Tuesday edition - March 11, 2008

Yep, Bush lied us into a war and he's probably going to have an aircraft carrier named after him.

"Meanwhile, on the Republican side, yesterday John McCain visited President George W. Bush to be passed the torch, a torch that the president most likely broke and crazy glued back together hoping no one would notice." --Jon Stewart
 

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

• US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3980 Guardian, UK

• Eight US Soldiers Die in Iraq Attacks Washington Post

• At least 42 killed in Iraq Reuters

• 20 bodies found in Iraq grave AFP

• Iraqis still ask if U.S. invasion was worth it Reuters

• Afghan insurgent violence up in 2007 AP

• Two years after surgery, Baby Noor's future still troubling Atlanta Journal Constitution 

• Op-ed's $3 trillion Iraq war estimate doubted by Pentagon CNN

• Polish leader says missile talks moving AP

How the press failed on Iraq

A hard look back at the past five years -- with all its death and destruction and missteps -- reveals that the American media has been sleepwalking through the war.

Stephen Colbert's routine at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2006 was celebrated or lamented for his pointed barbs at the president while Bush sat just a few feet away. What many may forget, however, is that his critique of the press was just as biting -- and widely resented by many of the journalists in attendance.

McCain says he hopes Bush will find some time in his busy schedule to campaign for him. Busy schedule? Um, did you see what he was doing right before you got there? [on screen: Bush tap dancing] See you on the campaign trail, boys!" --Jon Stewart

Disturbing News

• Forced marriage in Britain higher than official figures: study AFP

"Among the people rumored to be a possibility for John McCain's vice-presidential running mate is 51-year-old Florida Governor Charlie Crist and surprisingly not his brother, Jesus Crist" --Seth Meyers

Blackwater Update

A senior House Democrat has called for a wide-ranging federal investigation into Blackwater Worldwide, alleging that the private security contractor violated tax and labor laws by classifying its guards as independent contractors rather than company employees.

Republican Shenanigans News

• Republican votes skew Democrat primaries Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom

• GOP Moves to Force Immigration Vote The Associated Press 

• Rep. King defends comments about Obama AP

• Ashcroft to testify at House hearing AP

• Scarborough: "Media People Are Living In Fear" This Election Season Huffington Post, NY

GOP Patriotism: Let Foreign Companies Replace Our Military Industrial Complex

Top current advisers to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign last year lobbied for a European plane maker that beat Boeing to a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract, taking sides in a bidding fight that McCain has tried to referee for more than five years.

Sources: Money transfers spurred Spitzer probe
CNN International
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The allegations bearing down on New York's governor didn't start with a prostitute -- despite lurid details in a federal affidavit...

Obama Drops VP Bomb and Photograph Leak

"I don't know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to the person who is first place," Obama said, drawing cheers and a lengthy standing ovation from about 1,700 people. He added: "I am not running for vice president. "I am running for president of the United States of America."...He accused Clinton's campaign of leaking a photograph of him wearing traditional African garments, including a turban, during a visit to Africa. That was "straight out of the Republican playbook," Obama said. "That's not real change."

Clinton, Obama broker Vice-Presidential deal: they will run together and she is President in the odd years, he, the even. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Rock-The-Voter News

• Obama ridicules running mate idea Boston Globe

• Obama Accuses Clinton of Using "Republican Tactics" CBS News

• Obama up in Mississippi, Clinton on to Penn. Chicago Tribune

• Clinton declines comment on Spitzer AP

• Hillary Asks Joe Scarborough To Be Her Running Mate Huffington Post, NY

• Franken's main opponent drops Senate bid AP

• Katrina recovery a priority in Mississippi primary at CNN.com

Here's a moral quandry for you: if your tap water has pharmaceuticals in it, can you be busted for drinking it? - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Biz/Tech News

• Oil Tops $109 a Barrel for First Time The Associated Press 

• Gasoline price should hit record Tuesday: AAA Reuters

• EADS posts a loss for 2007 International Herald Tribune

• Michael Jackson's company denies Beatles coming to iTunes CNET News.com

• China plans 'most luxurious train in the world' to Tibet: report AFP

Ann Coulter Dating Robert Novak?

Of course, the "first and final" performance of Bush and the Busharoos brought down the house..."Unbelievably great," said Ann Coulter, who was there as Bob Novak's date. (How does she stay so thin? Never ate, chewed gum all night.)

“Rush Limbaugh is urging Republicans to vote for Hillary Clinton…Political experts say it could only mean…that Rush is back on the drugs.” - Craig Ferguson

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Mauritanian Guantanamo detainee alleges torture in US, foreign custody JURIST

After Two and One Half Years of Ratings In The Toilet, MSNBC Cancels Tucker Carlson! The Inhumanity!

MSNBC on Monday canceled Tucker Carlson's daily show, temporarily replacing it with a campaign-focused hour anchored by NBC News chief White House correspondent David Gregory.

Carlson has had a daily program on MSNBC since June 2005 after the bow-tied anchor moved to the channel at the invitation of then-MSNBC president Rick Kaplan. "Tucker" never really found its footing in the ratings, either in late primetime or early evening. Carlson also has hosted CNN's "Crossfire" and PBS' "Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered." He will remain with the network as senior campaign correspondent after the show goes off the air Friday.
 

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Cheney to urge Saudi Arabia to cool oil prices via OPEC crude ... Forbes

• Cheney's talking: 'Saxby's courageous. He hunts with me Atlanta Journal Constitution
   

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Odd News

• Britain considers pledge of allegiance similar to US USA Today

• Merkel puts Putin on the spot over Women's Day Reuters

• South Korea clips astronaut's wings after rule-break Reuters

• Accident ruins 800-lb. man's date AP

• Is salvia the next marijuana? AP

• Loggers destroying monarch's Mexico home AP

• Firefighter uses CPR to save tiny dog AP

• Tackling urban gridlock with foldable car Reuters

Belgium is building the first ever zero-emission polar station in the Antarctic, powered by solar panels and wind turbines and designed to have minimal impact on the climate change its scientists are studying. REUTERS/International Polar Foundation

Peace.