5th Graders Are Way Smarter Than FOX Viewers

Evidently, FOX has a new TV show called "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?"

Equally evident: some of their viewers... er, aren't. From the Fox viewer forum:

General Discussion - Who is Andrew Johnson?

From: teacher828

In regards to your question about the first president who was impeached - all of your student participants answered Andrew Johnson and were proclaimed correct.

I am afraid you think the American public are idiots. First of all, there was no president Andrew Johnson. There was an Andrew Jackson and there was a Lyndon B. Johnson. By the way, Andrew Jackson was the first president impeached.

Your program is obviously fixed, it is very hard to believe that all five children got the exact same incorrect answer.

With all the resources available today, how embarassing (sic) for you to be so wrong on your premiere episode!

Hm. "With all the resources available today," why doesn't this "teacher" know that...

Andrew Johnson was the 17th US president. (Here's a hint, FOX fan: Johnson replaced the president named Lincoln. Ever heard of that one?)

Andrew Johnson was impeached. (Another Hint: Impeachment by the House of Representatives is not the same as a conviction by the US Senate.)

BORN: December 29, 1808
Raleigh, North Carolina
CHILDREN: 3 Sons, 2 Daughters
PROFESSION: Tailor/Public Servant
POLITICAL PARTY: Democratic, Unionist
HOME STATE: Tennessee
POLITICAL OFFICES: U.S. Congressman, Governor (TN), U.S. Senator, Vice President, President, Elected again to Senate after leaving the Presidency.
DIED: July 31, 1875 (Age - 66)
BURIED: Greenville, Tennessee
Andrew Johnson was buried wrapped with the American Flag and a copy of the U.S. Constitution under his head.

Some days, you just want to scream.

This is one of those days.


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So Many Sickening Republican Antics, So Little Time

Get your barf bags ready.

Watch Rudy Giuliani make fun of a guy with Parkinson's Disease.

FOXSnooze's John Gibson thinks journalists who don't obsess over the Anna Nicole Smith story are "snobs."

Dick Cheney is still out of the country, surely trying to stay as far away from Scooter Libby as possible. The funniest part about Big Dick's secret PR trip: he has the nerve to claim that "bad weather" prevented a meeting with Karzai.

White House spokeswingnut Tony Fratto said (with a straight face, of course) that the US went to war in Iraq "as a multinational force under U.N. authorization to take military action in Iraq."

More later...

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Gore's Film Wins; Will Bush Demand A Recount?

Of course, Bushbots have already begun their assault on Mr. Gore's IMDB page. Scroll down to the message board section, and see for yourself:

Al Gore's Inconvenient Toxic Waste Dump!
Excerpts from An Inconveniant ManBearPig
Is he for or against....
If Al Gore had long hair....

Here's my favorite freeper comment:

Typical conspiracy minded liberal connection with Global Warming....

ready?...

Global Warming...first letter in each word put together is G,W.

George Walker Bush, first letter in first two names is G,W.

So that means that Bush is behind Global Warming man, yeah man. The Corporations are taking our money man. George Bush is responsible for everything man. He gave kids in Africa AIDS man...he is making the planet warm man. I don't know what I'm saying but Jon Stewart seems really smart man.

LOL, I love trashing on liberal (michael moore-esque) conspirators.

Typical freeper behavior...

But distinctly distasteful.

So what else is new?



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Sermon On The Blog: The Virgin & The Pizza Pan

She's back.

Yes, the Virgin Mary has appeared once again-- this time, on a pizza pan in an Austin elementary school kitchen.

Faithful: Pizza pan delivers message from God

By Dan Lauck / KHOU-TV

They say God works in mysterious ways. And so it was on Wednesday -- yes, Ash Wednesday -- some kitchen workers at Pugh Elementary were cleaning up.

When the pizza pan was cleaned, this image resembling the Virgin Mary appeared.

It was Lupe Rodriguez's day to scrub the pans and fight the burned-on stains.

"I started looking at it like this, y'know," she said.

