Another picture Bush doesn’t want you to see: The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the government to give it a rest in the case of recently acquitted terror suspect Sami Al-Arian. But Bush pettiness and pandering probably won’t allow that. St. Petersburg Times:
Al-Arian campaigned in Florida with Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign and […]

Great Moments in the Bush Dyslexicon: Dubya Fumbles His Social Security Pitch

After spending the better part of four days last week examining in minute detail Sen. Hillary Clinton’s remark that the Republicans are running the U.S. House of Representatives like “a plantation” — even though her statement mirrored similar remarks by disgraced Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — the Kool Kids in the Capitol allowed […]

Bloomberg:
U.S. President George W. Bush calls indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff “an equal money dispenser” who helped politicians of both parties. Campaign donation records show Republicans were a lot more equal than Democrats.
Between 2001 and 2004, Abramoff gave more than $127,000 to Republican candidates and committees and nothing to Democrats, federal records show. At the same […]

Bully boy: President Bush defended his illegal wiretap using a tactic common to schoolyard bullies: He blamed the wimps whose lunch money he stole:
“It’s amazing that people say to me, ‘Well, he’s just breaking the law.’ If I wanted to break the law, why was I briefing Congress?”
Answer: Because he knew the corrupt Republicans […]

“I want to thank all the people who made it possible for me to serve and for my brother to be president, and for the Republican Party to dominate Florida politics”
— Jeb Bush, just before wishing U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris well with her senate campaign at the Florida Republican party’s annual […]

Along with ridding Washington of Tom DeLay, the Abramoff scandal might have another positive effect: finally retiring the cliché, haggard, overused “gate” nomenclature. As columnist Cynthia Tucker points out, Abramoff is in a class by himself.
…the level of hypocrisy exposed by the Abramoff scandal is hall of fame stuff - the sort of outsized arrogance […]

Canada Reports Positive Test for Mad Cow
TORONTO - A cow from an Alberta farm has tested positive for mad cow disease, officials said Monday. For those of you in Quebec: Une vache d’une ferme d’Alberta a examiné le positif pour la maladie folle de vache.
Iran Threatens Full Uranium Enrichment
VIENNA, Austria - Iran will immediately retaliate […]

Ramping up the response: Legal experts, privacy advocates and Democratic lawmakers are calling for investigations into whether the Bush administration broke the law when it authorized a secret program to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens without a court order.
According to GovExec.com, on Friday, seven Democrat representatives held an unofficial hearing to examine revelations that Bush ordered […]