Here is a disheartening story describing how many road blocks have been erected to prevent endangered species from needed protections.

From the NYT:

"WASHINGTON — Adm. William J. Fallon, the top American commander in the Middle East whose views on Iran and other issues have seemed to put him at odds with the Bush administration, is retiring early, the Pentagon said Tuesday afternoon."

This does not bode well. I wonder what is going going on behind the scenes?

Recently Obama's church has started making the news. Are they making much to do about nothing or, could this derail his campaign once it hits mainstream?

From the website...

Sources are saying most of the southeast nuclear power plants are in danger of potentially being shut down due to the drought. Any bets as to how long Watts bar might be down?

Who would have thought Mukasey might actually do something!

Here is a somber report on how the bird population is rapidly and dramatically diminishing.

Where are they now? Although there have been no convictions it looks like Karma does exist.

My favorite quote:

"Charlton, now a partner in a Phoenix law firm, says that as a group, the attorneys have fared much better than the department officials who orchestrated their demise."

Facts can be proven but statistics are much more easily bent. Could this be a perfect example?

So what exactly has caused this man to turn on his former neocon master? His consciense? Escape from Jail? Money? No matter what the reason, anyone standing in the way of impeachement at this point "Pelosi" is performing treason themselves.

For those who still claim Plame was not covert, she was no matter how you spin it.

Despite Bush's pathetic and incomprehensible veto of the water bill the House finally got it right!

First the media finally picks up on them killing civilians. Now it comes out they have been evading taxes even after the IRS warns them to pay up!

With all the financial news lately this really hits home. So much for fiscal responsibility!

Say what you will about Clinton but he at least had a balanced budget with the debt about to be paid off. I would make a strong argument he was more Republican then most current Republicans.

Which is more stupid? The continuing rattling of sabers by the US or, this "attack" on Iraq by Iran. That is if it is true.

There is not one positive thing that can be used to describe this.

In my opinion this piece only reiterates why the Democratic rollover this weekend was such a travesty.

So we have lost 190k weapons in Iraq. What do you think are the chances of those weapons being used on our own troops?

Cheney finally admits he was wrong about his "last throes comment" but then immediately turns around and states this.

One more reason to avoid shopping at Wal-Mart.

Who needs "Bourne" or "James Bond" when you have stories like this?

I guess Colin was right again when Bush said to Powell, "I looked into Putin’s eyes and I saw his soul” to which Powell replied: “Mr. President, I looked into President Putin’s eyes and I saw the KGB”.

Gee who could have predicted it. The current "surge" is not large enough so we have to consider and plan for an even larger "surge" if needed?

Despite everything that has transpired since 2000 there are still a large number of individuals who support the current administration's actions. To this day they still claim there is nothing worthy of any prosecution which could not be further from the truth. Fortunately, there is finally a well thought out hypothetical indictment here. Now we can only hope it becomes a reality.

I thought one of the main rules of the right was maintaining a free market. Personally I have never worked in the financial industry but it sure appears to me price fixing became legal yesterday. Could it be that the idea of a free market only applies for them when it means they can make the more money?

Ahh this is priceless. Nothing like having to eat a little crow from your own side. I wonder how that conversation went? Umm, Mr. Cheney sir, you might need to come up with a different argument.

Rumsfeld and his failing memory. What is simply amazing is how they can to this day, continue the denials while maintaining a straight face.

Title says it all. If Fox News existed throughout History.

Even if only half of these allegations are correct, Olbermann has provided pretty damning evidence that the terror alerts/scares have been questionably timed.

Let me get this straight. During the Clinton term it was OK for the Republicans to search Clinton's visitation records but, now all of a sudden the rules don't apply to the current administration due to principle?

Nice twist to the gas price debate. To sum it up, refineries are not being invested in due to the new emphasis on biofuel?

Fox News now reports Cho might have been possessed by the devil! Next we will have GW claiming God speaks through him. Oh wait a minute that already happened.

If anyone still has any doubts whether we are one step away from living in a police state you have obviously not been watching the news. First, just as many predicted an audit came out today reporting that the FBI has been violating the Law to the point of possible criminal charges. Exactly where would we be if W had gotten his way and blocked the audits?
We have the ACLU pointing out that Habeas Corpus no longer applies to ANYONE due to the fact that all of us can now be classified as a "Domestic Terrorist". And in case you think that surely this could not happen to a US citizen just remember the treatment of Jose Padilla. Incidently it was reported that the video of his last interview has "mysteriously" disappeared.
Recently news surfaced that the FBI is using a new computer program to read our emails, and track out internet usage. And in case that does not work the Justice Department and the GOP are reviving an attempt to force all ISP's to track all users activities forever. Don't you feel safer already?