on Freedom Day, of all days

* foxnews: 'deadly violence breaking out in iraq today, on Freedom Day, of all days'

* palast: "OK, let's accept the White House alibi that releasing Plame's identity was no crime. But if that's true, they've committed a bigger crime: Bush and Cheney knowingly withheld vital information from a grand jury investigation, a multimillion dollar inquiry the perps themselves authorized. That's akin to calling in a false fire alarm or calling the cops for a burglary that never happened -- but far, far worse. Let's not forget that in the hunt for the perpetrator of this non-crime, reporter Judith Miller went to jail... For years, I worked as a government investigator and, let me tell you, Bush and Cheney withholding material information from the grand jury is a felony. Several felonies, actually: abuse of legal process, fraud, racketeering and, that old standby, obstruction of justice."

* david fiderer: "The White House never tried to rebut Joe Wilson's charges. Quite the opposite... So by July 11, 2003, Joe Wilson's allegation -- that the uranium-from-Africa intelligence was always flimsy and was sexed up in the State of the Union address -- was no longer disputed. Meaning Wilson's motivations and veracity were irrelevant."

* scott makes a great point: "In late 2004, Hersh told Jon Stewart that the "kool-aid drinkers" really believe that bombing Iran will drive the people to overthrow their state and become America-friendly. This is so blatantly ridiculous it seems impossible that even the most ideological Trotskyite-turned-fascist in the vice-president's office could possibly believe it.
Whether they believe they can make us believe it is an altogether different thing."
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