pletka - you are an evil cretin. its your stupid fucking war.

* "Danielle Pletka, senior analyst at AEI and conference moderator, called the constitution deeply flawed, describing it as the result of political machinations between Iraqis and Americans. She said the process had been reduced to a benchmark for the exit of US troops." (link)
pletka - you are an evil cretin. its your stupid fucking war.

* "A newly released report published by the CIA rebukes the Bush administration for not paying enough attention to prewar intelligence that predicted the factional rivalries now threatening to split Iraq."
and the money quote? " The report was finished in July 2004 " (link)
that'd be before the election...

* josh: " President Bush argues for Miers' confirmation neither on the basis of her 'judicial temperament' nor her judicial philosophy or ideology but because she is a staunch evangelical Christian.
The fact that many of the president's more theocratic supporters don't seem to believe him just adds a level of irony or entertainment to those of us still holding out for the Enlightenment tradition.
But doesn't the juxtaposition really show the game is up at some level?" (link)

* gilliard: "Normally, a prosecutor jailing a reporter is a red flag, in this case, it elicited not only a yawn, but a chuckle. Pat Fitzgerald has more fans in the Times newsroom than Miller." (link)

* "Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has been subpoenaed to turn over personal records and documents as federal authorities step up a probe of his July sales of HCA" (link)

* "New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly both expressed doubts Tuesday over a Monday report that last week's subway bomb threat was a hoax. Newsday reports that Mr. Bloomberg said he didn't believe that the threat had been confirmed as a hoax, despite media reports to the contrary. And Mr. Kelly said the informant in Iraq could not have recanted his warning because "US authorities in Iraq have lost track of him."" (link)
why is everyone so stupid? it was a hoax alright, but it came directly from the USG. grrrr.

* why miers? "Of all the scandals and junkets and leaks and what have you, the one that history will consider the most serious is the authorization of torture and the flagrant violations of the Geneva Convention. As Marty Lederman and Andrew Sullivan (to his credit) have made clear again and again, this administration is guilty of war crimes. And they know it. That’s why they won’t release the Yoo memo of March 2003 (and I think a good case can be made for charging Yoo with war crimes). That’s why Cheney lobbied to defeat McCain’s torture bill and why Bush (the alleged Christian) is threatening to veto it. Of all the scandals, this is the one that probably keeps them up at night – and it is the one that will dog them through the centuries." (link)