Wesley Clark spells out the problems with BushCo’s Iraq policy, and concludes:
The growing chorus of voices demanding a pullout should seriously alarm the Bush administration, because President Bush and his team are repeating the failure of Vietnam: failing to craft a realistic and effective policy and instead simply demanding that the American people show resolve. [...]

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From the Smoking Gun:
AUGUST 17–When Ronald and Jill Losoya sent their 11-year-old son to Michigan’s Camp Michawana, they expected the boy’s summer stay would be a “positive, Christian-based experience.” In fact, the camp itself notes that “Christ is first” and that it operates as “an arm of the local church in which a Bible-centered programÅ is [...]

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From Jeanne D’Arc:
Punishments were handed down for four American soldiers involved in the brutal murder of an Afghan taxi driver at Bagram prison:
One soldier has been sentenced to two months in prison, another to three months. A third was demoted and given a letter of reprimand and a fine. A fourth was given a reduction [...]

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So a Bush appointee to the Dept. of the Interior appointee wanted to change the mission of the National Park Service, allowing much more access to all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles.
And there’s this:
The draft would also have added potential hurdles to the procedures for designating new parks. And in its discussion of park service system resources [...]

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We are now entering the spin cycle:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 - A long-awaited C.I.A. inspector general’s report on the agency’s performance before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks includes detailed criticism of more than a dozen former and current agency officials, aiming its sharpest language at George J. Tenet, the former director, according to a former [...]

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Tim Grieve on yesterday’s L.A. Times story on the Plame case:
The answer, at least in part: Their roles remained secret because some members of the mainstream press helped to keep them secret. According to the Times’ report, Time magazine’s Matthew Cooper chose not to ask for a waiver of confidentiality from Rove until this summer [...]

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Howard Kurtz interviews Arianna Huffington, and makes it obvious what he sees as the job of the media:
You said that some people on the right are sliming Cindy Sheehan, your word, and you say that Bill O’Reilly said that this kind of behavior borders on treasonous. But in that particular case what he said was, [...]

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A half-million customers in Southern California are without power due to rolling blackouts, ABC News reports.

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I’m sure they had some good reasons. I don’t know about you, but I trust the government implicitly:
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today disclosed that the FBI has used a controversial Patriot Act power to demand records from an organization that possesses “a wide array of sensitive information about library patrons, including [...]

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A guide to buying blue.

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The Washington Monthly ranks national colleges on what they give back to the country. I think you’ll be surprised.

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At a Republican fundraiser. [Via Ariadne's Labyrinth.]

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The people at Fox are really, truly fucking crazy. This is absolutely criminal. They identified the wrong people as terrorists, broadcast the address and posted directions to the house online.
You can predict what happened.

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One of the files withheld in the John Roberts nomination is one detailing his part in establishing a front organization that was used to funnel Iran-contra money.

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It was late last night and I was just about to go to bed when the phone rang. It was a friend who’s going through a painful divorce. (Like there’s any other kind.) She’d been crying and she needed to talk. (Different time zone. She probably forgot.)
Friends going through relationship woes often turn to me, [...]

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“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.� (John 14:27)
Noted Christian Pat Boone, spreading his Master’s word:
Music legend Pat Boone is blasting the peace message of Cindy Sheehan and other anti-war activists, claiming their rhetoric is making the U.S. more vulnerable [...]

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Have you noticed how many military men are running as Democrats these days? Maybe they figured out which party really supports the troops:
DIMOCK, Pa.—Chris Carney, a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve and a Pennsylvania State University associate professor of political science, will announce his candidacy for U.S. Congress on September 7, 2005 at 5:00 [...]

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The interview went well and I’m going to get an offer, or so the guy I interviewed with told me. No timetable, though. I’m hoping against hope it happens fast because bills are due.
Anyway, how’s this for a change of pace? I actually made enough money on ads to pay my rent (and my car [...]

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This is from Capitol Hill Blue, whose reputation is more than a little shaky. But it’s fun to read, nonetheless - and it does have the ring of truth, doesn’t it?
While President George W. Bush travels around the country in a last-ditch effort to sell his Iraq war, White House aides scramble frantically behind the [...]

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If you’re planning to go, the Eschacon schedule is up.

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My brain gets weary:
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 24 — Less than a month before world leaders arrive in New York for a world summit on poverty and U.N. reform, the Bush administration has thrown the proceedings in turmoil with a call for drastic renegotiation of a draft agreement to be signed by presidents and prime ministers [...]

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If you’ve had trouble keeping score (and who hasn’t?) the L.A. Times has a complete timeline of the Plame case.

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But you have to admit, the people of Iraq are better off than they were under Saddam Hussein.
Yeah, but it’s not as if they were found in the rape rooms:
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi police said on Thursday they have discovered the bodies of 36 people shot dead and dumped in a shallow river south of [...]

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You will be as shocked as I was, I know, to find out that the “Cindy Doesn’t Speak for Me” Completely Spontaneous Grassroots Bus Tour was directed and funded by a Republican PR firm.
And in other news, hordes of pro-Bush supporters are flocking to Crawford. Just look at them all.
UPDATE: Eli has more details.

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I don’t hear much about BushCo preparing the public for this. Once again, I refer you to the bird flu wiki for info on how to protect you and your family:
The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to prepare for a bird flu pandemic with the potential to kill millions of people worldwide [...]

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I don’t get the attraction:
Adam Carolla

Lewis Black
Who is it that you don’t get?

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This is pretty funny. The adventures of a jilted bride-to-be, and there’s a blowup Wayne Newtown doll involved…

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So much for McCain being the “sane” Republican:
In an interview with Arizona Daily Star editors, Sen. John McCain endorsed teaching “intelligent design” in the nation’s schools because “he believes ‘all points of view’ should be available to students studying the origins of mankind.”

Oh, good. I look forward to Edgar Cayce’s explanation of how the [...]

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Apparently some of us have fewer constitutional rights than others:
NEW YORK The American Legion, which has 2.7 million members, has declared war on antiwar protestors, and the media could be next. Speaking at its national convention in Honolulu, the group’s national commander called for an end to all “public protestsâ€? and “media eventsâ€? against the [...]

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More families turned inside out:
Ford Motor Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Ford said Tuesday evening that the automaker is planning another round of cost cutting, which may include plant closures.
Now, blue-collar jobs could also be in the crosshairs.
Ford said a plan likely will be announced after the Frankfurt auto show in mid-September and [...]

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