Friday, July 29th, 2005 Opening Thread
UNDERBELLY STORY
FRONT PAGE STORIES
Bolton Lied to the Senate
The Most Pressing PR Issue at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.? Bush's Finger.
-Homeland Threats Go Uninvestigated
-Libyan Lobbyist Finally Removed From Energy Panel
-Uranium Now Easier to Buy
-CIA Stops Publication of Torra Borra Book
-Fewer Screeners at Your Airports
PET STORY
Rachel’s New Ex-Con Boyfriend
EXTRA CREDIT:
Ready for your John Roberts Supreme Court Nomination update? Two developments today. First. The democrats in the Senate are setting up a website that will solicit questions from YOU and ME! From the public. Questions that should be asked of Roberts during his confirmation hearings. That's cool. I don't know what the website is yet, but I'll tell you when I know. Second development. You know how the republicans are saying attorney client privilege is the reason we can't see john roberts papers from when he worked for Kenneth Starr? It turns out that the legal precedent on that question - whether a lawyer in the solicitor general's office can use attorney client privilege to shield his papers? - the legal precedent on that goes AGAINST the White House. You know why the legal precedent on that goes against the White House? Because KENNETH STARR won a ruling on that very issue when he was leading the witch hunt against Bill Clinton.A rightwing talk show host in Washington DC, Michael Graham, last week started to get some critical attention for the fact that he has said on his show that Islam - Islam itself - is a quote "terrorist organization". His station, WMAL, has finally suspended him without pay. Graham has said quote "the problem is not extremism, the problem is islam. we are at war with a terrorist organization named islam". Operation Truth's Paul Rieckhoff wrote a great post about Graham on huffingtonpost.com recently.
On the Rachel Maddow Show we've been keeping track of the special election in Ohio's second district on Tuesday. Republican Jean Schmidt and Democrat Paul Hackett are running to replace republican Rob Portman, who is the US trade rep now. Paul Hackett is an Iraq War Vet; Jean Schmidt is a hack. She went on Olbermann last night and said that Hackett's service overseas is not really the kind of experience that voters here at home are interested in.
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Its not even
a big deal,,you know,you wouldn't think,not in most cases,f-u with a hand jesture,big deal,but this guy isn't a customer at a garage sale or some snot-nosed kid at a job he hates going of after having too much coffee.But this happens a lot with him it seems,unprovoked,does he still peek on girls through there window,beat up kids for lunch money,and cheat on his test and skill school too...Oh yeah.this is George Bush,he does all that pretty much and he ain't a frat boy anymore,he supposed to be president.Oh,and your suppose to wait till someone turns their back on you to flip someone of,otherwise like some of my friends,they flip you off back,then use two fingers,thenyou flip them 2 back and tell them to suck it,then they throw something,then you grab a guitar or something and club them,then they push you into a wall and thats when someone shit gets broken and someone owes someone else somemoney,and thats when friendships can fall apart.Bush doesn't want his friendship with the press he has so efficiently subdued to fall apart does he?They might actually start reporting on him if that happens.
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By madgardenerJuly 29, 2005 - 4:55am