TGIF/Weekend edition - August 31-September 3, 2007

I had to get in one more cartoon before Sen. Craig resigns.

“Hey, congratulations to first daughter Jenna Bush, who is engaged. Instead of giving his daughter away, President Bush said he’s planning to ask for her resignation.” - Jay Leno

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

• U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,735 AP

• 200 media employees killed in Iraq since 2003 AFP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Iraq gov't asks militias to halt attacks AP

• U.S. to free 50 Iraqi detainees a day in Ramadan Reuters

• Taliban frees last S. Korean hostages Los Angeles Times

• Inspectors Find Decade-Old Iraqi Chemical Gas in UN Office Washington Post 

Military Industrial Complex Update

How is it done? How do you screw the taxpayer for millions, get away with it and then ride off into the sunset with one middle finger extended, the other wrapped around a chilled martini? Ask Earnest O. Robbins -- he knows all about being a successful contractor in Iraq.

The Idaho Statesman reported Tuesday that Senator Larry Craig had prior gay liaisons at Union Station. It's the third Capitol Hill sex scandal in a year. Some of these lawmakers lead secret lives so creepy President Bush is sorry he started wiretapping. - Argus Hamilton, comedian

Email

Subject: Photo

Hi Lisa - I took this photo myself just north of Bath, New York - perhaps you can use it? - Regards - Doug

This message is addressed to the good people of the United States of America - Igor from Liechtenstein

Disturbing News

• US college reacted too slowly to gun massacre Guardian Unlimited

It's Not Over Till Lady Liberty Sings

The Justice Department's inspector general acknowledged Thursday he was examining whether departing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales made false or misleading statements to Congress about the National Security Agency's (NSA) terrorist surveillance program, the fired U.S. attorneys affair and other subjects.

The disclosure by Inspector General Glenn Fine in a letter to Congress signals an expansion of the department's internal investigations into Gonzales' troubled tenure
 

"A lot of people are calling Senator Craig a hypocrite because he was a very vocal opponent of same-sex marriages. ... But to be fair, he has never come out publicly against anonymous gay bathroom sex." --Jay Leno
 

SEN. CRAIG TO RESIGN, TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS ‘NAMBLA-Y’

What will be the next Republican Sex Scandal? Register your vote!

Republican Shenanigans

• Shortened Bush trip to APEC fuels criticism Washington Post

• Bush to outline aid to mortgage holders AP

• Bush: NKorea may give up nukes quickly AP

• Craig interrogation excerpts AP

• Nothing in code matches Craig conduct AP

• In E-Mails, Political Pressure on Ex-Surgeon General Washington Post

"This whole thing has to be very frustrating for the Republican Party. All these gay sex scandals and they still can't get any support from Hollywood." --Jay Leno

Email

Subject: Bathroom Predators

As a mother of four boys, I always warned them about creepy men lurking in men's rooms.

Sen. Larry Craig is one of those creepy men.

Bev

Rock-The-Voter News

• Clinton says she'll be more vigilant about donors Boston Globe

• Unions Back Clinton, Edwards, Huckabee Guardian Unlimited

• Partisan disillusionment and the Internet fuel supporters of Ron Paul International Herald Tribune

The more of these creepy Republican sex scandals we go through, the more Bill Clinton looks like Ward Cleaver. - Argus Hamilton, comedian

 Interrogation of Idaho's Larry Craig: Audio Tape - YouTube

Biz-Tech News

• Oil Prices Edge Higher Forbes

• China uncovers "worms, substandard goods" from U.S. Reuters

• Craig Story Nets 'Idaho Statesman' its Best Web Day Ever Editor & Publisher

• McConnell Interview with 'El Paso Times' Cited in FISA Lawsuit Against Verizon

• Bush and Bernanke to launch twin subprime assault Reuters
   

“Oh boy, more trouble today for China. You know the…Great Wall of China? Turns out it has lead paint in it. The whole thing’s got to come down.” - Jay Leno

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Justice Department Lawyers Refuse Detainee Cases U.S. News & World Report

Brownie's Law

Former Sen. John Edwards said at a Hurricane Katrina conference he would propose what he called "Brownie's Law" requiring that qualified people, not political hacks, lead key federal agencies.
 

"The police report says he tapped his foot, which means 'I want gay sex.' And, also means I'll never wear my iPod to the bathroom again." --Jimmy Kimmel

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Dick must be in that undisclosed location.  I bet he's hunting.

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