The stain was emerging, growing more familiar until... she couldn't believe what she was seeing.

"It showed me like the Virgin Mary," Rodriguez said.

She showed it around the kitchen.

Her co-workers agreed. It was the Virgin Mary.

Seriously snarky headline, wasn't it?

Check out the news report's ending:

The true believers care not that this began with a cheese pizza.

They come to touch the image and convene with God -- asking not for delivery, but deliverance.

Truly heavy sigh.

Thus Endeth Today's Sermon.

Go forth today and study the stains on your baking pans. You just never know what you might see...

I mean it, damn it!


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Shocker! Moonie Times Film Critic Picks "United 93"

Read it for yourself.





Of course, The Moonie Times will continue to accuse Hollywood of being too political.


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Be A Libby Juror For A Day: How would you vote?

From the Indictment:

COUNT ONE (Obstruction of Justice)

Or... Did Scooter lie about how he learned about Valerie Plame's identity?

THE GRAND JURY CHARGES:

Defendant I. LEWIS LIBBY, also known as "SCOOTER LIBBY," did knowingly and corruptly endeavor to influence, obstruct and impede the due administration of justice, namely proceedings before Grand Jury 03-3, by misleading and deceiving the grand jury as to when, and the manner and means by which, LIBBY acquired and subsequently disclosed to the media information concerning the employment of Valerie Wilson by the CIA.

COUNT TWO (False Statement)

Or... Who's lying, Russert or Libby?

THE GRAND JURY FURTHER CHARGES:

I. LEWIS LIBBY, also known as "SCOOTER LIBBY," defendant herein, did knowingly and willfully make a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement and representation in a matter within the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency within the executive branch of the United States, in that the defendant, in response to questions posed to him by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

COUNT THREE (False Statement)

Or... Who's lying, Cooper or Libby?

THE GRAND JURY FURTHER CHARGES:

I. LEWIS LIBBY, also known as "SCOOTER LIBBY," defendant herein, did knowingly and willfully make a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement and representation in a matter within the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency within the executive branch of the United States, in that the defendant, in response to questions posed to him by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

COUNT FOUR (Perjury)

Or... Did Scooter lie about Russert asking him to confirm Valerie Plame's identity?

THE GRAND JURY FURTHER CHARGES:

I. LEWIS LIBBY, also known as "SCOOTER LIBBY," defendant herein, having taken an oath to testify truthfully in a proceeding before a grand jury of the United States, knowingly made a false material declaration.

COUNT FIVE (Perjury)

Or... Did Scooter lie to reporters (that he learned about Plame from other reporters) and did he lie about his knowledge of the law protecting CIA identities by blaming reporters, just in case?


THE GRAND JURY FURTHER CHARGES:

On or about March 5, 2004 and March 24, 2004, in the District of Columbia, I. LEWIS LIBBY, also known as "SCOOTER LIBBY," defendant herein, having taken an oath to testify truthfully in a proceeding before a grand jury of the United States, knowingly made a false material declaration.

Time to vote, Juror:




By the way, Libby jurors are taking their time because the 22 pages of the original indictment don't include emotional crying jags or "Give him back to me!" clauses.

Patience, patriots.


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Libby Trial: Focus On The Jury, Not On The Clock

The jury in the I. Lewis Libby perjury/ obstruction of justice trial has begun deliberations. While there are many great blog posts on the lawyers' behavior and presentations, I've read precious little about the jury.

Sure, the press thought it was weird that 13 out of the 14 (including alternates) showed up wearing matching Valentine's Day T-Shirts. My theory on the lone hold out (an art historian and former museum curator): we probably have a woman here for whom Casual Friday is for lesser mortals; therefore, I wouldn't expect her to have any sympathy for Scooter's "unprofessional" shenanigans. Nor would I expect her to buy into defense attorney Wells' weeping and wailing.

As for the other 13, someone on the jury had enough charisma to persuade the others to go along with the T-Shirt idea. Remember when John Cusack's character in Runaway Jury got the jury to stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance?

