“Finally, the issue of Andrea Mitchell’s exclusion for testimony rears it’s ugly head…”.
THERE IS NO APOSTROPHE IN THE POSSESSIVE ITS! IT’S is an abbreviation of IT IS.
Sorry to point this out, but Christy’s writing is terrific – and this repeated error stands out.

It’s a little bit possible that the Secret Service got the watch into W’s pocket, but W didn’t do that himself. Dude lost his watch in the crowd, I say. Fiance sez “American goober goes to Europe and gets ripped off by the natives!”

Watch it.

One possibility is that someone in the crowd “snipped” the band but didn’t make the snag. Hard to believe that Bush wears a watch with a fraying leather band that would simply break.

Maybe they wanted a souvenir…or a watch that could bring quite a lot on E-Bay (about 20 years).

The Secret Service dude picks it up and gives it to Bush. Pretty clear that Bush himself didn’t remove the watch, though…unless he’s double-jointed and can take of his watch “one-handed”.

First we see the prez strutting around Albania (big supporters of Bush and the Iraq occupation, good p.r. for a possible thing in Iran too?), then Lieberman saying the other day we need to attack Iran. Now this:

AP – A senior U.S. diplomat accused Iran on Tuesday of transferring weapons to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan — the most direct comments yet on the issue by a ranking American official.

DON’T FORGET ELBONIA!

perris @ 129

anyone show this bit from raw story here yet?

According to CNN, he put the watch in his pocket: The mystery of President Bush’s missing watch has been solved

Why would Tony Snow have to “review the video”? Wasn’t the word of the President good enough for him (either)?

Or maybe he knows that the American people no longer trust anything that the WH, Bush, or Snow has to say.

Jackie @ 81
Bingo on Palast’s hypothesis about Iraq invasion limiting oil supply. I am, as my non-de-toobz suggests, an economist, and it’s the only theory that makes sense. I’m embarrassed that I didn’t think of it before reading it in Palast. Neocons had other plans for Iraq’s oil, but oil companies got their way instead–WANS (we are not surprised).

There’s also the vast consumption by the military operation that is equivalent to most European countries. All on the public tax dollar.

Of course the oil companies charged excessive amounts for that fuel, as well.

Reduction of supply, artificial increase in demand, and an open-ended contractual deal with one of the purchasers. One can see exactly what that would do to oil prices and oil company profits under ANY economic model!

And re. the sermon: I hope you will post a copy. I would love to read it. Thanks

perris @ 129

anyone show this bit from raw story here yet?

According to CNN, he put the watch in his pocket: The mystery of President Bush’s missing watch has been solved

Julius Hibbert makes a cogent observation in the comments:

Obviously it must have been stolen! Look at Snow’s slip up:

Snow says a careful review of video of the scene confirms no pilfering.

Why would you have to review the video if the watch was brought home in the President’s pocket, as claimed? They probably reviewed it to make sure the swipe wasn’t obvious, so that they could put forth a plausible denial. Imagine the criticism the SS would get if they let someone get close enough to steal his watch!

S.O.S. from MA @ 21

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it would be a great idea to have a short How-To-Not-Piss-Off- the powers that be.

The first thing is to not say, “Go fuck yourself.” Heh. After that just apologize a lot and don’t argue with the moderators. That goes a long way.

Now, if only I could remember those rules for myself. :-)

i just went to senator patrick leahy site to thank him for a bill amending the presidential records act, and there is a article that says another witness in the doj case has revised his testimony. just another day in bushleague world.

helen kenney