fuck bob shrum.

* "MURTHA:

Let me tell you, the only people who want us in Iraq is Iran and al-Qaeda. I've talked to a top-level commander the other day, it was about two weeks ago, and he said China wants us there also. Why? Because we’re depleting our resources, our troop resources and our fiscal resources."

c&l have the video its worth watching
incidentally, Murtha also said something to the effect that Dems are telling him to shut up, because if the repugs listen to him and pull out of iraq, then the dem won't have anything to run on. fuck bob shrum.

* Reddhedd: " In other words, has (Bush) gone from lame duck status straight to political road kill?"

* kevin discusses Ralph Reed and eLottery.

* jane is on russert-watch duty over at huffpo. i like jane, but she spews out this nonsense again from wapo/customs during the week: "Dubai Ports World could also offer a simple conduit for wire transfers to terrorist operatives in the Middle East. Large wire transfers from individuals would quickly attract federal scrutiny, but such transfers, buried in the dozens of wire transfers a day from Dubai Ports World's operations in the United States to the Middle East would go undetected, King said."
can someone please explain this to me? i just dont get it. i think the argument goes something like this:

The UAE is really rich, and they love terrorists, and the Dubai banking system is like swiss cheese. If DPW takes over the ports in the US, they will secretly funnel money out of the US, back to Dubai, and then give the money to terrorists in the middle east. and that's bad"

presumably, if DPW doesnt get the US contract, they won't give money to terrorist.