Now that blogger has rebooted - man, what a pain - I have slews of updates for you. So, Markos-style, I'm gonne rip through several in one post:
- "Suggest a Humorous Way to Kill Ann Coulter Contest" - about 1 minute 50 into the video.
- What electronic communications was President Washington intercepting?
- What would Osama do?
"Our enemy is listening, and I cannot help but wonder if they aren't shaking their heads in amazement at the thought that anyone would imperil such a sensitive program," [Gonzales] said [in his testimony today]. "How can anyone conclude that it is not necessary and appropriate to intercept al Qaeda phone calls?"Yeah, and I suspect Osama laughs out loud when he sees women having the right to vote in America. So, your point would be, what? No rights that Osama wouldn't approve of?
- Those other presidents who conducted searches during war time, the ones Gonzales repeatedly cited today as proof that what Bush was doing was in line with other presidents, weren't doing it in violation of a federal statute saying they needed to get a warrant. The statute came AFTER all of those other wars. Gonzales knows this, Bush knows this. They're simply bringing up the point to confuse the American public. That's not a serious attempt to explain themselves, it's an attempt to lie. Why do Republicans continue to accept being lied to by their own government?
- Send O'Reilly to Africa.
- Ah freedom. Tastes like... tastes like... dry mouth:
"It's the first time we don't have water during winter," said Jawad Hakeem, resident of a Baghdad suburb. "They say it's a problem with the pipes, but I believe that careless maintenance and corruption are the main factors behind the shortage.- More domestic spying analysis from Glenn on this morning's C-SPAN before the hearing.