No wonder Wells had to resort to tears. He had very little else to say about Scooter's character other than his "he has a wife and a child" schtick.

From Firedoglake's live-blog post on Wells' final summation to the jury:

I told you that when we chose you, we alread made the most important decision. For some of you this will be the most important decision you will ever make. Trust in the evidence and trust in each other. Be protector, if somebody begins to go off track and have a situation where Libby has to prove innocence, help that person, if someoen says, "he's a Republican, he worked for Cheney, let's just do him," help that person.

Don't sacrifice Scooter LIbby for how you may feel about war in Iraq or Bush Administration. Treat him the way he deserves to be treated. He worked every day to be NSA for this country. Analyze it fairly. Fight any temptation for your views if you're Democrat whatever party. This is a man who has a wife kid. He's been under my protection for the last month. Just give him back. Give him back to me, give him back.

[Wells gets all choked up, crying.]

12 people. You can bet your bottom dollar that Scooter's $5 million defense team knows everything (and much, much more than any of us would ever willingly admit) there is to know about these individuals. To wit...

Was it really necessary to beg the jury to set aside their political views of the vice president and the Iraq War?

Was it really necessary to cry?

And the answers...

Evidently.

Evidently.



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Bush Knew About Walter Reed Conditions/ Bush Read It In The Paper

Which is it?

Tony Snow said:

Snow: President Bush ‘Certainly’ Was ‘Aware Of The Conditions In The Wards’ At Walter Reed

In today’s press briefing, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Tony Snow about the Washington Post’s two-part series over the weekend, highlighting the Walter Reed hospital’s dilapidated conditions. Snow stated that “the president certainly has been aware of the conditions in the wards where he has visited, and visited regularly.” Snow also affirmed that the administration was aware of Walter Reed’s conditions “before the articles appeared in the paper.”

Yep, Tony Snow Job said that. You can even watch the video (click on the link above).

However...

From WhiteHouse.Gov (Scroll ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE):

END 12:42 P.M. EST

* The President first learned of the troubling allegations regarding Walter Reed from the stories this weekend in the Washington Post. He is deeply concerned and wants any problems identified and fixed.

This isn't rocket science, Snow.

Either the idiot-in-chief knew about the appalling conditions at Walter Reed, or he didn't.

Which is it?


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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...

Summations to the jury begin today in the Libby perjury/ obstruction of justice trial.

My advice: revisit the Plame Leak Timeline and pay close attention to "Before the leak: 1988 - 2002 (Wilson's Trip to Niger)," and check firedoglake.com throughout the day for live-blogging updates.

If you have the time, check out the synopsis of Runaway Jury.

Any questions?

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Bush: "...On February 30th"

Think I'm kidding?




Truly heavy sigh.

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Snarky Sermon on the Blog: " Don’t argue with God’s Book! You will loose...."

Yes, Virginia, there really is a fixedearth.com website, where the anonymous author writes:

What strikes you as being some thoughts that people would have if--in the short space of a few weeks--the universally held conviction that the Earth rotates on an "axis" daily and orbits the sun annually was exposed as an unscientific deception?

Keep in mind that a rotating, orbiting earth is not counted as a mere hypothesis or even a theory anywhere in the world today. Oh no. Rather, this concept is an unquestioned "truth"; an established "fact" in all books and other media everywhere, church media included.

Copernicanism, in short, is a concept that is protected in a bunker under a 50 foot thick ceiling of solid "scientific" concrete. It is meant to be impregnable. It is a concept that has become ensconced in men’s minds as the indestructible cornerstone of enlightened modern man’s knowledge. Virtually all people everywhere have been taught to believe--and do believe--that this concept is based on objective science and dispassionate secular reasoning, now long since freed from religious superstitions based on the Bible.

Indeed, it was this Copernican heliocentricity concept that gradually broke the back of Bible credibility as the source of Absolute Truth in Christendom. Once the Copernican Revolution had conquered the physical sciences of Astronomy and Physics and put down deep roots in Universities and lower schools everywhere, it was only a matter of time until the Biological sciences launched the Darwinian Revolution.

