Monday edition - December 3, 2007

What successes have come out of the Bush dynasty?

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"Things not looking good for President Bush. His approval rating has dropped so low the only thing he's above now is the law." --Jay Leno

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News

• US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3882 The Associated Press

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• 12 Iraqi Villagers Killed in Militant Raid Voice of America

• 4 Kurdish rebels killed in fighting AP

• Two police officers killed in roadside bomb attack in Baghdad's ... CNN

• 20 decomposed bodies found in western Iraq Xinhua, China

• At least 25000 refugees have returned to Iraq: Red Crescent Africasia, UK 

• Numbers drop for civilian deaths, foreign fighters in Iraq CNNMoney.com

• US Opens Flight School for Iraqi Pilots The Associated Press

• Marine faces court-martial in Iraq death AP

• Webb, back from Iraq, questions impact of 'surge' Baltimore Sun

• Crowds jubilant as football returns to Baghdad AFP

• Saudi rape ruling puts govt on defensive AP

• Air National Guard strapped for doctors AP

What Did He Do To Deserve This?

The airport out here. The intelligence center in Washington, the whole thing's got my name on it. Sometimes you say, well, I'm not worthy of that, there are plenty of other directors of CIA who did a great job. But this one (the carrier) is very personal with me. - George H W Bush commenting on an airport, the CIA, and an aircraft carrier named after him
 

"We're going to -- we'll be sending a person on the ground there pretty soon to help implement the malaria initiative, and that initiative will mean spreading nets and insecticides throughout the country so that we can see a reduction in death of young children that -- a death that we can cure." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Oct. 18, 2007
 

Disturbing News

• Observers question Russian vot CNN International

• China barred 3rd Navy visit to Hong Kong AP

• Emergency responders face deep aid cuts AP

Larry Craig, The Gift That Keeps Giving

Embattled Idaho Sen. Larry Craig emphatically denied new allegations of homosexual encounters published in his home state's largest newspaper Sunday, calling the statements of four new accusers "completely false."
 

"Here's what I don't understand: Rudolph Giuliani had three wives and he's not the Mormon candidate?" --David Letterman
 

Republican Shenanigans

• National debt grows $1 million a minute AP

• Giuliani nearly drowned out by rival's supporters Atlanta Journal Constitution,

• Romney ready to address religion: At Bush library Baltimore Sun

• Huckabee: 'a different kind of Jesus juice' Los Angeles Times

• US plans new spy satellite program AP

• Homeland Security changes asylum rules AP

Bush Secrecy Continues

Although the U.S. death toll is down in Iraq, many troops continue to perish in what the military officially announces as "noncombat" or "nonhostile" incidents. An investigation is launched but the press rarely learns the result.

However, local papers often obtain information directly from family members, exposing death by vehicle accident, friendly fire, illness or suicide.

It happened again this weekend, thanks to reporter Matthew Stolle of the Post-Bulletin in Rochester, Minn.

Rock-The-Voter News

• Clinton: Calling hostages' families was most difficult part Boston Globe

• Hillary Clinton throws vice-presidential teaser at Bill Richardson New York Daily News

• Obama now leads in close Iowa poll Baltimore Sun
  Edwards Criticizes Lobbyist in NH Ad The Associated Press

More Bush Secrecy

The Bush administration is laying out a new secrecy defense in an effort to end a court battle about the White House visits of now-imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

"According to a new AP poll, the most popular presidential candidate among registered Republicans is 'none of the above.' At the moment, Rudy Giuliani is running third, just behind 'Good Lord, not him.'" --Conan O'Brien

Biz-Tech News

• Oil steady below 89 usd as market weighs forthcoming OPEC output ... Forbes

• Nasdaq opens office in Beijing, NYSE to follow CNNMoney.com

• Leno To Pay Laid-Off Staff Entertainment Weekly

• Diplomacy won gambling pact with Seminoles MiamiHerald.com, FL

• Report: FDA so underfunded, consumers are put at risk USA Today

"As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured." --George W. Bush, on the No Child Left Behind Act, Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2007 (Watch video clip)

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Guantanamo Case May Mean Greater Wartime Role for US Courts Bloomberg

• Lawyers: Cameraman Held At Gitmo Ill Guardian Unlimited

• Witnesses to be held secret at Guantanamo trial AFP

"I don't want to be invited to the family hunting party." --Sen. Barack Obama, on revelations that he and Dick Cheney are eighth cousins

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Cheney Sisters Tell Tales From the Campaign Trail The Student Life, CA

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