Well, and this from the NYT (via truthout). Good news, federal jury in Denver agrees with whistle-blowing auditor Bobby Maxwell that Kerr-McGee indeed cheated the Interior Dept of millions in oil royalties.

I hope this is good news. However, the Tenth Circuit is famous for dragging out appeals on False Claims Act cases. One rather famous case — against Rockwell which used to (mis)manage a plutonium trigger plant outside Denver — has been tied up in court for 15 years. The whistleblower, who is a great man, in the ensuing years, has developed Alzheimer’s – and – his wife is now in a nursing home. It’s a shame … they sacrificed so much yet they may never see any resolution (or cash). Justice delayed is truly justice denied.

Sparkles the Iguana @ 50

Ok, wtf was with that Baby Einstein moment in the SOTU? Not that I don’t respect entrepreneurs (although studies have shown that trying to teach infants advanced concepts doesn’t really work), but did Mrs. Baby Einstein also save someone’s life, or take shrapnel for her country? Or did she just donate to the Bush presidential library? Come to think of it, maybe Bush could use some Baby Einstein tapes.

Too late now. Bush is a Sixty-Year-Old Imbecile, and there’s nothing to be done about it.

The Baby Einstein founder is partnering with John Walsh on a series of videos to “keep kids safe.” I think they could have found a better “social entrepreneur” to honor but, then, I don’t think like a Republican.

Your Links photo reminds me of pretzels.

oh tee hee! My 1st thot was sausage, then pretzels, then chains. Links = better, okay, I guess… & yet, y’know…. ;->

In the House 6 Republicans voted against the AUMF against Iraq:
Duncan
Hostettler
Houghton
Leach
Morella
Paul

http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin…..number=455

I think that most people read Liz Cheney’s op-ed and came away thinking that she’s a cheap knock-off of her dad. I think people need to pay a little attention to what Liz has been doing as a part of this administration — and more importantly, who else has been working in her group. The ISOG hasn’t gotten much media attention and it’s a very big deal.

Rozen’s report is very interesting, but the thing that is missing is how quickly the ISOG has expanded its role from what was initially (and reluctantly) revealed last year. (b/w link.)

It’s difficult to decide which of the Republicans running for Iraq cover is the worst.

I think that if Nancy and whoever is our (Democratic) president in 2008 could, if they are able to continue to maintain party discipline as well as they did last night, could, in my dreams, leverage the rethug Iraq divisions and forthcoming Clusterfuckisms into the actual destruction of their party. I could picture a country with a united Democratic party and a rethug party carved-up into a new Christian Dominion Party, led by Brownback et al, with its own moderate and Christianist wings, a bunch of floating libertarians and a small Fiscalist party of the surviving thieves and pillagers & Liarman, who would carry the swing votes from now on.. OK, it’s a daydream, but you must admit that it would be a lot more honest than what they have today… a party united by power and fear alone.

“The average age of reservists in all services is 33, according to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. A quarter of all reservists are over age 40.”
“Part-time soldiers now make up about 40 percent of the 150,000 troops in Iraq”