Monday edition - July 23, 2007

Bush says he's "thinkin' clearer than ever" since doctors removed polyps from his colon.  - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

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

• U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,632 AP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• 3 parked car bombs kill 12 in Iraq AP

• Taliban threatens to kill 23 Koreans AP

• Kurdish rebels ready for battle Guardian Unlimited

• Moscow demands evidence from London on Litvinenko murder Monsters and Critics.com

• Bush admin. to convert weapons plutonium AP

• Blair on First Trip As Mideast Envoy Forbes

• Al-Qaida video says attack called off AP

"Fox News is now reporting that there are people in the CIA who are working against President Bush's policy by using incompetence. So apparently, they are fighting fire with fire." --Jay Leno

Political Madness Bush Impeachment Poll

Wasteful Spending

Millions of dollars' worth of gear, including combat boots, helmets, vests and aircraft parts, is being junked by the Pentagon rather than stored or sold as surplus to suppliers who sometimes sell it back to the military.
 

"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

Miers, Yes - Impeachment, No

Pelosi promises congressional contempt charge for Harriet Miers
Speaker reiterates impeachment is not on her agenda.

Republican Shenanigans

• Bush doctors remove 5 polyps during colon cancer screening Chicago Tribune

• FEMA slow to test toxicity of trailers AP

• Gonzales faces questions about wiretaps AP

• Republican US lawmaker questions alleged CIA participation in ... International Herald Tribune

• McCain insists campaign is solid Chicago Sun-Times

Don't Ask

 Oregonians called Peter DeFazio's office, worried there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion of a White House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack.

As a member of the U.S. House on the Homeland Security Committee, DeFazio, D-Ore., is permitted to enter a secure "bubbleroom" in the Capitol and examine classified material. So he asked the White House to see the secret documents.

On Wednesday, DeFazio got his answer: DENIED.
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• YouTube/CNN debate tosses some crazy questions presidential candidates Albuquerque Tribune, NM 

• Clinton, Giuliani Top Florida Poll Guardian Unlimited, UK

• Judge rejects Condit lawsuit vs. paper AP
   

CITING ‘STEER-OIDS’, NIXON VOWS TO BE A ‘NO-SHOW’ WHEN BUSH SETS RECORD FOR CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS

Biz-Tech News

• Oil prices drop to mid-$75 a barrel Contra Costa Times, CA 

• Halliburton 2nd-Quarter Net Income Soars on Gain From KBR Sale Bloomberg

• News Corp.'s $5 Billion Bid for Dow Jones Hinges on Bancrofts Bloomberg

• Builder: Dubai high-rise world's tallest AP

• Duke now says Cisco, not iPhone, caused Wi-Fi snafu Computerworld

THE COLIN-OSCOPY THAT REALLY STUCK IT UP OUR REAR

"The Republicans were saying, 'Pulling out the troops in 120 days would lead to chaos in Iraq.' And I'm thinking, 'Well hell, chaos would be an improvement.'" --David Letterman

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Pistachios at Guantanamo Washington Post

www.buckfush.com

Go-F***-Yourself News

• $1.8M Cheney gift to UW to support studies abroad The Casper Star Tribune, WY 

• Cheney takes centerstage in ties with India Times of India, India

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