Sooooooo.......gotta kill some time in the intro here because there's the minimum text requirement for for for diaries..........really, I just want to show ya'll this cartoon and see whatcha think................

Mr. Fish has a dim view of both Republicans and Democrats.............

Here ya go:

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Pat Roberts said Friday that he wanted the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program brought under the authority of an intelligence court -- a move President Bush says is not necessary.

Roberts, a Kansas Republican who is chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he had concerns that the court could not issue warrants quickly enough to keep up with the needs of the eavesdropping program. But he said he would like to see those details worked out.

Roberts also said he did not think that exempting the program from the purview of the court created by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act "would be met with much support" on Capitol Hill.

http://www.kansascity.com/...

Here it is.

If you think that wearing this t-shirt at the SOTU address is worthy of arresting, cuffing and putting someone in a cage then please explain why.

What was the fear? Would the corporate news cameramen have focused on her and risk being fired? Would Bush have got a woody? What?

If Bush was smart he'd have called off the dogs, bowed to Cindy Sheehan, said something about appreciating her sacrifice and valuing her point of view. But as we know......Bush ain't smart.

I saw this cartoon tonight and laughed my ass off. I needed that.

Just wanted to share it with y'all.

Mr. Fish..Harpers

Mr. Fish..Slate

Remember how, when the story first broke, there were many who posted here backing the cops who killed Jean Charles de Menezes and insisted that they did the right thing?

Well, it turns out, that those cops (or whatever they were) may be facing criminal charges.

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Why all the stonewalling and ultra-secrecy from the administration about Cheney's "energy taskforce"? Why the absolute refusal by Bush and Cheney to divulge not only what was discussed but who was even at those meetings for planning US energy policy?

Maybe they don't want the people to find out that the plan was to let the Energy industry do whatever it wants and to let the Oil industry gouge us on gasoline and diesel prices.

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Former Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin admitted in court Wednesday he passed classified information to Israeli diplomat Naor Gilon and to two former AIPAC officials, Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman.

Franklin agreed in court to testify against the two AIPAC officials and to prove that he had indeed passed classified information on to them, and had told them clearly this information was classified.

From Defense Industry Daily comes this:

"Kellogg Brown & Root Services Inc. in Arlington, VA received $15 million for Task Order 0020 under its $500 million maximum "emergency response" contract with the US government. DID covered the particulars of that contract on Monday; they set out a number of specifications that leave just a handful of global firms able to meet them."

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What struck me was the statement in the article from our demonstrably malicious president:

"Today, America is confronting another disaster that has caused destruction and loss of life. This time the devastation resulted not from the malice of evil men, but from the fury of water and wind,"

More on the flip:

"For the conservative Wall Street Journal, generally supportive of Bush's Republican administration, the authorities were partly to blame for the rampant looting and lawlessness in New Orleans."

 Above from "Mail & Guardian" original article, below for more excerpts....

I can't bring their site up and haven't found any other contact info for volunteering.

I'm a US Army trained Combat Medic (91A) and I have a lot of experience in construction and small boat operation.

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This article documents otherwise.

Excerpts and creepy quotes from GW below.

What is your favorite, tasty, alcohol? Any good recipes for mixed drinks?

I'm a liquor drinker and I'd like to see how other Kossians enjoy their favorite firewater.

More below and if you're drinking already...Cheers!

I was doing some kind of search and ended up at Harpers Magazine and they had a link to this cartoonist and damn the guy is brilliant.

I'm a big fan of Tom Tomorrow and Ted Rall. I love Troubletown.

This guy is calls himself Mr. Fish. Harpers has a bunch of his cartoons. Go check em out.

Mr. Fish Cartoons

With all the talk of people being banned for espousing "conspiracy theories" I think it's time to consider what the term means ,or in reality, doesn't mean.

Don't like conspiracy theories? Quick! What IS a conspiracy theory? Can't form a coherent definition? Don't worry. You're not alone.

More below......

Please read the lyrics all the way through. It's more relevant now than ever. Get a copy of the song and listen to it. You'll never forget it.

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That's what the big, yellow sign along the highway warned.

I was driving south from the Bay Area,on highway 680, to a town in the Central Valley with my father. Neither one of us had traveled that route for about four years, though we had done so many times in years past. The sign caught our attention because we'd never seen anything like it before and certainly would have noticed it if it had been there a few years earlier.