Fat Chance

Congressional Democrats are asking the DOJ to appoint special council to investigate the role of top Bush Administration officials in the torture of captives.

Good luck with that.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

Incompetent, Corrupt or Both?

What does it take to get a defense contract in the Bush Administration? After awarding a $300 million contract to a 22-year-old man, Efriam E. Diveroli, who sold defective arms to our Afghan allies, it has now been reported that the Defense Department has awarded an $80 million contract to indicted Saudi financier Gaith Pharaon. The level of sheer incompetence in such contracts is staggering.

The Defense Department gave Pharaon the contract as another federal agency, the Justice Department, is taking to prosecute him in connection with his alleged role at the failed Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) (costing US tax payers $1.7 billion).

  Jonathan Turley

What's the Deal?

Of course we don't know what will actually happen, but if Barack Obama actually does help Hillary pay her personal campaign debts, unless he's paying it out of his own pocket, his supporters - people who contributed to his campaign - should be up in arms that their money might be finding its way into Clinton's pockets.

The whole idea is fish-stinky. And gives further weight to the idea that they're all the same choice.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

The Insane McCain Challenge

John McCain challenged Barack Obama to join him in 10 town hall meetings with voters before the Democratic National Convention in August. An Obama adviser was receptive to the idea and said the campaign would discuss it.

  Yahoo

Come on, that is a no-brainer.

The real entertainment is about to begin.

Finally Some Meaningful Legislation

Bush just signed into law a bill to encourage flying the flag on Father's Day. Never mind why it should be Father's Day - I think we can all get the picture on that. But, WTF? Laws are meant to insist, not "encourage", aren't they?

They've been at this one for a while. It appears it was put up for bid at least a year ago. Could Congress have possibly wasted any time more valuable than we have been living through these past years when serious issues have been bombarding us right and left?

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

Counter-offer

Yahoo headlines:

Hillary trying to save face? Will Obama bite?

Stay tuned.

Campaign Negotiations?

I don’t know where the Telegraph (UK) got its information, but it’s saying that Obama is negotiating a deal for Hillary to get over it and agree to be in his cabinet in charge of health issues.

Another Democrat who has discussed strategy with friends in the Obama inner circle said that Mr Obama was openly considering asking Mrs Clinton to join his cabinet, alongside two other former presidential rivals: John Edwards, who is seen as a likely attorney general; and Joe Biden, who is a leading contender to become Secretary of State. Mr Obama hinted at the plan last week. “One of my heroes is Abraham Lincoln,” he said. “Lincoln basically pulled in all the people who had been running against him into his cabinet because whatever personal feelings there were, the issue was 'how can we get this country through this time of crisis?’ And I think that has to be the approach that one takes.”

  UK Telegraph

Okay, maybe that’s a good idea to get everybody together, but wouldn’t it be a better idea to give posts to those honest and honorable people the Bush Administration pushed out because they dared to tell the truth? People who were capable and got punished for it. How about James Comey for AG? And how about reinstating Richard Clarke and Paul O’Neill?

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

Yuk Yuk

Chuckles "Big Dick" Cheney tries to explain his relationship to Barack Obama:

We'd always known about the Cheney family line on my father's side of the family, back to Massachusetts in the 1630s. My grandmother was named Tyler but it turned out she was descended from a Richard Cheney, same last name, who landed in Maryland in the 1650s.

So I had Cheneys on both sides of the family -- and we don't even live in West Virginia.

You can say those things when you're not running for re-election.

  USA Today

Naturally West Virginians are taking offense to the “joke” inferring that West Virginia might be the inbreeding capital of the world. But what he didn’t admit is that he is the result of species interbreeding. And I’m not sure either species was human.

No Exit

Hell Is Other People.

The presumptive Republican nominee for president and the leading contender for the Democratic nomination are exaggerating what's known about Iran's nuclear program as they duel over how best to deal with Tehran.

Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., say that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.

The U.S. intelligence community, however, thinks that Iran halted an effort to build a nuclear warhead in mid-2003, and the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency, which is investigating the program, has found no evidence to date of an active Iranian nuclear-weapons project.

  McClatchy

So sad.

You know, Ron Paul is still running.

I wonder what Richard Clarke might have offered. Can we draft Bill Moyers?

Happy Troops Going Home

There goes Australia.

Australian PM Kevin Rudd promised to pull the frontline troops out of Iraq, which is presumably a big reason he was elected. Hey, a politician who keeps a campaign promise. We haven't seen one of those here for decades.

Bring 'Em On!

And kill em!

P.S. Ricardo Sanchez, the author of the latest complaint, has no room to whine. He was as good an enabler as any and better than many.

Triple Treat

Bill Maher interview of Merle Haggard:

Merle Haggard live (off site link):

Merle Haggard doing a perfect imitation of Marty Robbins: