George W. + Light Socket + Dinner Knife

Make no mistake. Curiosity has nothing to do with George W.'s need for an entertaining diversion today.

Bush Approval Rating at New Career Low
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Only 38 Percent of Americans Approval of Bush's Overall Job Performance, the Lowest of His Presidency

April 10, 2006 — President Bush's job approval rating is at a career low in this latest ABC News/Washington Post poll amid continued broad public skepticism about the Iraq war.

Just 38 percent of Americans now approve of Bush's overall performance in office; it's the lowest mark of his presidency, albeit by a single point. Sixty percent disapprove of how he's handling his job, matching the highest disapproval of his tenure.

Prodi Claims Italy Victory

Sky News: Centre-left challenger Romano Prodi has promised to represent all Italians after claiming victory in Italy's general election.

He was speaking after reports that his coalition had now taken both houses of the Italian parliament - although his opponent Silvio Berlusconi is disputing the results.

Mr Prodi said he had earned the right to become prime minister after the bitterly-fought election.

He said he would govern on behalf of all Italians, including those who had not voted for him.

In Attics and Rubble, More Bodies and Questions

NYT: The bodies of storm victims are still being discovered in New Orleans — in March alone there were nine, along with one skull. Skeletonized or half-eaten by animals, with leathery, hardened skin or missing limbs, the bodies are lodged in piles of rubble, dangling from rafters or lying face down, arms outstretched on parlor floors.

Specter urges Bush, Cheney to explain CIA leak

Yahoo News: The Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday that President Bush should speak publicly about a leak of classified intelligence that was released to rebut an Iraq war critic.

"The president of the United States owes a specific explanation to the American people," Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa., said on Fox News Sunday.

Young Officers Leaving Army at a High Rate

NYT: Young Army officers, including growing numbers of captains who leave as soon as their initial commitment is fulfilled, are bailing out of active-duty service at rates that have alarmed senior officers. Last year, more than a third of the West Point class of 2000 left active duty at the earliest possible moment, after completing their five-year obligation.

It was the second year in a row of worsening retention numbers, apparently marking the end of a burst of patriotic fervor during which junior officers chose continued military service at unusually high rates. Mirroring the problem among West Pointers, graduates of reserve officer training programs at universities are also increasingly leaving the service at the end of the four-year stint in uniform that follows their commissioning.

Participants in Phone-Jamming Scheme Contacted White House

WTOL: Key figures in a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 had regular contact with the White House and Republican Party as the plan was unfolding, phone records introduced in criminal court show. The records show that Bush campaign operative James Tobin, who recently was convicted in the case, made two dozen calls to the White House within a three-day period around Election Day 2002 -- as the phone jamming operation was finalized, carried out, and then abruptly shut down.

And the beat goes on...

Honestly! It's enough to make any pig ignorant sock puppet pResident seek the nearest entertaining diversion. Hey, George W.! A simple power outage in the West Wing might divert attention from your troubles for an hour or two. Plus, if you stick the knife in the socket, the lights will go out and you can cancel today's boring meetings. And no one would ever know that you did it. I mean, how could they ever find out? And wouldn't it be as much fun as blowing up a frog?


So you think you know Delilah?
Judges 16:19-- And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.