Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Holy crap, this is funny! Cheney plays Folsom prison. Thanks to the irrespressible attaturk for the heads up! (Via Dependable Renegade.) Cheney very carefully said the righ things to a kow-towing Brit Hume today, proving himself less of a worm than most of those defending him. But that's part of the Bush modus operandi: appear to be a nice guy, and have your minions speak your nastiness for you. 7:57:31 PM    comment []

White House to stop Congress from investigating domestic dpying issue The White House may be on the verge of preventing any investigation by Congress in to the domestic spying scandal: Congress appeared ready to launch an investigation into the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance program last week, but an all-out White House lobbying campaign has dramatically slowed the effort and may kill it, key Republican and Democratic sources said yesterday. The Senate intelligence committee is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a Democratic-sponsored motion to start an inquiry into the recently revealed program in which the National Security Agency eavesdrops on an undisclosed number of phone calls and e-mails involving U.S. residents without obtaining warrants from a secret court. Two committee Democrats said the panel -- made up of eight Republicans and seven Democrats -- was clearly leaning in favor of the motion last week but now is closely divided and possibly inclined against it. The GOP has completely diminished the power of Congress. They are making Bush a dictator. It's pathetic. (Via AMERICAblog.) 8:52:36 AM    comment []

America’s Shame 15 of the 60 photos from Abu Ghraib that the Bush administration is trying to have suppressed. (Via Oliver Willis - Like Kryptonite To Stupid.) 8:49:20 AM    comment []

200,000 on the terror watch list The WaPo is reporting this morning that there are 200,000 individuals on the terror watch list. Either that number is bloated or we're in a whole lotta trouble, eh? (Via Born at the Crest of the Empire.) 8:46:17 AM    comment []

Another Whittingtom Daughter Speaks It doesn't sound like the Whittington's think their patriarch was merely "peppered". Sally [Whittington] May said her father does not recall a lot of the incident, nor was he involved in how or whether information about the incident was released: "He didn't know at the time if he was going to the hospital or the mortuary." Was Harry Whittington "joking" about going to the mortuary? Someone should ask Katharine Armstrong. (Via First Draft.) 8:40:12 AM    comment []

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