George W. Bush is not Lord. The Declaration of Independence is not an infallible guide to Christian faith and practice. Nor is the U.S. Constitution, nor the U.N. Universal Declaration on Human Rights. “Original intent” of America’s founders is not the hermeneutical key that will guarantee national righteousness. The American flag is not the Cross. […]

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I guess he means, as opposed to how beautifully the economy is doing now:
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - President Bush said in a Danish TV interview aired Thursday that adhering to the Kyoto treaty on climate change would have “wrecked” the U.S. economy, and he called U.S. dependence on Gulf oil a “national security problem.”
“I […]

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Zogby:
President Bush’s televised address to the nation produced no noticeable bounce in his approval numbers, with his job approval rating slipping a point from a week ago, to 43%, in the latest Zogby International poll. And, in a sign of continuing polarization, more than two-in-five voters (42%) say they would favor impeachment proceedings if it […]

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You know how libertarians are always saying the government shouldn’t be involved in anything other than the military?
Looks like they’re getting their wish:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The next road you travel — and pay a toll to use — could be privately owned.
Looking for ways to finance highway projects without hitting the public trough, the […]

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I read somewhere this morning (I’m pretty sure it was the Boston Globe’s Jeff Jacoby) that we “don’t really need” public broadcasting, what with cable and satellite.
Talk about missing the obvious.
Uh, Jeff, are you aware how many people don’t have cable? The whole point of public broadcasting, I thought, was to provide quality programming […]

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A bunch of Scottish high-school girls won a national investment competition, far outstripping professional fund managers. [Via Trish Wilson’s Blog.]

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George Lakoff:
Rove managed to link Iraq with 911 again, and to delegitimate the Democrats in the process. And he did it with the Democrats’ help.
Rove achieved this brilliantly – in one sentence!
“Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted […]

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Raw Story:
After reviewing federal laws that prohibit obstruction of Congress and false statements, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to determine the legality of actions taken by a former top Bush administration official who altered government scientific reports on global warming, RAW STORY […]

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Yet another great thing we’ve done for Iraq: The maternal mortality rate is climbing, as many women give birth at home without skilled help.

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I might have been wrong about Mitt. He may be presidential caliber, after all:
Governor Mitt Romney has overstated the disparity between the number of automobile insurers in Massachusetts and other states in making his case for legislation that would overhaul the auto insurance system here.
The governor and his aides have insisted that the Massachusetts auto […]

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When I was in high school, a couple of us decided we were going to visit Sun Ra’s house in Germantown. When we got there, we found out he was in Europe. But it was still a crazy musical scene, nonetheless, and we hung out for a while:
“We still get cats coming by here […]

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Looks like Tucker’s new show isn’t impressing anyone:
These kinds of programs may not hurt the country, but they do seem to weaken the intellectual standing of their hosts. When Mr. Carlson, who started as a writer at The Weekly Standard, began on “Crossfire” he seemed like a brainy young contrarian, brought in to challenge liberal […]

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Richard Cohen:
Bush sounded downright Johnsonian in talking about progress in Iraq. He cited rebuilt “roads and schools and health clinics,” not to mention improvements in “sanitation, electricity and water.” This, too, had a familiar ring. We got the same sort of statistics in Vietnam. Some of them were simply concocted, but most, I think, were […]

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Awww…
EVERETT, Wash. — A young woman decided to call off her wedding 12 days before the event and her parents knew they’d be stuck with the bill, so they decided to have a party anyway and invited the homeless.
Residents of the Interfaith Family Shelter, housed in a former convent across from Our Lady of Perpetual […]

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Yeah, I noticed this, too:
WASHINGTON, June 29 - So what happened to the applause?
When President Bush visits military bases, he invariably receives a foot-stomping, loud ovation at every applause line. At bases like Fort Bragg - the backdrop for his Tuesday night speech on Iraq - the clapping is often interspersed with calls of “Hoo-ah,” […]

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Shit. I’m posting from Tech Sensei’s house, and while my cheapass motherboard is not completely fried, the video and sound cards are hosed and there’s a lot of weird shit happening. He’s not sure he can fix it.
Which means I’ll post when I can. We’ll see.
If you want to donate, fine. I’d appreciate it. If […]

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My Tech Sensei will hopefully be able to look at this cursed thing tonight. (Yeah, thanks for all the Apple digs. I’m trying to pay my bills with no freaking job, and you’re telling me I should get a Mac. Very helpful.)
I might be down for a while, just so you know.

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See how well it’s all working out? So when do we invade the Saudis?
June 29, 2005 — WASHINGTON — U.S. commanders in Iraq are facing a growing security threat from Saudi Arabia — which is emerging as a major center for recruitment and financing of terrorist operations in Iraq, The Post has learned.
Officials said that […]

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Oh boy:
HAMDEN, Conn. - Religious statues grace the entranceway to Sacred Heart Academy, an all-girls, private Catholic high school in central Connecticut, and along the pristine path to the 127-acre hilltop campus, small sanctuaries serve as havens for students and the nuns in residence to pause in quiet reflection. Down a long walkway from the […]

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Howard Dean’s on Hardball tonight.

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Interesting Brookings Institution look at just how much aid we give to Africa - in response to Bush’s claim he’s already tripled aid:
We thought that was an interesting claim and decided to get behind the numbers, and we have looked at all “spigots,” to use the State Department terminology, for aid. That means every […]

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Who’d have thought the EPA would lie to protect corporate interests?
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A controversial chemical used by DuPont Co. to make the nonstick substance Teflon poses more of a cancer risk than indicated in a draft assessment by the Environmental Protection Agency, an independent review board has found.

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Yeah, McCain’s running, all right. Count the lies per second:
COSTAS: Senator McCain, we are where we are, and most people believe that if we just up and left, chaos would ensue. But suppose, for the purposes of this exercise, there were two buttons in front of you. You could only push one. If you push […]

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Washpo wasn’t real impressed, either.

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The Times:
We did not expect Mr. Bush would apologize for the misinformation that helped lead us into this war, or for the catastrophic mistakes his team made in running the military operation. But we had hoped he would resist the temptation to raise the bloody flag of 9/11 over and over again to justify a […]

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