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Open Thread
Welcome To Bedwetter Nation:We are now officially a nation of hysterics:Two people who sprinkled flour in a parking lot to mark a trail for their offbeat running club inadvertently caused a bioterrorism scare and now face a felony charge. The sprinkled powder forced hundreds to evacuate an IKEA furniture store Thursday.New Haven ophthalmologist Daniel Salchow, [...]

C&Ls Late Night Music Club With Bo Diddley
I’m A Man This is C&L’s 500th music post! Give a listen to our past music selections and enjoy…Get well soon, Bo:Bo Diddley suffered a heart attack during a medical check-up in a Florida hospital and is now in stable condition, his spokeswoman said today (August 28).The 78-year-old rock pioneer felt ill during his checkup [...]

1999 Video: Republican Larry Craig Calls Bill Clinton A Nasty, Bad Naughty Boy
On “Hardball” Chris Matthews talks with The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza about disgraced Republican Senator Larry Craig’s arrest, his denials that he is gay and his political future. What kind of political future can he expect if he’s already known as the Bathroom Scandal Senator? Matthews introduces a Meet The Press clip [...]

Bush warns of Iranian nuclear holocaust
In 2002 and 2003, in making the case for a war with Iraq, the president and his team would frequently tell Americans that we couldnt wait for actual proof to justify an invasion, because the smoking gun could be a mushroom cloud.In 2007, in describing a possible confrontation with Iran, Bush has decided to be [...]

Petraeus softened the NIE?
Last week, a declassified National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq said there has been measurable but uneven improvements in Iraqs security situation, in the midst of what was otherwise a gloomy and depressing report. Indeed, the NIE added that, despite some security improvements, severe violence in Iraq was likely to continue over the next six to [...]

Calif. Supreme Court Rules for Transparency
In a political and judicial climate where secretiveness and obfuscation seem to be the order of the day, it’s nice to see a score for sunshine and openness.Contra Costa Times:The salaries of government employees in California, including police officers, are a public record and must be available upon request to “ensure transparency,” the state Supreme [...]

Sen. (R) Larry Craig supports Mitt Romney
Romney isn’t too happy about this video.. Download (0) | Play (1)  Download (0) | Play (1)In typical fashion, Hugh Hewitt calls for his resignation because he was the head of Romney’s Idaho campaign and senatorial outreach program. The Cowardly Lion can’t have anyone giving Mitt a hard time. As you see, Hewitt is still supporting the creepy David [...]

Craigs Bathroom Bust Statement: I am Not Gay!
Republican Sen. Larry Craig speaks…He was harassed by Idaho and caved to the pressure…What did Nixon say again?Craig: I am not gay! Download (2) | Play (5)He denies any wrong doing…Pleading guilty was all a big misunderstanding. He just overreacted. Sorry Larry, nobody pleads guilty to this type of charge if they are innocent. He tried to sweep [...]

News Anchors re-enact Craigs Mens Room incident
Here it is… Download (0) | Play (0)  Download (1) | Play (0)Not much Craig can deny after you see this presentation. No wonder whyhe plead guilty and my pal atCapt. Quarters wants him out of the GOP. It’s for the sake of a sinking party…Craig wouldn’t have to go to sexually active men’s rooms if it wasn’t for [...]

The US is fighting Iraqi Government
There’s a sinister reason why some journalists believe “the surge” is having a small effect in Iraq militarily. It’s because we’re actually fighting against the government we helped create. This is sick.  Download (4) | Play (2)  Download (0) | Play (3)BLITZER: What did you think of what we heard from General Odierno, suggesting that some progress, in [...]

Hannity Hearts Nugent
 Hannity stands by his pal, Ted Nugent. That’s not surprising since he’s a GOP propaganda machine. For those of you not familiar with his tactics—here they are. Media Matters has the transcript

Please, stop thanking me for my service
Raf Noboa at OpenLeft is tired of the empty rhetoric of supporting the troops.

Poverty Rate Falls, but More Lack Health Insurance
(click image for larger) From AP via The Houston Chronicle:The median household income was $48,200, a slight increase from the previous year. But the number of people without health insurance also increased, to 47 million. Evelyn Brodkin, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, said she expects the rising number [...]

Rep. Baird Gets An Earful: You are here to represent us
MoveOn deserves a lot of credit for getting members to this town hall meeting…hopefully, Baird will reconsider his Lieber-stance. The Oregonian:For more than three hours Monday night, Rep. Brian Baird was verbally flogged by hundreds of his constituents for no longer supporting the quick withdrawal of troops from Iraq.More than 500 people packed a [...]

Mikes Blog Round Up
The ‘Tude: Muslims in Afghanistan? Who knew?Connecting.the.Dots: Almost six years after the Twin Towers fell, the attack has claimed two more lives and injured others, but this time the work of terrorists from the Middle East was apparently abetted by good old-fashioned home-grown crime and corruption.Intrepid Liberal Journal: Government lies about the [...]

Fleischer blames Dems for Gonzales mistakes
I’d almost forgotten how breathtakingly dishonest former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer can be. Yesterday, on Fox News, he blamed congressional Dems for “politicizing the Justice Department, unfairly so and dangerously so.”Faiz sets the record straight. It was Alberto Gonzales, not Congress, who fired attorneys for political reasons. It was Alberto Gonzales, not Congress, [...]

A fresh chance?
Two major dailies the LAT and the NYT argue that the resignations of Rove and Gonzales offerBush has a fresh chance to turn things around.[Bush] can go into the next battle with Congress over the Iraq war as well as another looming fight over legislation authorizing his domestic wiretapping program free [...]