CBS News poll:
Sixty-four percent of those surveyed favor setting a timetable for a U.S. troop pullout by 2008. The Senate passed legislation Thursday that would require the withdrawal of U.S. forces to begin by Oct. 1.
Most also believe Congress, not the president, should have the final word on setting troop levels in Iraq. But they […]

The newly formed Ryan Skipper Foundation is holding a silent auction fundraiser on Sunday, April 29, at the Auburndale Civic Center at 119 West Park St. in Auburndale, Florida.
Activities include a mural painting at 3:00 p.m., with Harmonious Universe, and entertainment and the auction at 7:30 p.m. Performers will include Katherine Novots, Amy De […]

In a post earlier today, I quoted John McCain as telling The Politico that nobody had asked him whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign. That no one would ask one of the putative GOP front-runners in the prez election what he thought about what is rapidly becoming a non-partisan issue struck an alert Editor […]

George Tenet’s book, “At the Center of the Storm,” will be published soon, and the former CIA director (and Medal of Freedom winner) is kicking off the publicity campaign with an interview on 60 Minutes, on Sunday, April 29, 2007.
“Let me say that again to you. We don’t torture people. OK?”– George Tenet
In an article […]

Want to literally smell divine? Thanks to a new perfume, which supposedly mimics the scent given off by Christ and the saints, you can!
The makers of “Virtue” say they were guided by the Lord in picking their product’s name, ingredients — including apricot, fig, pomegranate, frankincense, and myrrh — logo and bottle design. Who knew […]

Perhaps Jon would not have been so surprised at the New York Post’s creative editing of an Associated Press story if he had watched the premiere of Bill Moyers’ new PBS series, “Buying the War,” last night. He would have still been angry and depressed after watching the parade of well-known journalists admit to giving […]

It may sound like my tin-foil hat talking but it really is fundamental to the right’s authoritarian agenda to keep the country in a perpetual state of war. But evidence of their true intent is rarely so brazenly exposed as it was this week by the intentional manipulation of a story at Rupert Murdoch’s flagship […]

From the Who Cares file: There are no sympathetic characters in this drama. Prez candidate and song stylist John McCain yesterday took an opportunity to try and position himself as a political outsider by calling for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ resignation. Why did it take him so long to say that he thinks Gonzo should […]

John Edwards will use the first national presidential debate tonight to call for Karl Rove’s job.
According to a campaign email, Edwards feels Rover has crossed a line.
New evidence shows that Rove has been methodically working to twist even the most impartial branches of the federal government—including the Justice Department—to serve the Republican Party at the […]