TGIF/Weekend edition - April 20-22, 2007

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Alberto Gonzales is almost as embarrassing as Bush.

"Because of the storms back East, over 250,000 people still without power. In fact, it was so bad in Washington, D.C., Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had to resort to destroying e-mails by hand." --Jay Leno

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

• U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,314 AP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• 1 U.S. service member killed in Iraq AP

• U.S. walls off Baghdad neighborhood AP

• Clashes erupt near west Baghdad mosque AP

• Son of prominent Iraq Shiite leader attacked AFP

• US has lost war in Iraq, says top Democrat MSNBC

• Gates To Iraq: Us Patience Is Limited Guardian Unlimited

• Iraq attack may be attempt to flush out Shiites Chicago Sun-Times

• Coroner rejects US pilot error claim in Iraq crash Guardian Unlimited

• Al-Qaida chief appointed minister of war AP

• Military expanding Calif. amputee center AP

• After Tillman death, Army clamped down AP

Yeah, be careful not to ruin Troop morale by supporting an end to the war. I bet they'll dread having to come home. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

BUSH TO REPLACE ALBERTO GONZALEZ WITH ‘DUKE LACROSSE’ PROSECUTOR

Halliburton's Performance Matches Bush/Cheney

U.S. lawmakers on Thursday railed against senior Army officials and defense contractor KBR Inc. over persistent allegations of fraud and contract abuse on a multibillion-dollar deal to provide food and shelter to U.S. troops in Iraq.

"Profiteering during wartime is inexcusable," said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., testifying at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. "This is the most significant waste, fraud and abuse we have ever seen in this country."
 

Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran - as sung by Sen. John McCain who is obviously losing his mind

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Disturbing News

• Johnson Space Center evacuated after weapon report Houston Chronicle

• Ariz. Capitol evacuated over bomb threat AP

• Copycat threats logged around the country Cincinnati Post, OH 

• ON HIGH ALERT Slew of threats to schools in Michigan spurs warning Detroit Free Press, MI 

• Lawrence caller's threats disrupt several schools The Wichita Eagle

• Suspect arrested in Edmonds college bomb threats Seattle Times

• School Districts Deal With Threats, Increase Security Pittsburgh Channel.com

• Va. Tech Professor, Holocaust Survivor Buried in Israel Washington Post

• FDA asks if pet food tainted on purpose Houston Chronicle

Crazy People Can Buy Guns in Virginia

A judge's ruling on Cho Seung-Hui's mental health should have barred him from purchasing the handguns he used in the Virginia Tech massacre, according to federal regulations. But it was unclear Thursday whether anybody had an obligation to inform federal authorities about Cho's mental status because of loopholes in the law that governs background checks..."On the face of it, he should have been blocked under federal law," said Denis Henigan, legal director of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

"FEMA told Congress this week that a revised emergency response plan it was ordered to develop after Hurricane Katrina will not be ready by hurricane season. Well, there's a shock. It's only been two years. I'm surprised FEMA even knows when hurricane season is." --Jay Leno

Republican Shenanigans

• Congressman Rick Renzi quits panel during probe AP

• California Rep. Doolittle leaves House appropriations seat Los Angeles Times 

• DNC sues Justice Department over e-mails AP

• Midterm U.S. attorney firings rare AP

• RNC Resists Democratic Demands for Database Access U.S. News & World Report

• Foley paying bills with campaign cash Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA 
   

The Price of Inexperience

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in what one lawmaker called a "reconfirmation hearing," Gonzales apologized for what he described as a flawed process in which a group of young political appointees at the Justice Department led a review that resulted in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year.
 

"In a recent interview, First Lady Laura Bush says she can't fall asleep at night without reading. She says that her nightstand holds so many books, she fears it might collapse. I guess that makes it easy to tell which side of the bed is hers" --Jay Leno

Rock-The-Voter News

• Roll call vote on D.C. voting rights act AP

• Oliver Stone rolling with new ad against war Reuters

"The Bush administration is searching for a war czar to manage all the wars we're in and cut through the federal bureaucracy. Because federal bureaucracy is why we're losing. ... So far, at least five four-star generals have declined the position, some citing that this administration -- this is true -- doesn't appear to know what it's doing" --Jon Stewart

Limbaugh said Virginia Tech shooter "had to be a liberal"

Biz-Tech News

• Oil climbs on supply fears ahead of Nigerian elections UPDATE Forbes, NY

• BP Texas City plant workers taken to hospitals Houston Chronicle

• Texas Senate OKs raising smoking age to 19 Houston Chronicle

• Nacchio convicted of 19 of 42 charges AP

• White House opposes executive pay bill AP

• Stocks surge, Dow approaches 13,000 AP

• Offensive couch label traced to China AP

• Magnetic toys recalled after injuries AP

• Microsoft Plans $3 Suite for Emerging Markets PC World

• Network looking for Imus replacement Variety

Alberto Gonzales is as believable as Ken Lay was. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Bush Continues to Embarrass Self and Country

...When Bush went to Ohio on Thursday to talk about terrorism, he ended up musing about marriage and chicken-plucking plants, the agony of death and his Oval Office rug, which resembles a sunburst...

_Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody wants to be loved — not everybody. ... You never heard anybody say, `I want to be despised, I'm running for office.'"

_"The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady. I know that sounds not very objective, but that's how I feel. And she's also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience."

_"There are jobs Americans aren't doing. ... If you've got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you know what I'm talking about."

_"There are some similarities, of course" between Iraq and Vietnam. "Death is terrible."

_"I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times."

As he has before, Bush told the story about how his first presidential decision was to pick a rug for the Oval Office, a task he quickly cast to his wife. He told her to make sure the rug reflected optimism "because you can't make decisions unless you're optimistic that the decisions you make will lead to a better tomorrow."

Later, when he talked about his hope for succeeding in Iraq, Bush said, "Remember the rug?"
 

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• DOJ seeks dismissal of Guantanamo habeas cases JURIST

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Kucinich to launch Cheney impeachment push on April 25 Raw Story

• Vermont senate adopts resolution to impeach Bush Reuters

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