This afternoon's headlines are full of stories about the State of emergency in Iraq as a result of which:
The Iraqi government declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew on Friday after insurgent gunmen set up roadblocks in central Baghdad and opened fire on US and Iraqi troops just north of the heavily fortified Green Zone.
With just two hours notice, the prime minister ordered everyone off the streets of the capital from 2 pm on Friday until 6 am Saturday [this has apprently been shortened; see below]. US and Iraqi forces also were engaged in firefights with insurgents in the dangerous Dora neighbourhood in south Baghdad.
On our spinning planet, some crap just goes together: politicians and payoffs; elections and red herring issues; Ann Coulter and slimy lies; lies and job statistics.
Every month the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) issues a report on Mass Layoffs for the previous month. Every so often, the President or one of his Spokespeople, like new Press Secretary Tony Snow, reassure the country that the jobs market is just Jim F'ing Dandy.
Using a Raw Story link, I got to this file of PDF docs of Abramoff-related e-mails that the Indian Affairs Cmtee obtained.
A group called Priests for Life has announced a "Prayer campaign" in advance of the 2006 elections:
Oh, look! Rick Santorum showing off his gullibility again......
Nothing is more amusing in a sickening kind of way than a blatant religious rip-off. Which is just what we got here, folks.
Raw Story is reporting that the House Judiciary Committee has passed a Resolution [introduced by Robert Wexler of Fla last month] calling on the Justice Department to turn over all requests made by the National Security Agency and other federal agencies to telephone service providers to obtain information without a warrant.
The new Bush mantra is that we are making serious progress in Iraq, that the cooperation between U.S. forces and Iraqi forces is producing real results that will, in turn, produce real peace and unity.
Maybe. But take a look at these two items to hit the news today and see if you think that mantra will turn out to be anything but a mantra.
Open mouth, insert foot, apply welding rod and current. Seems Crooks and Liars has a cute clip.....
Bill O'Reilly is....well, no profanity. But this buffoon of the "no spin zone" fame is one gigantic propagandist, or one monumental moron. The choice is yours.
Now Bill thinks he knows Taxes.
