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all this and a.q. khan, too

Dick Cheney is the original bad penny. If anything, anywhere in the world, is fucked up, it’s guaranteed to have his bloody paw prints all over it. From the WaPo via Digby:
The roots of the crisis go back to the blind bargain Washington made after 9/11 with the regime that had heretofore been [...]

in a just world,

when his time comes, Alan Greenspan would fall directly from his lofty platonic perch down to the deepest circle of hell, where he would live in a flooded New Orleans shotgun with Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman, each given only a tablespoon to bail with while fetid water continued to seep through the walls, rank [...]

is that a pardon in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?

A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, has dropped his appeal in a perjury case that fueled debate over the Iraq war, his attorney said on Monday.
Libby was found guilty in March of lying and obstructing an investigation into who blew the cover of a CIA officer, Valerie Plame, whose [...]

this oughtta confuse gop voters

From the ever on-point Mr. Fish:

Mr. Fish’s doppelgänger, Dwayne Booth, has an unusual interview with Dennis Kucinich here.

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it’s not nice to speak ill of the dead

So I’ll let others do it for me. First, Henry Hyde himself, to Salon in 1998:
The statute of limitations has long since passed on my youthful indiscretions. Suffice it to say Cherie Snodgrass and I were good friends a long, long time ago. After Mr. Snodgrass confronted my wife, the friendship ended…
According to Cherie [...]

trying to make a silk purse out of a horse’s ass

It’ll take more than an expensive haircut to make the border nazi attractive to voters:
Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo is getting his hair clipped for a cause while poking fun at a Democratic rival’s high-dollar haircuts.
Tancredo, a Colorado congressman, will pay $400 for a haircut on Friday - a play on former North Carolina Sen. [...]

Dunn’s Done

Oy vey…
State Rep. Jim Dunn will be stripped of his committee assignments and denied travel reimbursement after the 17th District lawmaker made what even Dunn acknowledged was an “inappropriate” remark to a woman at a legislative function in the Tri-Cities last month…snip…
“I opened my mouth inappropriately and apologized for it,” Dunn said. He said he [...]

Don’t assist, resist

Ms. 911

Interesting discussion on Washblog about the 2008 Washington caucuses and the likely dampening effect of having Clinton the presumed nominee going into those caucuses. Hell, Clinton II was the presumed 2008 nominee before the “Dean scream” happened in 2004 so is anyone surprised? We can all just sit back and look [...]

our national sickness

When the SCHIP veto override failed, I was sitting at my office desk, trying to work while L. sniffled and coughed in the chair beside me and tried to get enough amusement out of his mp3 player not to be bored to tears. He came to work with me because he was too sick [...]

National Strike

I propose that the only way to regain our corrupt government is to GO ON STRIKE. Necessary positions such as fire, police and medical could still work but the rest of us should just stay home. We can survive a month or two at home if we stick together. People brag how they would be [...]

how many ways can you say “9/11″?

Bush*, at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial this weekend:
When others are looking for the exits, our firefighters are looking for the way in. When the frightened occupants of a burning building are rushing down the stairwell, our firefighters are going the opposite direction — up the stairs, and toward the flames.

Apropos, from Mr. Fish:

*I guess [...]

another open senate seat

The pajamas incident makes a lot more sense now:
WASHINGTON — Health concerns — specifically, a disease that could affect his decision-making — are at the root of Sen. Pete Domenici’s decision to retire at the end of his term next year, party officials said.
The 75-year-old, six-term lawmaker plans a formal announcement today in Albuquerque. He [...]