Some Nebraska State Senator sues God.

God has yet to comment.

Oh, my people...

Don't you hate when people abuse the legal system?

John Abizaid, the retired Army general who headed Central Command for nearly four years, said he was confident that if Iran gained nuclear arms, the United States could deter it from using them.

"Iran is not a suicide nation," he said. He suggested that many in Iran — perhaps even some in the Tehran government — are open to cooperating with the West. The thrust of his remarks was a call for patience in dealing with Iran, which President Bush early in his first term labeled one of the "axis of evil" nations, along with North Korea and Iraq. He said there is a basis for hope that Iran, over time, will move away from its current anti-Western stance.

What?!? We don't need to start ANOTHER war with another Middle Eastern Nation? Which Commie outfit did this guy come from? Central Command? Sounds like a Stalinesque organization to me.

Warning this dkos diary has over a 1000 comments and there are other smaller accounts of this - just youtube it or something.

Synopsis:

Basically Kerry was speaking at a FL university, students were asking questions and time dragged on, some disturbed guy ran up to the mike and started disrupting (interrupted the current questioner) saying that he wanted to ask a question. Kerry said that he would answer his question. He started off by saying that Kerry really won the election in 2004 so the question was why did he give up. Then before Kerry would answer he launched into asking about Kerry's membership in Skull and Bones.

At that point, with his mike cut (by hosts request) and police nearby, police started hauling him away. He was screaming and fighting them. Kerry was mumbling in the background pretending like he was going to answer the question, while they are dragging the guy away. Then they cuff him and wrestle him down in the back of the room, but he is screaming and moving around so the police pull out a taser. He starts screaming pleading for them not to taser his butt, but they taser him anyway at which point he starts wailing.

Interesting stuff. All the while Kerry just mumbles and mumbles.

U.S. home foreclosures soar in August

LOS ANGELES - The number of foreclosure filings reported in the U.S. last month more than doubled versus August 2006 and jumped 36 percent from July, a trend that signals many homeowners are increasingly unable to make timely payments on their mortgages or sell their homes amid a national housing slump.

A total of 243,947 foreclosure filings were reported in August, up 115 percent from 113,300 in the same month a year ago, Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac Inc. said Tuesday.

There were 179,599 foreclosure filings reported in July.

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"The jump in foreclosure filings this month might be the beginning of the next wave of increased foreclosure activity, as a large number of subprime adjustable rate loans are beginning to reset now," RealtyTrac Chief Executive James J. Saccacio said.

Can anyone name a Cheney-Bush policy that has worked out well for the American public?

• Iraq - $10-12 billion a month, 80-100 U.S. deaths a month, almost 20,000 injured, military stretched to the breaking point
• Oil/gas prices - Highest ever recorded
• Deficit - From a budget surplus to a current estimate of $9 trillion in debt
• Home foreclosures - Remember Bush touting the record number of Americans who owned their own homes in State of the Union addresses? Yeah, how has that worked out?

So what Cheney-Bush policies have gone well for America (well, not including the executives and shareholders of Halliburton, oil giants and other crony firms)?

MSNBC Link

Tuesday responded aggressively to a housing downturn that threatens to spread to the broader economy, cutting its main benchmark interest rate by a half-percentage point and broadly lowering borrowing costs.

"Today’s action is intended to help forestall some of the adverse effects on the broader economy that might otherwise arise from the disruptions in financial markets and to promote moderate growth over time," the Fed said in a statement.

While a rate cut had been widely expected, the aggressive half-point move surprised analysts. The stock market soared immediately after the announcment, with the Dow Jones indutrial average jumping more than 100 points in the initial minutes.

he makes a good point:

I would caution Democrats not to just usher him through based on the principled arguments presented by Scott Horton. General Petraeus was confirmed under much the same reasoning (the President deserves his pick of General, blah blah blah), the Democrats allowed him through without any opposition, and promptly had it thrown in their face last week while attempting to fulfill their oversight duties:

“How dare you question him? You just confirmed him! Traitors! There should be nothing but complete deference to Herr General!”

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The same people insisting that the president has every right to choose whomeve he wants then turn around and take any passing nomination to mean that the nominee has congressional carte blanche.

Congress should grill the man and then most likely pass him. Make sure you have a strong record of him saying that he supports the rule of law and an impartial DoJ which you can refer back to when the next scandal comes along.

Clinton unveiled her plan as Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said President Bush wants to achieve universal health care before he leaves office.

Leavitt told the USA TODAY editorial board that Bush will veto a Democratic plan emerging from Congress that would add $35 billion in taxpayer subsidies to the Children's Health Insurance Program over five years. In doing so, Leavitt said, Bush will urge Congress to join him in seeking coverage for all Americans.

"He'd like to see the larger debate begin," Leavitt said. "The very best opportunity we have may well be in the next 15 months."

It would be much easier if democrats acted like democrats and republicans acted like republicans.

GoRight is Green, CLC is Red, MissL is Black

Reflects the policy of Bush admi--Schizophrenic

Why does it have a Red Bar?

Green should be the left wing since they are more left than the Democrats and progressives.