Wait! There's more!

Thus, as we’ve seen, when Copernican "science" (in spite of ALL observational and experimental evidence to the contrary!) captured the Physical Science "disciplines", a great change in man’s beliefs about the place of the Earth and of mankind in the universe gradually took over and became "fact". Reduced by Copernicanism to just another speck of flotsam in the universe, man’s image of himself and the Earth as special creations by God for a special purpose was steadily eroded. Since then, mankind has been relentlessly conditioned by "education" and ever increasingly sophisticated media indoctrination to add yet other levels of nihilistic philosophy to his "knowledge" of what theoretical "science" tells him is true. And it all got its liftoff by the two hundred year rise to success of a mathematical model of Copernican heliocentricity! To this very day, this model, astonishingly, has not one piece of incontrovertible evidence that cannot be scientifically countered with the Biblical geocentrism model.

Copernicanism v Biblical Geocentrism?

Think these people are kidding?

Think again. They don't even know the difference between lose and loose.

Thus Endeth Today's Sermon.

Go forth today and check out

The non-moving Earth

& anti-evolution web page of

The Fair Education Foundation, Inc.

They'll tell you all about

The Copernican and Darwinian Myths

(and their many ramifications going all the way to Kabbala-based Big Bangism!)

And ask yourself: why is Warren Chisum, chairman of the Texas House Appropriations Committee, distributing this crap to his colleagues?

Better yet: Ask Chisum why he's distributing this crap to his colleagues.

I mean it, damn it!


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Whatever You Do, DO NOT Click!

Repeat: DO NOT Click!

I mean it, damn it.

DO NOT CLICK HERE!

Didn't listen to me, did you?

I warned you.


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Bush Says He Hasn't Been To Iraq

So...

Bush Admits Plastic Turkey Trip Was Fake

Asked by an ABC reporter whether he thought Iraq was roiled by civil war, Bush said, "It's hard for me living in this beautiful White House to give you an assessment, a first hand assessment. I haven't been there. You have, I haven't. But I do talk to people who are and people whose judgment I trust and they would not qualify it as that. There are others who think it is."

So...

Bush hasn't been to Iraq?

Where did they film that stupid plastic turkey video?




Bush is the poster boy for the backside of the Bell Curve.

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Bush (cough) Loves (cough) Black Kids!...

Another day in February, another Bush Black History Photo Op Gone Bad...

Bush (cough) loves (cough) The little children...






Bush, Smiling Kids, & Peace Signs? No way...




President Bush asks children to put their hands down as they ham
for the cameras while he tours the YMCA Anthony Bowen in
Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)


Put their hands down?

No peace signs, no peace, Bush!





What did Bush actually accomplish during this happy happy joy joy photo op yesterday?

The kids learned that peace isn't one of Bush's favorite symbols.

Hm. I wonder how he likes the alternative symbol that adorable child is making.



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Valentine's Day... With The Cheneys!

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Stay warm today, stay safe, and stay as far away from the Cheneys as possible!

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Bush (cough) Loves (cough) Black* People!

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) hugs New York subway hero Wesley Autrey (R) as he celebrates African American History Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington, February 12, 2007. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES)

Who's doing the hugging, Reuters?

Check your own photo, asshats!

* Bush reserves the right to photo op with whomever he pleases during Black History Month.


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9/11 "recovery" loans to Houston Yogurt Shops & Lingerie Stores

We all knew, of course, that BushCo was capable of some pretty despicable deals, but robbing New York and DC to pay Houston ("200 businesses got more than $97 million in government-guaranteed 9/11 loans") is beyond the pale.

...the loans stimulated Houston business and created jobs: “It’s what the government intended.”

Maybe it was, but the government’s Inspector General criticized, not those lenders, but the federal agency that was supposed to have overseen the program, the Small Business Administration.

“Lack of adequate controls and oversight” the inspector said.

