Friday, May 08, 2009

Friday Stuff

K.O. talks with Jonathan Landay of McClatchy over this whole non-story of what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew, or didn't know, about Bushco torture based on a September 2002 briefing (Pelosi told Rachel Maddow that she wasn't told that waterboarding was going on, but apparently it was being considered, and there was a supposed legal rationale for it from Bybee, Yoo, Addington and the other "usual suspects" of our formerly ruling cabal...I think Landay does a good job here zeroing in on what really matters)...



..and yes, "Still Bushed" is still with us (more on the sham of Dubya's "Office Of Faith-Based Initiatives"...the only "bone" tossed to the Dubya "values voter" dead-enders out there was that idiotic conscience rule, supposedly allowing medical providers not to provide abortion counseling, and even THAT didn't happen until he was just about out of office...kudos to Keith for saying straight up about how these automatons are "duped on issues of substance"; and if you thought before now that President Obama was going to be praised for eliminating 121 programs and saving $17 bil from the budget by Tom Coburn, of all people, then maybe you should be running this blog instead of me...I never would've figured it, even though I know Obama worked with Coburn in the Senate; and finally, just remember that, close to eight years after the 9/11 attacks, it took a Democratic president to get Pakistan to declare war on the Taliban, at looooong last)...



...and I keep thinking that I should leave "Worst Persons" alone, but Keith keeps finding good stuff ("good" as in "bad," truth be told - first up is Bill Donahue of the Catholic League comparing Obama receiving an honorary degree from Notre Dame to David Duke receiving an honorary degree from Howard University...yep, Bill, you're sure practicing His values, claiming to act in His name - you don't speak for me, and never will; The Alan Keyes Experience ends up getting arrested for protesting that selfsame speech - how many points did Obama beat you by in the Illinois Senate Election way back when, by the way; but David Feherty of CBS Sports (for now) takes it for imagining the murders of Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (yes, I've heard a few variations on that stupid joke also)...saw this earlier today at Eschaton - way to kiss your career goodbye, asshat...see you in jail)...



...and the weekend is here again - maybe more sun than rain? Dare I hope?

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