Let your congress critter know you want him or her to support the bill to impeach Gonzales.

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This is to make up for the paranoia posts, K. Debbie Harry and Kermit the Frog:

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Drinking Liberally at Tangier, 18th & Lombard, 6 - 9 p.m. Free wings and drink specials for the early birds - come show your support for impeaching the lot of them!

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Why doesn’t one of these soldiers take his mechanical leg and put it right up Bush’s ass?

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I just love political theater, and Mike Stark just provided us with a real good example:
After O’Reilly provided an “accountability moment” to the JetBlue CEO at his home, I decided to provide O’Reilly with his own accountability moment at his home.
I’ve just returned to home base.
I’ve got video of O’Reilly in his sleepwear (red shorts [...]

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This just cracked me up:
Mama Jams with Jenna Elfman

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It’s the new Hippocratic oath, apparently. The AMA made $44 million last year on the unethical sale of doctors’ prescribing information to Big Pharma. And what does Big Pharma do with the info?
One of the less obvious but more intrusive marketing tools is the drug rep’s hand-held computer, which contains a detailed profile of your [...]

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I don’t suppose this happens because, oh, I don’t know, people can’t afford the medication?

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Ponder the likely behavior of George Bush, cornered.

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This is exactly the kind of corporate footsie the Dems would do well to stop playing:
The push to cover the planet in trade deals is intended to give foreign investors new “rights.” Now these deals are being used to keep failed private retirement systems in corporate hands.
“Congress rejected Social Security privatization in 2005 and should [...]

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Cell phones and laptops, apparently.

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Unbelievable. In a Pennsylvania prison, an inmate in labor is left alone in her cell to give birth, monitored only by a camera.
After she gives birth and the baby drops out onto the floor, the guard cuts the umbilical cord with her dirty fingernails.
County officials are contending the staff at the prison reacted “fantastically” and [...]

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See, there’s no way inhaling tar, ashes and fumes - regardless of the source - can be good for you:
LONDON (Reuters) - Smoking one cannabis joint is as harmful to a person’s lungs as having up to five cigarettes, according to research published on Tuesday.
Those who smoked cannabis damaged both the lungs’ small fine airways, [...]

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It seems one of the big problems with the mortgage crisis is that no one seems to know who actually owns the mortgages:
They are among thousands of delinquent borrowers caught in the maze of modern mortgage financing as they desperately try to save their homes. Unlike in the last real estate bust, when local banks [...]

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White Stripes:

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On ABC right now - a peacenik mom changes with a freeper mom.

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Sorry about the down time. It would seem we need a better class of hamster around here.

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Sen. Ted Stevens’ (R) house in Alaska is being raided by the FBI and the IRS, according to CNN.
If he resigns, Alaska will hold a special election to fill the seat.

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SCOTUS Chief Justice Roberts taken to hospital, had a seizure. Doctors are calling it an idiopathic benign seizure, suffered after he hit his head. (Idiopathic means “of unknown origin.”)

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A bill to impeach Gonzales will be introduced and we’ll see where it goes.

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The Wall Street Journal today:
NEW YORK — Shares of American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. didn’t open for trading Monday morning after the company said late Friday its banks are demanding it put up more cash after the mortgage lender wrote down the value of its loan and security portfolios.
American Home’s shares have been hit hard [...]

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You Are The Fool

You are a fascinating person who is way beyond the concerns of this world.
Young at heart, you are blissfully unaware of any dangers ahead.
You are a true wanderer - it has be difficult finding your place in this world.
Full of confidence, you are likely to take a leap of faith.
Your fortune:
You are [...]

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Remember Lee Einer, the insurance company hitman Michael Moore interviewed in “Sicko”?
Julia over at Honest Medicine has a very informative interview with him about additional insurance company practices. (You can read her summary or listen to the audio file.)

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Another good review of Joe Bageant’s “Deer Hunting With Jesus” over at The American Prospect.

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Not that it isn’t warranted, but you may want to have your coffee before you read this.

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The Washington Post has an astounding story this morning. Huh! Did you know people have long questioned Alberto Gonzales’ truthfulness?
Well, let’s see. I knew he was incompetent back in June 2003; I knew he was violating his oath of office and covering up for the White House back in the fall of 2003; I knew [...]

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This is so sad. (You may not remember, but the mullahs in Iraq have even been dictating exactly how devout Muslims may play soccer.) Who can blame him for not wanting to go home?
Mahmoud scored the winning goal in Iraq’s 1-0 Asian Cup final win over Saudi Arabia on Sunday, yet he feared for his [...]

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Yeah, but as long as it’s only brown people who get killed by them, who cares?
MIAMI (Reuters) - The number of Atlantic hurricanes in an average season has doubled in the last century due in part to warmer seas and changing wind patterns caused by global warming, according to a study released on Sunday.
Hurricane researchers [...]

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In the midst of war’s chaos - Iraq wins soccer’s Asian Cup.

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