Monday edition - August 6 , 2007

Has  Bush ever NOT been on vacation?

“And Iraq’s new congress has adjourned for the summer, and they say they’ll be back in September. See, that’s how you know the war is going badly, when the Iraqis pull out.” - Jay Leno
 

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

• U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,668 AP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Iraq Car Bomb Kills 27 in North; US Hits Suspected Insurgents Bloomberg

• Mortars slam into Iraq petrol queue, 11 dead AFP

• US troops kill Iraq shrine bomber Boston Herald

• US Qaeda thug vows attack New York Daily News

• GI Gets 110 Years for Rape and Killing in Iraq New York Times

• Iraqi power grid nearing collapse AP

• Taliban threatens more kidnappings AP

• Olmert visits Jericho for Abbas talks Guardian Unlimited

• House Approves Pentagon Budget Minus the President's War Funding Washington Post

• Iraqi bumbling kills hopes for US pullback, sez Gates New York Daily News

Meanwhile, Back In GOP World

The leading Republican candidates for the U.S. presidency said the military escalation in Iraq appeared to be restoring stability, and they berated their Democratic counterparts for advocating an end to U.S. involvement there.

Top Ten Top Ten Signs President Bush Needs A Vacation: David Letterman

10. Ordered a full-scale invasion of Turks and Caicos.

9. Staffers found him having a conversation with a coat rack.

8. Asked CIA director to have Jason Bourne join hunt for Osama.

7. Hasn’t stopped sobbing since he was passed over for ‘The Price is Right’.

6. Has only seen the new Harry Potter movie four times.

5. Only seems half as Bushy as usual.

4. Instead of signing bills, now licks ‘em.

3. So overworked he’s pronouncing words correctly. Boo-ya!

2. He’s been drinking like an astronaut.

1. Hasn’t given Laura the ol’ ‘veto’ in months.

Disturbing News

• Hiroshima marks 62nd anniversary of atomic bombing Asahi Shimbun

• South Asian flood death toll hits 347 AP

• Bridge Debris Recovery Begins in Minn. ABC News

• EU bans British meat, livestock amid foot and mouth outbreak AFP

Another Fence Climber

The Secret Service apprehended a Florida man Sunday after he climbed over the White House fence, officials said.

"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
 

Republican Shenanigans

• House adjourns after week of vicious fights The Hill, DC 

• Wall Street Journal Praises Stephen Hayes' ('93) Biography of Dick ... DePauw University, IN

• Questions raised about Alaska lawmakers, oil USA Today

• McCain raps Congress for bridge collapse AP

• Giuliani weathers attacks during Iowa debate Newsday

• GOP hopefuls set selves apart from Bush in Iowa clash ABC News

• The Resurrection of Don Imus New York Magazine

Segregated Military

Here at this searing, dusty U.S. military base about four miles west of Baqouba, Iraqis — including interpreters who walk the same foot patrols and sleep in the same tents as U.S. troops — must use segregated bathrooms.
 

DEMS SEEK OUT PSYCHOLOGICAL ADVISOR, ON THEIR ‘WEAKNESS’ FOR FISA

Rock-the-Voter News

• Clinton Leads Obama by 21, Giuliani and Thompson Close Rasmussen Reports

• Court sides with congressman on FBI raid AP

"The White House is now demanding Congress move quickly on a new treaty to allow more Arctic oil drilling, 'cause they say the melting polar ice caps means more oil is easily available. See, this combines the two things the administration loves -- global warming and drilling for oil." –Jay Leno

Biz-Tech News

• Oil Falls on Concern Subprime Debacle Will Reduce US Growth Bloomberg

• Asian stock markets battered by US credit turmoil - UPDATE Forbes 

• I Went Undercover With Dateline, Too PC World

• NASA Sends Spacecraft to Mars on a Water-Ice Hunt Environment News Service

• Computer security problems found at IRS AP

CONGRESS NOT ONLY CAVES ON FISA; GIVES BUSH AUTHORITY TO USE MICHAEL VICK FOR DETAINEE INTERROGATIONS

Even An Amphibian Says The War Is Phony

Newt Gingrich, former Republican House Speaker, called the war on terror "phony" in a speech to a group of young conservatives in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

The potential GOP presidential candidate told attendees of the National Conservative Student Conference that "We’re about to enter the seventh year of this phony war…and we’re losing."

Bush-Prison-Torture News
 

• Cheney: Don't Close Guantanamo Yet Washington Post

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Protesters expected for Vice President in Albuquerque KRQE, NM

"It would be oddly appropriate for Barry Bonds to tie the homerun record in L.A. -- almost everyone here is artificially enhanced too." - Jimmy Kimmel

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