Body of missing US soldier found in river Reuters AlertNet

• Suicide attack kills 2 in Afghanistan Houston Chronicle

• 85 killed in Afghan IED blasts in May - NATO Reuters India, India

• Germany Seeks to Mend Ties Between Afghanistan and Pakistan Deutsche Welle, Germany 

• White House Says Bin Laden Ordered Iraq Plots RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

• US forces find Iranian money in Baghdad raid AFP

• Presidential candidate Edwards trumpets Iraq troop pullout plan AFP

• Iraqi children in danger, UNICEF requests funds AFP
   

"Under President Bush, sure, we have the war in Iraq. But the young kids don't remember. Under President Carter, we had something far worse -- disco." --Jay Leno

www.pabloonpolitics.com

Bush Engages In Chest Beating

The U.S. Navy staged its latest show of military force off the Iranian coastline on Wednesday, sending two aircraft carriers and landing ships packed with 17,000 U.S. Marines and sailors to carry out unannounced exercises in the Persian Gulf.

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair. - General George S. Patton on armchair management

Monica Update - No, Not THAT Monica!

Justice official David Margolis said that [Monica] Goodling was "shaken to her core" by the controversy and that she sobbed for "30 to 45 minutes" during a meeting in his office shortly before she resigned.

"I knew she must think that everything was unraveling," he said. "And, you know, she was right about that."
 

Disturbing News

• U.S. hurricane forecasters urge safety on oil stockpiles Reuters

• Tomato-killing virus detected in Calif. AP

• Study: Climate change could harm crops AP

• India tiger numbers far lower than thought - experts Reuters

www.unfairlybalanced.com

Click It or Ticket - Unless You're Bush

 President Bush encourages people to wear seat belts. Whether he routinely does so himself is not as clear. The question arose Tuesday, Bush's first full day back in town after a weekend at his ranch in Texas — where he was spotted driving a pickup truck without wearing a seat belt.

Democrats, Heal Thy Selves! (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane

The Dems disappoint once again,
Caving in to Dub’s warmong’ring yen.
Timeline’s gone from the bill.
Checks on Bush? Nothing! Nil!
Bush says, “Heel!” and the Dems reply, “When?”

Republican Shenanigans

• Officials Describe Interference by Former Gonzales Aide Washington Post, DC 

• Consumer commission nominee withdraws AP

• He beats Northup despite scandal Louisville Courier-Journal

• Many Signs Point to Thompson Candidacy

• Giuliani: I can battle in the blues Boston Globe, MA
   

Post Mortem Bigotry of Falwell

A Liberty University student who told a family member he had made bombs and planned to attend the funeral of the Rev. Jerry Falwell was apparently upset about an anti-gay fringe group that protested at the funeral, authorities said.

I found it surreal this week watching people on the news praise Falwell, followed by a clip package of what he actually said. Things like, "Homosexuals are part of a vile and satanic system that will be utterly annihilated." "If you're a born again Christian, you're a failure as a... If you're not a born again Christian, you're a failure as a human being." "Feminists just need a man around the house." "There is no separation of church and state." And of course, everyone's favorite, "The purple Teletubby is gay." - Bill Maher

Rock-The-Voter News

• Corzine: Shut Down National Guard Range ABC News 
   

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Biz-Tech News

• Oil Prices Rise Ahead of US Fuel Data Washington Post

• Halliburton‘s Lesar begins work in Dubai Pioneer Times-Journal, NM 

• China asks US to be patient over trade BusinessWeek

• China drops name-and-shame blog policy PC Advisor 

• New York's yellow cabs are going green Houston Chronicle, TX 

• Stone Phillips out at NBC News Seattle Post Intelligencer

• University group sues Monsanto over soybean patent Reuters

"All the candidates have made their financial disclosures. Mitt Romney appears to be the richest Republican, worth about $250 million. To which Rudy Giuliani said, 'I would have been worth that much if I just had one wife too.'" --Jay Leno

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Guantanamo's departing chief says prison more secure Philadelphia Inquirer, PA
   

 The Bush Regime has truly made the Flag worth burning. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Go-F***-Yourself News

• 'DC madam' lawyer: Cheney isn't not on phone records Raw Story, MA 

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