The sleaze lobby: The investigations into various scandals around GOP former lobbyist Jack Abramoff is entering a new phase:
U.S. News has learned that the conduct of at least a dozen representatives and senators is now being scrutinized by a small army of federal prosecutors and FBI agents. According to sources familiar with the inquiry, [...]

Washington Post:
A second Time magazine reporter has agreed to cooperate in the CIA leak case and will testify about her discussions with Karl Rove’s attorney, a sign that prosecutors are still exploring charges against the White House aide.
Viveca Novak, a reporter in Time’s Washington bureau, is cooperating with Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald, who [...]

Bush’s war: From the outset of the Bush team’s “marketing campaign” (their words) promoting the war in Iraq in 2002, cynical types such as yours truly have suspected that going to war in Iraq on the timetable they rammed through the Congress and the Pentagon had everything to do with electing Republicans – including themselves [...]

“Lesbianism is about to take over our community. I’m talking about young girls. My son in high school last year tried to go to the prom. He said, ‘Dad, I ain’t got nobody to take to the prom because all the girls in my class are gay. Ain’t but two of ‘em straight, and both [...]

In over his head: What is sad about this story is the fact that White House aides are still so deluded that they think they’d be better off if President Bush actually ran the show:
Embattled White House aides have begun to believe President Bush must take the reins personally if his evaporating agenda and credibility [...]

Karena:
6,664 people are still reported missing twelve weeks after Hurricane Katrina, but Kym Pasqualini of the Center for Missing Adults says most of them are probably alive and well! That’s great news, Kym!!!! Tell that to the folks who reported them missing.
Yup, they are probably off somewhere having a jolly old [...]

Bush Knew Saddam-al Qaeda Link Was False 10 Days after 9/11

Teflon wearing thin? It is astounding that 37 percent of Americans still give George Bush a positive rating on his performance as president. (Even hard to fathom is the fact that 8 percent of Democrats approve of Bush!).
It is true, nonetheless, according to a recent USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll. In the past 50 [...]

Says MSM not doing its job: Craigslist founder Craig Newmark gave voice to millions of us when he spoke at an Oxford University event earlier this week:
Saying U.S. newspapers “are afraid to talk truth to power,” Craigslist founder Craig Newmark hinted that he’s about to launch a major online journalism project within the next few [...]

“We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors . . . and you, all of you, [...]