The Small Business Administration said it could have done a better job overseeing how lenders gave government-backed 9/11 loans to Houston yogurt shops and even lingerie stores.

Just another BushCo "Screw You, DC & NY" from your White House Oil men administration.

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Made In Iran With English Markings?

Please tell me people aren't buying this bogus BushCo bloviating again.




If it's Monday, this must be Planet OH RIGHT SURE, and I'm supposed to believe that the typical anti-American Farsi-speaking bomb maker uses English Letters ("HE" stands for High Explosive) and Anno Domini dates to inscribe his IEDs?

Jane, get me off this crazy thing!

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Snarky Sermon on the Blog: Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

Believe it, Baby. It's a real movie.

Plot Summary for
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

The first testament says "an eye for an eye." The second testament says "love thy neighbour." The third testament KICKS ASS! The filmmaking team that brought you Harry Knuckles and won the "Spirit of Slamdance" prize with Harry Knuckles and the Treasure of the Aztec Mummy ups the ante with this tale of the ultimate action hero: Jesus Christ. The second coming is upon us, and Jesus has returned to earth. But before he can get down to the serious business of judging the living and the dead, he has to contend with an army of vampires that can walk in the daylight. Combining kung-fu action with biblical prophecy and a liberal dose of humour, the film teams the Savior with Mexican wrestling hero El Santos against mythological horrors and science gone mad, and also manages to address contemporary sexual politics. And did we mention that it's a musical? This sure ain't Sunday School.

If I understand the IMDB info correctly, Jesus and "Mary Magnum" spring into Kung Fu action when vampires start skinning lesbians so they can walk around in the daylight.

Truly heavy sigh.

Thus Endeth Today's Sermon.

Go forth today, knowing that this film won awards and made money.

Interesting, to say the least, isn't it?

Go figure. And never underestimate the power of people to take literary license as far as humanly possible.

I mean it, damn it!


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Did Pelosi "Rove" The Republicans (Update)

Ahem.

Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, said on Thursday that he's planning hearings this spring on executive and congressional travel on military aircraft.

Murtha said he's requested from the Defense Department records on travel and logistics from the past two years. He asked the Defense Department to hand those over within a month.

How do you like them apples, Wingnuts?

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Did Pelosi Just "Rove" The Republicans?

To Rove (verb)- to be had... Dick Cheney Big Time.

Hm. One has to wonder if Pelosi already knew that Dems (Waxman? Murtha?) were planning to investigate Denny "Wrestling Coach" Hastert for the misuse and gross abuse of his taxpayer-funded military plane while Speaker of the House... and allowed the "Pelosi Plane" swiftboating attempt come to a boil on purpose. If so...

Here's who took the bait:

Republican Conference Chairman Adam Putnam of Florida said Mrs. Pelosi's request represents "an arrogance of office that just defies common sense" and called it "a major deviation from the previous speaker."
Minority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri called it a "flying Lincoln Bedroom," and Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, North Carolina Republican, labeled the speaker's plane "Pelosi One."
"This is a bullet point to a larger value -- Pelosi's abuse of power continues," Mr. McHenry said yesterday.

3 muling & puking Republicans are now dangling from the line and beginning to stink...

Sergeant at Arms: I requested larger plane, not Pelosi

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House Sergeant at Arms said Thursday he was the one who requested a larger military aircraft to transport House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to her San Francisco district non-stop, not the California Democrat herself as some GOP critics have alleged.

"The fact that Speaker Pelosi lives in California compelled me to request an aircraft that is capable of making non-stop flights for security purposes, unless such an aircraft is unavailable. This will ensure communications capabilities and also enhance security," House Sergeant at Arms Bill Livingood said in a statement. "I made the recommendation to use military aircraft based upon the need to provide necessary levels of security for ranking national leaders, such as the Speaker."

Some Republicans have taken issue with the size of the plane required to fly Pelosi to California without stopping to refuel. The No. 3 House Republican, Rep. Adam Putnam of Florida, said Pelosi's desire for a large transport plane is "an extravagance of power that the taxpayers won't swallow."

