In the news (and in politics)

First, I guess we should get Campaign 2008 out of the way. "Third term of 28%" mccain has been out on, as John Stewart put it "an old man wants you to get on a bus so he can tell you stories about his life" tour. On the road, candidate mccain continues to make mistakes about his big, blue ribbon issue, the facts on the ground in Iraq. He continues to confuse the fact that Iraqi "law makers" called for the mahdi army's cease fire while they were meeting in Iran. It is understandable that most of the American public may not have the time, nor the inclination, to keep track of these kind of details, but He certainly should. The mccain "look how traditional my life has been" tour is a set up for his race against Senator Obama, though marrying into a billionaire beer distributing family may not be so "traditional". Maybe voting against Martin Luther King Day and standing by the Ariznona governor when he rescinded it was? For all his age and "experience", his confusion about the facts in Iraq, his "economics is not something I've understood as well as I should" confessions, and the flips his campaign has made since Campaign '99 are all very telling negatives.

In primary '08 news, The Clintons put out tax returns showing they earned more than $109,000,000 since President Clinton left office. I knew they were rich, but that's almost as much as some New York Yankees. Camp Clinton's head strategist mark penn resigned from the campaign. He didn't give any specific reasons. Maybe it was because of the recent surge in super delegates endorsing Obama. Or the fact that Senator Clinton's lead in the polls in PA is vanishing. The Obama campaign couldn't be reached for comment. They were out drinking Yuengling's, eatin' chili dogs, and joking about bowling.

And finally in important news that's blocked out by the Glow of Campaign 2008, Attorney General mukasey testified before Congress and said "And before 9/11, that's the call that we didn't know about. We knew that there has been a call from someplace that was known to be a safe house in Afghanistan and we knew that it came to the United States. We didn't know precisely where it went.". If he's not lying, this is a blunder of US intelligence that could have helped to stop the attacks of September 11th, while remaining within the laws as they stood at the time. In more disheartening news from Our government, two JUSTICE Department memos were released. One saying the Law doesn't matter when it comes to the torture and inhumane treatment of US captives. The other a memo explaining why the Constitution does not matter, when it comes to the US government spying on US Citizens. When the founding fathers, with all their faults, created this Country, they understood that We are a Nation of Law, and not of Men. No man, king, nor president should be held superior to the Law in the United States of America. What kind of Country are we when we torture? What kind of Country do we become when we treat Our citizenry as subjects of Our leader's whim and perusal? I guess, sadly, you could call it bush/mccain country. Let's hope that savior Petraeus will tell Congress today of the wonderful world of rainbows Our success in Iraq has created and is building for Iraq's "liberated".