Congress is holding a fark-load of hearings and other than that..and give Bushie a blank check..they haven't done much. Its the whole pinata effect Pete..they just keep sniping at each other..thats it!

Sort of like here I guess :P

Yes, its a pdf file..and I take a gander at it during the commercials on the Padre game on my laptop too. Since I have wireless I can watch the game in bed while looking over the Saudi file on the 9/11 flights outta Dodge..aka the U.S.

It helps with my back. I can't sit as long as I used to, even in an ergonomic chair :(

I don't take the pain pills all the time..I suck it up and deal..or sleep when it's that bad. Padres lost to the Red Sux 2-1, and fall out of first in the West.

I am gonna go cry now :P Have a good weekend Pete :)

Neverleft wrote, "This will surprise everyone but here's one conservative Republican who thinks Cheney is a loose canon.  Bad news for the Republican Party."

Actually, it doesn't surprise me at all.  You, like me, remember what the Republican Party used to stand for.  You're one conservative Republican who has more awareness and less blind loyalty than this administration and current GOP leadership would prefer to see.

Their goal is simple: absolute power over every aspect of our personal lives.  And their every single action, and every single decision, is decided by whether the result or side effect would be to strengthen their grip on power and extend the legal reach of that power.

What we have today is an absolute, pure, ruthless, singleminded, implacable political monster.  And I will not vote for one more Republican until that cancer has been removed from the White House and the GOP party leadership.

Your gun post is timely, because no amount of persuasion, reasoning, or appeal will alter the course of these sheer evil monsters at the helm.

Rusty,

There you go again.  If they don't agree just call them names. Better check your meds. They might be what is closing your mind. You will probably be happy but I will not post with you from now on.  Have a nice, bitter day.

Their goal is simple: absolute power over every aspect of our personal lives.  And their every single action, and every single decision, is decided by whether the result or side effect would be to strengthen their grip on power and extend the legal reach of that power.

I see it a bit differently.  The people in power don't care about what sex you're having.  Everyone in this administration has written a book with beastiality or rape or homosexuality in it or has been to all the sex clubs or has some weird fetish.  They don't care if gay people get married or about abortion or any of the other things they talk about every election cycle. Those postures are only to rile up the low information voters.

What they do care about is the stuff they've actually done something about.  Lower taxes for the top 1%.  Funneling taxpayer dollars into their own companies.  Reducing regulations on pollution, reducing unions, promoting corporate consolidation, breaking off chunks of the government bit by bit.

They don't care if you have gay sex with monkeys on YouTube.  What they want is a for-profit government.  They want to turn America into a company store.  You can have your total freedom of choice as long as they manufacture, produce and profit from all of those choices.

Tom wrote, "I see it a bit differently.  The people in power don't care about what sex you're having.  ...  They don't care if gay people get married or about abortion or any of the other things they talk about every election cycle. Those postures are only to rile up the low information voters."

I don't see it that way at all.  To the extent that they engage in such fantasies -- or even activities -- themselves, means nothing.  Hypocrisy is nothing new.  They have already demonstrated that they think they are above the law.  With this administration, as with any tyranny, the laws are only for the little people.

On the appointment of Constitution-hating judges, why would Bush try every trick in the book to install bad judges anyway -- even when they can't get past the Senate?  He wouldn't keep doing that if this wasn't a top priority.

Whiizzit that his every appointment to an important FDA or health-related leadership position is someone who hates sex for religious reasons?  In my eyes, that's the perfect way to implement a theocratic agenda with few people noticing. 

Why are both of his Attorney General appointments dedicated to fighting the war on sex in the media?

Bush doesn't need to make a big public scene about these things.  Since they know that the American people wouldn't support it if they knew, it's best for the agenda if he can slip it by without anyone noticing.  Sure, he trots them out to rally the base: election time.  He has to make sure that the agenda's enablers remain in Congress.  The rest of the time, it's best done under cover -- and the media are happy to give him that cover.

If Bush is just catering to corporate interests, why would corporate interests want to see Bush's behaviors above?  It's corporate America that doesn't care what sex you're having.  In a different legal climate, they'd see dollar$$$ in it.

And finally, what interest would theocrats have in the PNAC?  Yet they do:

http://www.newamericancentu...

Look at some of those who signed it.

I should add that you'll find that Bush's strongest supporters are theocratic groups.  They know what he's doing under cover of media darkness -- and loving it.  These are some of the most narrow-minded, demanding, intolerant people on earth -- and if Bush was performing at a mere 90% level for them rather than 100%, they'd be berating him for the 10% failure level.

Our aim is to remind Americans of these lessons and to draw their consequences for today. Here are four consequences:

• we need to increase defense spending significantly if we are to carry out our global
responsibilities today and modernize our armed forces for the future;

• we need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;

• we need to promote the cause of political and economic freedom abroad;

• we need to accept responsibility for America's unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles.

On the bright side, Tom, at least we're united in agreeing that this evil monstrosity needs to be stopped -- even if we see very different predictions in our respective tea leaves.