The House of Representatives passed a bill today that would require troops begin withdrawing 120 days after enactment of the bill, and to withdraw completely from Iraq by April 1, 2008.
The Democratic-controlled House shrugged off another veto threat from President Bush in approving a measure requiring the withdraw U.S. troops by spring.
Earlier, Bush ruled out [...]
Report: 70% of all praise is sarcastic
I love the story. He can’t be any worse than some of the people we have elected in the past.
Sen. Al Franken?
If anyone had doubts about the seriousness of comedian Al Franken’s campaign to represent Minnesota in the Senate, his latest fundraising numbers go a long way toward showing his campaign is no laughing [...]
This is so cute.
Duncan M. McDonald is finally off the voter rolls after the Australian shepherd-terrier mix was sent absentee ballots for three elections.
King County Elections Director Sherril Huff said she canceled the voter registration Tuesday for the dog owned by Jane K. Balogh, 66, who registered her pet to protest a change in the [...]
I have no idea what the reactions of Americans would be, but I thought it would be interesting to pose the question.
We are reading reports that Al Qaeda is building strength to 2001 levels and Chertoff has a gut feeling something might happen here during the summer since summer seems to be the preferred time [...]
An LA Times article today reports that top US intelligence officials think that Al Qaeda has recovered, though there’s disagreement between them and the Homeland Security chief, Michael Chertoff, over whether this means a heightened threat to the US. The story’s here.
They’ve all done it. Why are we acting like this is some new phenomenon?
Every administration since Woodrow Wilson’s has lambasted leakers. And every president since Wilson has made discreet but routine use of the practice themselves — personally, or through their minions, giving the press information on the sly when circumstances merited some truth, or [...]
It is so nice to know that the shadow government is still in place.
AP: Government Report Concludes Al Qaeda Now as Strong as in Summer of 2001
I will offer nothing other than the above headline and the sentence below and add that whoever is leaking this type of information needs to be found and [...]
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