I like this video. I think no matter what your opinion is of the Iraq War and Politics behind it. Our troops deserve nothing but our support. Anyone one who does anything other than this, quite frankly, is un-American.
What strikes me, is how the person the introduced this, is like so no interested in handling the story. He can’t even smile when doing a report? Can you say Bias?
Cross Posted @ The American Nationalist News Service and Chuck’s Place
Oy…..
The Video:
At the close of Q and A at an Associated Press luncheon in Washington, DC, AP chairman Dean SIngleton skipped over a question on what’s becoming known as “bitter-gate” in favor of asking Illinois Senator Barack Obama what he surely thought would be a less controversial question on Iraq.
Would the senator be willing to shift a substantial number of troops from Iraq to Afghanistan, asked Singleton, where the Taliban has been gaining strength — and “Obama bin Laden” is still at large.
The room was quiet – as the crowd contemplated whether they’d in fact heard what they thought they heard. But Obama, apparently, heard the same thing. After a pause and a smile, he said “I think that was OSAMA bin Laden.”
A red-faced Singleton put his hands to his head. “If I did that, I’m so sorry!” he said.
Obama assured Singleton that the verbal misfire was a-ok with him. “This is part of the exercise that I’ve been going through over the last 15 months,” he said, breaking into a grin. “Which is why it’s pretty impressive I’m still standing here.” The professionally-stoic crowd of journalists gave Obama a round of applause.
Had that been Fox News or anyone on the Conservative side, the Liberal roar of outrage would be deafening.
There’s this:
Us Government gave no bid contracts to Polygamist sect
Now that my friends, is what happens, when Republicans Protect Religious cults.
What a weekend! Obama sticks his foot in his mouth and the whole World nearly grinds to a halt. The Neo-Conservative Apologists like William Kristol are calling him a Godless Commie. …and this is just April.
However, Obama’s poll numbers continue to hold steady, so, It might just be the fact that people are looking at all this and thinking like I do, that it is all rather silly.
I have to say that I very much agree with that sentiment, I believe all of this, is rather silly myself, I really wish, that if people are going to attack Obama, attack him on this Politics, not on the blatant silly nonsense, that they have been attacking him with.
Frankly, I am surprised that the Main Stream media did not pick up on the story of Rev. Jeremiah Wright throwing off on Fox News and saying that Thomas Jefferson was a Pedophile. That did shock me a bit. Although, I’m inclined to believe that the majority of the media out there agree with him about Fox News.
Blog Reactions to this latest round of Obama controversy, can be found Here, Here, Here, and Here
Quote:
Steve Benen, the liberal blogger who runs The Carpetbagger Report, has recently been discovered to be the sole author of almost every liberal blog dealing with U.S. politics on the internet, blog readers recently discovered.
You know, I thought I could keep a stinkin’ secret, but nooooooo…. 
Seriously, Steve’s never written here. I’ve never written there. This is satire.
Steve Benen is a very good Progressive writer, in fact, when I used to run my domain, He used to send me quite a bit of traffic. He was always very friendly. (Although, he never did offer to let me join his group on BlogAds. Might have been because I wasn’t a Democrat. 
)
Anyhow, Steve, if you read this, I still consider you to be my buddy. 
You know, I was asking myself about this, and you know, I’ve had the domain address before and lost it all, due to some dumb stuff that happened.
and… so, I’m back at the bottom.
Anyhow, this song popped in my head…
A Lush ain’t one of ’em….
I guess it would be fair to point out, that I haven’t had a drop since 1997. and when I was drinking, it was mostly Molson Ice beer and a shot of Amarillo and Coke.
Lightweight, Ha!
Yeah, like that will ever happen………….
The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on Congress to demand an independent prosecutor to investigate possible violations by the Bush administration of laws including the War Crimes Act, the federal Anti-Torture Act, and federal assault laws.
“No one in the executive branch of government can be trusted to fairly investigate or prosecute any crimes since the head of every relevant department, along with the president and vice president, either knew or participated in the planning and approval of illegal acts,” said Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. “Congress cannot look the other way; it must demand an independent investigation and independent prosecutor.”
Fredrickson added, "Congress is duty-bound by the Constitution not only to hold the president, vice president, and all civil officers to account, but it must also send a message to future presidents that it will use its constitutional powers to prevent illegal, and immoral conduct
I think we got a better chance of a Meteor hitting the planet, than this ever happening, while Bush is in office.
I wish the ACLU all the best on it, but I just don’t think it will happen.
Others: TalkLeft, Hullabaloo, Booman Tribune, Emptywheel and TPMMuckraker
No, not that Gonzo!
Update: I just freakin’ noticed that picture up there of Gonzo, has a gun it it’s hand… 
Believe me, I didn’t mean a thing, by posting that. I just wanted a funny Gonzo Picture… It was just something I grabbed off of Google Images. I think everyone is smart enough to know that… but you never know… so, I’m just letting everyone know!
This one: (H/T New York Times)
Quote:
Alberto R. Gonzales, like many others recently unemployed, has discovered how difficult it can be to find a new job. Mr. Gonzales, the former attorney general, who was forced to resign last year, has been unable to interest law firms in adding his name to their roster, Washington lawyers and his associates said in recent interviews.
Well, I would guess so, seeing how he basically assisted George W. Bush destroy America’s Constitution.
He has, through friends, put out inquiries, they said, and has not found any takers. What makes Mr. Gonzales’s case extraordinary is that former attorneys general, the government’s chief lawyer, are typically highly sought.
A longtime loyalist to George W. Bush dating to their years together in Texas, Mr. Gonzales was once widely viewed as a strong candidate to be the first Hispanic-American nominated one day to the Supreme Court. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he carried an impressive personal story as the child of poor Mexican immigrants.
Despite those credentials, he left office last August with a frayed reputation over his role in the dismissal of several federal prosecutors and the truthfulness of his testimony about a secret eavesdropping program. He has had no full-time job since his resignation, and his principal income has come from giving a handful of talks at colleges and before private business groups.
“Maybe the passage of time will provide some opportunity for him,” said one Washington lawyer who was aware of an inquiry to his firm from a Gonzales associate. “I wouldn’t say ‘rebuffed,’ ” said the lawyer, who asked his name not be used because the situation being described was uncomfortable for Mr. Gonzales. “I would say ‘not taken up.’ ”
Party Loyalty has it’s downside, eh Gonzo? Karma is such a terrible thing.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. (Galatians 6:7 KJV)
Amen.
Others on this: Shakesville, MoJoBlog, DownWithTyranny!, Rox Populi, Donklephant and Cliff Schecter …
Cross-Posted at my other Blog: The American Nationalist News Service
