How the Bushies Work:

For a glimpse at how the Bush administration works, take a look at Salon.com's excerpt from testimony by former Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey to the Senate Judiciary Committee, entitled "The hospital room showdown."


Wolfie Dashes for the Sunset:

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, one of the chief architects of Bush's Iraqi adventure that has led to the deaths and maiming of countless people, has finally resigned from his position at the World Bank after days of intensive negotiations. Wolfie wanted to leave without being prosecuted for filling the pockets of his lover.

NPR.org reports both his statement and the bank's directors' statement.

Rupert Murdoch Orders Fox To Make About Face:

Salon.com reports that Rupert Murdoch, the man who would control all of the world's information, has ordered "his entire empire" to go green. What's next? Al Gore running the network? The spin should provide lots of fodder for The Colbert Report.

What's Next for The Grand Ol' Party:

Bush and the Democratic leadership in congress have agreed on a plan to grant legal status to millions of people in the country unlawfully. Bush did say that he was a "uniter not a divider," but just what will this mean for the conservative party that has staked its claim to fame at least partly on keeping racism alive and well in the U.S.? No doubt this will just provide the current horde of presidential candidates in the Republican party another excuse to run away from their current leader.

Will the Federal Gov't Be Forced to Make Stronger Gun Laws?

For some time now New York has been running sting operations in Virginia, capturing gun dealers in the southern state who were selling guns to one person so that person could re-sell the gun to someone else. But Virginia has a new law coming into play beginning in July, and Virginia Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell sent a "cease-and-desist letter: to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg recently, informing him that his undercover agents would be arrested if they did that after the new law goes into effect.

In otherwords, Virginia now has a law that will allow gun dealers to violate New York's gun laws. This means that two states will come into conflict, a perfect time for the federal government to step in and decided what gun laws can be. Will the congress finally have to face the reality of the conflict that has existed for many years between the gun manufacturers and dealers and those citizens who want stronger gun law inforcement so that people like the young man who went on a rampage at Virginia Tech can be restrained from easily purchasing such a gun? This problem may be under the radar for the moment, but it will surely become part of center stage as the political season progresses. You can read more about the issue at The Washington Post.

How to Screw Up and Get Rich:

George Tenet, the former director of the CIA who blew it on 9/11 and then failed to get the truth out about Iraq while providing Bush with a "slam dunk" metaphor, left his position in government with a Medal of Freedom in his pocket for a very lucrative and easy teaching position (he's not a real professor, just a celeb that rich folks' children can occasionally rub shoulders with), and now he's showing up on TV hawking his insider's book, At the Center of the Storm, for which he received a $4 million advance.

But that ain't the half of it, as my grandpa used to say. Tim Shorrock at Salon.com reports on more lucrative connections to Bush's war: "Tenet has been earning substantial income by working for corporations that provide the U.S. government with technology, equipment and personnel used for the war in Iraq as well as the broader war on terror."

Tenet may be rushing around the country, telling people that the war ain't his fault, but that's not keeping him from getting rich off of it. Now let me think, what's the reason we're in Iraq? Oh, yes, American democracy, keeping the terrorists out of our back yards, making the administrations friends even richer and more powerful than they already are.

Shocking News! American Soldiers Approve of Torture:

Even of innocent civilians, according to a poll conducted by the Pentagon recently. Both The New York Times and The Washington Post are agog over this revelation. Where, one wonders, do these people live? Of course many soldiers approve of this sort of behavior. Who do the Post and the Times think our soldiers are? If the president and vice-president of this country are fine with it, why shouldn't the rest of the sadists who inhabit his world rush to join up and participate.

The funny quote in the Post comes from American Civil Liberties Union Director, Steven R. Shapiro: "They highlight a failure to adequately train and supervise our soldiers." Sorry, dude, but by the time a guy's old enough to join the military it's too late to "train" him or her away from this behavior, unless you mean to train them not to tell the truth about how they really feel.


More News from Iraq:

The Iraqi government, following Saddam Hussein's precedent, have frozen the granting of medical degrees within its borders, because doctors are leaving he country as fast as they can. Why? The insurgents are murdering doctors, teachers and other intellectuals as fast as they can. This is just one more example of the high level of planning on the part of the Bush administration when it decided to "liberate" Iraq.

In the meantime, the American government has been dragging its feet about allowing refugees into the U.S. We brought them American style democracy, why on earth would they want to leave?

Hey, Georgie, reach down between your thighs, grab hold of your ears, and give them a strong jerk. You've got your head where it don't belong.