"I regret that an issue that is exclusively considered and decided in a security context has evolved into a political issue," Livingood added.

Earlier Thursday, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow defended Pelosi, telling reporters, "This is a silly story, and I think it's been unfair to the Speaker."

Responding to GOP critics earlier today, Pelosi called the accusation that she personally requested a larger plane "a myth" and said "they have nothing to say to the American people about the war or about the economy or about global warming.... They have this game they are playing."

Gutting the catch:

A week ago Sunday, about 8 p.m., Shimkus arrived at Scott Air Force Base near Belleville to pick up his ride back to Washington. As speaker, Hastert flies on U.S. aircraft. The government plane picked up Shimkus and then headed to Aurora to board Hastert, who spent the weekend at his Plano home. Hastert's team was scrambling in reaction to the escalating fallout from the Foley scandal. Shimkus was returning to the capital because his staff had gotten an urgent call earlier in the day from Hastert deputy chief of staff Mike Stokke, who wanted Shimkus at the press conference with Hastert, putting him on a national stage on their terms.

Although Roll Call quoted a Pelosi aide as saying, "We had the knowledge that Hastert had used [a military plane] for a retreat on one occasion," the paper did not address the apparent conflict with Republican claims that Hastert only sometimes transported his staff on the plane and did not use it for political purposes.

Rove should be proud.

Well, maybe not.

The White House sure did step up quickly and defend Pelosi.

Makes one wonder, doesn't it?

BWAAAHAAHAA!


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The Tree, The Acorn, And All That Jazz

Former President George H.W. Bush reacts as the event logo swings to hit him as he poses with former first lady Nancy Reagan before being presented with the '2007 Ronald Reagan Freedom Award' in Beverly Hills, California February 6, 2007. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES)

Well, what did you expect from the Poppy Of All Idiots?

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How To Prove Libby's Lying

It's really simple.

Demand that his office staffers, secretaries, and random interns produce Libby's phone logs and daily schedules from 2001 to the present.

The problem: Vice President Dick Cheney has suddenly decided that the public doesn't have the right to know who even works in his office.

Gee, I wonder why.

According to Libby's testimony, during two volatile weeks in July 2003, Cheney and Bush were the only people who knew the president apparently had authorized Libby to use portions of the NIE. Left in the dark were many aides, including then-White House chief of staff Andrew H. Card Jr., then-CIA Director George J. Tenet, and then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice.

In response to methodical questioning by Fitzgerald during two grand jury appearances in March 2004, Libby said that he did not remember discussing Plame with a former CIA official, Robert Grenier. Two weeks ago, Grenier testified that Libby telephoned him out of the blue to ask about a CIA-sponsored mission to the African nation of Niger -- and was so eager to find out that he called back three hours later and pulled Grenier out of a meeting with Tenet.

Similarly, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer has testified that Libby disclosed Wilson's wife's identify to him over a lunch in the White House mess. But in the tapes, Libby told the grand jury, "I do not recall discussing Mr. Wilson's wife at all with Ari." Libby said, however, that he distinctly remembers talking with Fleischer about the Miami Dolphins, because it was the only conversation he had that week about the team.

Follow the treachery, folks.

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Fruitcake More Popular Than Bush

CBS has Bush at 28% approval today. Meanwhile...

THINGS WITH AN APPROVAL RATING HIGHER THAN GEORGE W. BUSH

• Brussels Sprouts (51%)

• Coke Zero (41%)

• Hillary Duff (52%)

• Jennifer Love Hewitt (36%)

• Fruit Cake (40%)

• Kevin Federline (45%)

• Rosie O'Donnell on The View (46%)

• Crocheting (72%)

• Fishing (49%)

• Legalizing Prostitution (58%)

• The Dentist (45%)

• Hanson (53%)

• In-Laws (68%)

• Figs (76%)

• The Name "Shiloh Nouvel Jolie Pitt" (29%)

• Ciara's Goodies (55%)

