Posts from ‘March, 2007’

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Right now, D. Kyle Sampson, who recently resigned as Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ chief of staff, is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. We’re going to cut to that hearing, where I believe Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., is about to begin her turn at questioning Mr. Sampson.

Back in February we ruminated about potential dependability problems for those who embrace online applications — things like office suite software — especially businesses. . . . Next thing we know, it’s happened.

Bland, self-serving reassurances and misleading spin aside, the reality is that Bush’s surge has done nothing more or better than to disperse some insurgents, factional fighters, al Qaeda fighters and criminals to other areas of Iraq.

The more we see House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in action, the more impressed we are with her wisdom, skills and ability. Today, she came off sounding more presidential than most of those running for that office.

Well, look at this: the White House has withdrawn the nomination of Sam Fox to be ambassador to Belgium. It’s a dumping that couldn’t have happened to a more deserving dumpee.



That dumpee is one of the fat-cat Republicans who backed the erroneously named Swiftboat Veterans for Truth as they traveled the country in 2004, defecating in public all over Sen. John Kerry’s exemplary war record and good name. . .

We’ve had another of our periodic adventures in blogging, starting last night and continuing into today. In this one, our attempt to install a local client for offline writing, editing and posting left us unable to access Oh!pinion.

There are several intertwined reasons for the current polarization of our society. The politicization of religion and intensively organized political activities of fundamentalist Christians is a leading one. It poses serious problems our system wasn’t designed to handle very well — and, as we see repeatedly, doesn’t handle very well.

Some say the burgeoning U.S. attorneys firing scandal is just a badly handled personnel change that’s being exploited politically. They — and everyone else — should think again.

Quote: “Asked to judge how the United States and other coalition forces have carried out their responsibilities in Iraq, 76 percent say they have done “a bad job.”

One after another, House Republicans tried to frame the debate by charging the pullout provision and requirements for properly training and equipping troops headed to Iraq as micromanaging the war. That’s a false, hollow argument, but one with a legalistic edge.