This speaks for itself.
Relatives of firefighters killed at the World Trade Center reproached GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani in a video Wednesday, pairing footage of the falling twin towers with charges the city’s former mayor was woefully unprepared for Sept. 11.
The parents and siblings of some of the 343 firefighters killed in the terrorist [...]

Can you believe this?
Congressional investigators set up a bogus company with only a postal box and within a month obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that allowed them to buy enough radioactive material for a small “dirty bomb.”
Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., who will ask the NRC about the incident at a Senate hearing [...]

Now this is what you call Contest of wills.
President Bush ordered former counsel Harriet Miers to defy a congressional summons, even as a second former aide told a Senate panel Wednesday she knew of no involvement by Bush in the dismissals of eight federal prosecutors. Contempt citations against both women were a possibility.
House Democrats [...]

Lady Bird Johnson, wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson, as died at her home in Austin of natural causes.
I always admired Mrs. Johnson, as she and probably Pat Nixon were the last First Ladies before the current one who were not political but found a cause and pushed for it from their position as First [...]

I guess the Republicans are beginning to eat their own. I can’t believe this. For a Democrat this is a dream come true.
They’ve turned into the Democrats, two years ago.
I’m only joking.
Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) called for comity Wednesday during a meeting of the Republican Conference after House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) referred [...]

It appears one of the Marines who had been charged in the Haditha case will be cleared of at the very least the murder charges.
It is my hope that the others will also be found to be innocent of cold blooded murder.
It has always been my contention that if any soldier [...]

Story here.

As many have probably guessed I am a chronic insomniac. I don’t stay awake because I’m worrying about something. A lot of times I just ponder the greatness of the universe and wonder how anyone can think it’s made randomly.
Other times I think silly thoughts such as:
Does anyone else think Harry Reid looks [...]

Bouncing off of Guss’ post on the Democratic debate on gay issues, the Pew Research Center reports that familiarity with gays “Is Closely Linked to Greater Tolerance.”.
There’s some interesting comparisons below: 1) The big gap between those older than 65 and the rest, and surprisingly similar numbers for the other age groups. I would [...]

Former Bush aides Sara Taylor and Harriet Miers have said they will not provide documents Congress is requesting unless the courts tell them they must.
President Bush’s former political director says she intends to follow his directive and not answer questions about her role in the administration’s firing of federal prosecutors — unless a court directs [...]

Proof that tax cuts work.
The nation’s budget deficit will drop to $205 billion in the fiscal year that ends in September, less than half of what it was at its peak in 2004, according to new White House estimates.
Tax cuts give businesses and individuals more money, meaning more people can work and contribute [...]

This is an editorial from the Washington Post.
Once again, new information raises questions about statements by the attorney general.
“INEVER saw documents. We never had a discussion.” Those were the words of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales in March when trying to distance himself from the Justice Department’s controversial decision to fire eight U.S. attorneys. The [...]

This is going to be an interesting piece of legislation to watch. Let’s see how well they hold up against the lobbyist. They are always accusing the Republicans of catering to big business.
Will they fight or cave?
With the House set to take up legislation this week that would sharply cut subsidies to student loan [...]

I hesitated posting this because I heard the squabble that’s gone on for the past week.
It’s, I know, another study but the more information the better. Right?
A new scientific study concludes that changes in the Sun’s output cannot be causing modern-day climate change.
It shows that for the last 20 years, the Sun’s output has declined, [...]

You’ve got to admire the man for his, I don’t care what you think, attitude.
President Bush pushed back Tuesday against demands from Republican lawmakers to outline a new war strategy, urging them to hold their fire until Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, delivers a progress report in [...]

I realize that this is going to make a lot of people uncomfortable but it’s still news.
If it offends you, I apologize in advance.
The Human Rights Campaign’s Joe Solmonese and Melissa Etheridge will question Democratic candidates in Los Angeles in a first-ever debate on gay issues, sponsored by LOGO and HRC. It will take place [...]

All administrations do it.
The first U.S. surgeon general appointed by President George W. Bush accused the administration on Tuesday of political interference and muzzling him on key issues like embryonic stem cell research.
“Anything that doesn’t fit into the political appointees’ ideological, theological or political agenda is ignored, marginalized or simply buried,” Dr. Richard Carmona, [...]