• The Pussy Cat Dolls (56%)

• Ryan Seacrest (60%)

• Spiceworld (57%)

• MTV VJ John Norris (35%)

• The Barenaked Ladies (73%)

• Russian Pop Duo T.A.T.U. (58%)

• The "Dude, You're getting a Dell!" Guy (42%)

• The Backstreet Boys (66%)

• Nickelback (57%)

• Sum 41 (63%)

• Hootie & The Blowfish (84%)

• Stepping in Dog Shit (35%)

• Walking in the Rain Without an Umbrella (60%)

• Small Breasts (50%)

• Getting Kicked in the Balls (41%)

Atta boy, W!

4 more points, and you'll tie Nixon for the record.

Best bar bet in the world: Delilah didn't do it.
Judges 16:19-- And she made him (Samson) sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.

Happy Anniversary, Colin Powell!

Yep, it's Feb. 5th again.

Remember Powell's UN presentation? The little glass vial? The cartoon images?

Day of Shame remembers:

If Powell's selling of the war was Shakespearean, the media's response belonged in a Greek tragedy — a unison chorus shouting "compelling, compelling":

"a massive array of evidence," "a detailed and persuasive case," "a powerful case," "a sober, factual case," "an overwhelming case," "a compelling case," "the strong, credible, and persuasive case," "a persuasive, detailed accumulation of information," "the core of his argument was unassailable," "a smoking fusillade... a persuasive case for anyone who is still persuadable," "an accumulation of painstakingly gathered and analyzed evidence," "only the most gullible and wishful thinking souls can now deny that Iraq is harboring and hiding weapons of mass destruction," "the skeptics asked for proof; they now have it," "a much more detailed and convincing argument than any that has previously been told," "an ironclad case... incontrovertible evidence," "succinct and damning evidence... the case is closed," "Colin Powell delivered the goods on Saddam Hussein," "masterful," "If there was any doubt that Hussein... needs to be... stripped of his chemical and biological capabilities, Powell put it to rest."

This just couldn't be. I'd seen the show! Max Bialystock wouldn't have touched this turkey.

Though this site commemorates February 5, 2003, perhaps the true day of shame is the 6th, when the press and pundit class pronounced Powell's speech an unimpeachable call to arms.

Here's your damned cake, Colin:




Unimpeachable? Maybe.

Unindictable? Maybe not.

Best bar bet in the world: Delilah didn't do it.
Judges 16:19-- And she made him (Samson) sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.

Which One Of These Does Not Belong?

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) takes the stage with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) and Majority Leader Representative Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (L) at a House Democratic Issues Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia, February 3, 2007. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Best bar bet in the world: Delilah didn't do it.
Judges 16:19-- And she made him (Samson) sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.

Another Republican, Another Tape Scandal

Scooter Libby's lawyer wants to keep his client's grand jury testimony tapes from being released to the public...

Libby: Don't release grand jury tapes

By: MATT APUZZO - Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is fighting to keep his grand jury testimony about the leak of a CIA operative's name from being released and broadcast in the media.

Libby's grand jury testimony -- the sworn statements he gave to investigators about his conversations with Vice President Dick Cheney and journalists -- is at the heart of his perjury trial. Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald plans to play hours of recordings of that testimony in court next week to bolster his case that Libby lied and obstructed the investigation.

Trial evidence is normally public and all exhibits in Libby's case have been made public so far. Even though Fitzgerald successfully fought to get Libby's full grand jury testimony admitted into evidence, Libby's attorneys say the audiotapes should not be released outside the courtroom.

Gee, you'd think that no one ever got to hear the Nixon tapes.

It's just a matter of time, Scooter. Get over yourself.


Best bar bet in the world: Delilah didn't do it.
Judges 16:19-- And she made him (Samson) sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.

Cheney v Groundhog

Phil, however, didn't see his shadow today.

Happy Early Spring!


Best bar bet in the world: Delilah didn't do it.
Judges 16:19-- And she made him (Samson) sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.