Meanwhile in other news . . .

In news you didn’t hear because our dysfunctional media can only handle one issue at a time:

White House Investigates Rove’s Aid.
Susan Ralston, who worked for Jack Abramoff before taking a position with Rove, is under investigation by the White House for taking gifts from Abramoff in exchange for helping the lobbyist and his associates set up meetings and providing them with inside info about presidential appointments and White House decision making. You know its gotta’ be bad for the Administration to investigate itself. Either that or they don’t want anybody else seeing it but what are the chances of that?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15081799/site/newsweek

White House Records Confirm Rice received terror warning before 9/11
The members of the 9/11 commission are a bit peeved that Woodward‘s book STATE OF DENIAL revealed that George Tenant had warned Rice in July of ’01 of a pending terror attack on the US and got the brush off. Everybody involved is denying the brush off but there were no further meetings on the subject. Rice said to reporters that she “didn’t remember” such a meeting. One would think the August 6 PDB titled “Bin Laden intent on attacking US” would have jogged her memory. What’s got the 9/11 committee peeved? They knew about the warning from testimony of Rice and Tenant but decided to keep it secret and not put it in the 9/11 Report. Makes me wonder what else was not in the report.
Wouldn’t want to upset the sheeple now would we? http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/02/washington/03ricecnd.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Anti-drug advertising campaign a failure
A GAO report says that the Government’s $1.4 billion ad campaign aimed at young people does not work and may actually induce them to try drugs. This on top of the White House Office of Management and Budget’s 2003 report calling it "non-performing" and saying it had not demonstrated results. Bush immediately added $20 million more to the program for 2007.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-08-28-anti-drug-ads_x.htm


Bush Deploys Navy to Persian Gulf
A navy strike force of 20,000 sailors steamed out of port this week headed for the Persian gulf and a location just off the Iranian Coast. An aircraft carrier, cruiser, mine sweepers, supply and support ships as well as a submarine/destroyer escort were quietly ordered in early September to prepare to take stations and left port October 1.

Wonder what Bush has in mind?

From Bush’s UN speech October 7, 2002, “America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them . . . “

From Bush’s UN speech September 19, 2006, “To the people of Iran: The United States respects you; we respect your country. < . . . > The greatest obstacle to future is that your rulers have chosen to deny you liberty . . . “

About now every civilian in Iran is running around with their hair on fire saying, “Oh $#!T!! Bush is gonna’ give us freedom!! Allah help us!”
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061009/lindorff
http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1535817,00%20.html

Man arrested for speaking to Cheney
Steve Howards was walking his 7-year-old son to a piano practice, when he saw Cheney surrounded by a group of people in an outdoor mall area, shaking ands and posing for pictures with several people. Howards and his son walked to about two-to-three feet from where Cheney was standing, and said to the vice president, "I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible," or words to that effect, then walked on. Ten minutes later he and his son were walking back through the same area when a Secret Service agent asked Howards if he had “assaulted” the vice president. Howards denied doing so, but was nonetheless placed in handcuffs and taken to the Eagle County Jail.
Arrested in front of his 7 year old son for speaking truth to power. Way to go, Dick. (Some people can wear the name Richard, and some can’t. Cheney just looks like a Dick, don’t ya’ think? http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5039230,00.html

A day without outrage is like a day without Republicans . . .

It seems as if the GOP used every bit of bad juju to get the Torture bill passed, and now they are falling apart at the stitches.

I've had moments like this dashed in the past, and don't want to get my hopes up too much, but DAMN!

One month before election time, and the shit has struck the fan. I'm wondering what is happening that we're missing.

Watch the news carefully, friends. If the Repukes aren't collapsing, they're conspiring, and this is all a diversion.

in the rose garden to cover a puppy-shoot, or maybe a baby BBQ, to ensure a Democratic land-slide. I wonder why we don't seem to be exploiting the opportunity to greater effect?

Oh yeah, :kick: & R.

mil, cia, fbi, powell, tenet, bill clinton, you name it...

Let's ROLL.

about stories the mainstream news is ignoring and then post a bunch of links to mainstream news stories.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

ALL PRETTY BLOND GIRL MISSING IN ARUBA ALL THE TIME COVERAGE.

Yeah, the truth is out there but the server is down and not responding . . .,

They can detain him indefinately, no rights, no appeals...
K&R
:kick:

these thugs in DC do not what to be criticized, no dissent allowed, and anyone could be labelled as an "enemy combatant" you never know with these sick thugs in office. This is just sick, what you cannot talk to Dick like that, too bad Dickhead. Now, innocent people are going to be hauled off in front of their kids because they voiced their opinion, these thugs are going to have a rude awakening, people are not going to take this shit, no more.

For some relief from the Foley and Amish blues...

he's the president

where he looks like a little yellow chickie (like tweetie bird) peering out from behind his big taxpayer supported secret service agents' ankles.

Although your frog is really good, I just see Cheney as much more fearful.

Great job on those eyeballs, Swamp Rat!

I agree with you that there is plenty of other important repuke scandals to report on besides this one.

The Above the Influence ads are pathetic. They're clearly written by people who have no idea what they're talking about and who they're talking to. All they did was getting people to make fun of them on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_BX7io6bAU">You Tube.