While Wednesday's recess appointment of Swift Boat contributor and GOP fund-raiser Sam Fox as ambassador to Belgium gathered most of the media attention, another recess appointment President Bush made yesterday may be even worse.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's web site has the text of a letter from Rep. Henry Waxman to RNC Chairman Mike Duncan, requesting emails stored on Republican National Committee servers related to the use of federal resources for political purposes.

I wrote about Lurita Doan's tenure at the GSA a few days ago, but didn't really go into much depth on the claim that she presided over a meeting of GSA employees, on fed property, at which a Rove aide spent considerable time doing a slide show on the upcoming 2008 elections for the House, Senate, and Governorships. But that issue, and it's Hatch Act implications, is heating up.

The president addressed the military at Fort Irwin in California a few hours ago, and was his usual eloquent self. My heart goes out to the soldiers who had to sit through this. If you really understand these excerpts, please translate for me.

For obvious reasons, American news coverage of Iraq tends to focus on the deaths and injuries. That does give short shrift to less immediately sensational news, but contrary to the right wing spin, much of that is dismal as well.

I'm no fan of John Edwards, but as a cancer doctor, I do admire his and his spouse's candor in talking so publicly about their private lives and their decision to continue his presidential campaign. The news offers a unique opportunity to dispel dangerous myths about cancer and about death.

Dedicated free marketeers continue to do their best to muddy the waters in the health care debate, dragging the debate out as more and more people find themselves unable to afford health insurance or health care. But every now and then you get some information that really clarifies exactly how bad our current system is.

A Houston city council member said on his radio talk show that the U.S. should "stop the continuous apology for what was done to the American Indians" and drop federal programs and treaties that provide casino rights, educational support and welfare.

Remember when the Republicans pretended to be dedicated to restoring integrity to the White House? I wonder how many investigations and convictions of appointed political hacks it takes to "restore integrity?"

I guess this classifies as "Humor," if only because there is no category for "so sick it makes me want to withdraw forever."

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