the kleptocracy has literally ceased governing

* josh: "Watch out for that falling shoe: White House says Bush didn't know about Dubai ports deal until after it was approved. "He became aware of it over the last several days," says Scott McClellan."

* fdl: "McClellan press briefing today: "this is a deal that is supposed to have been scrutinized" as a national security review process.
WTF? Was it scrutinized, or not? Did you do the work -- or NOT?
Let me get this straight: The president is threatening to veto any bill slowing down or limiting a deal that he knew nothing about until recently, and the Board which is legally mandated to scrutinize these sorts of deals is only "supposed to have done so" in this case."

* i'm surprised about this UAE / port brouhaha - it's almost as though people actually thought that the maladministration actually cared about security! as i've been saying forever, the kleptocracy has literally ceased governing. People seem surprised about this, remarkably.