Largest US Embassy in the World - In Baghdad

Who's Sorry Now?

We'll say this once again and hopefully you'll listen...the Big I war is about OIL, period. And, so, the reasoning behind the construction of the LARGEST EVER US Embassy in Baghdad. Even the Iraqi's just woke up to the fact that, yes, dear, we're in Iraq to dominate the oil market. Sorry, to all the idealists out there...it's just simply a fact. AND the embassy is being built by (drumroll please) a Kuwaiti subsidary of, surprise!, Haliburton.

We're not agreeing with the strategy. We're just practical about politics and money. Here's wahat we know - the current "alternative fuel" strategy, and strategy to fend off the idiots in Venezuela and the "other" Big I, Iran. Here's more:

"Don't ask about the US Embassy in Baghdad. It's a secret -- for security reasons. But it's hard hiding a 104-acre complex rising on the banks of the Tigris River . Anyone who cares to know can see four giant construction cranes towering over the river at the largest such project ever undertaken by the United States -- a symbol of a US presence that will last well into the future. ...US officials here greet questions about the site with a curtness that borders on hostility. Reporters have been referred to the State Department in Washington, which has declined to answer questions for security reasons. A tour seems to be out of the question; no formal response was given to a request for one."

Bilbray Wins the Dukester's Seat - Dems Weep

Who's Sorry Now?

A better question might be "Are theDems Born To Lose?" Jeez. What a nightmare.

Every Democrat who heard Francine Busby's stupid comment about "You don't need papers to vote" - has got to be cringing right now, and every Republican is jumping with joy. Sad but true.

You all realize, right, that she HANDED the election to a basic nobody by making that stupid statement. Whatever, she tried to "fix it" but we've got news for you...you can't fix a fatal flaw like that. And this gives the GOP and all Republicans all the confidence in the world to take November.

The cautionary tale is this....1) know that in today's world the tape is rolling. ALWAYS. Just make that asumption. 2) there is NO slam dunk issue, i.e. corruption. Why is it that the Dems seem to fail at getting the mood of the people...immigration, right or wrong, is on everyone's lips and when Busby made that fateful statement the game was over.

How do the Dems recover? Hate to say it, but Kos probablly has some of the best advice from Time Magazine:

"Moulitsas does know he has become the face of the netroots, though he insists that it's a position he has inherited only by default. The left lacks many telegenic spokespeople, he says. "It's the difference between the Fox News anchors — you know, blond, put-together — and our people. It's like, 'You know, lady, put on a bra. Would it kill you to put on a bra?'" Moulistas is sponsoring a media training session at Yearly Kos; one can only hope that Maidenform is on the agenda."

Mandatory Military Service?

You knew this was coming...but from a Democrat? It was to be convened today, 6-6-06. Your fearless leader has made such a mess of things and the drum beat is now, "more troops, more troops". So, where did you think those troops were going to come from?

"On February 14, 2006, Congressman Charles Rangel (Democrat - NY) introduced a bill (Universal National Service Act of 2006 - HR 4752 IH) aiming at drafting everyone - men and women alike - from the ages of 18 to 42 into the military for a minimum period of 2 years.

Or to quote the bill: "To provide for the common defense by requiring all persons in the United States, including women, between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes."

Brangelina Baby Pic For FREE

"Deamer and other blogs have been posting a cover to next week's Hello Magazine with the belief that it is the first official photo of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's first child together. Meanwhile, Page Six is reporting that People paid $4.1 million for the photo rights." (HWT)

Are U Proud of UR Senate Now?

Who was NOT in the picture when Bush announced his latest Wag The Dog initiative, AKA Gay Marriage Ban?

(Hat Tip AB)

"Pat Robertson

Jerry Falwell

James Dobson, Focus on the Family

Janet Parshall, radio host (formerly FRC)

Bob Knight, Concerned Women for America

Tony Perkins, Family Research Council

Peter LaBarbera, former CWFA and FRC

Lou Sheldon and Andrea Sheldon, Traditional Values Coalition

Who DID we see? A number of black people, and of course the required Catholic guy. I.e., we saw "mainstream" people, the kind of people who don't embarrass George Bush. But we most certainly didn't see a single seated leader of the religious right. (Note, you did see at the very beginning Matt Daniels being pointed in the direction of his obstructed view seat - but again, the camera just happened to catch him expressly walking in front of it.)"

Aren't you glad that your American Senators, who spend millions of dollars to get elected each year by convincing you, the electorate, that they are uniquely qualified to represent how you stand on the issues of the day, are spending the next THREE days bloviating about Gay Marriage?

Can you spell B-A-R-F. Tune in to CSPAN today to see it in action.

No Apology and No Excuse for Ann Coulter

Could we put Ann Coulter on the new PeeWee Herman show , or offer her to the nutbag in Iran as part of the "incentives package " to back off nuclear bomb making?

What a lowlife. Her appearance on the Today Show (courtesy of C&L) is downright embarassing and a waste of time. I'm sure the widows of 9-11 are thoroughly disgusted:

LAUER: On the 9-11 widows, an in particular a group that had been critical of the administration:

" These self-obsessed women seem genuinely unaware that 9-11 was an attack on our nation and acted like as if the terrorist attack only happened to them. They believe the entire country was required to marinate in their exquisite personal agony. Apparently, denouncing bush was part of the closure process."

And this part is the part I really need to talk to you about:

"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by griefparrazies. I have never seen people enjoying their husband’s death so much."

Because they dare to speak out?

COULTER: To speak out using the fact they are widows. This is the left's doctrine of infallibility. If they have a point to make about the 9-11 commission, about how to fight the war on terrorism, how about sending in somebody we are allowed to respond to> No-No-No. We always have to respond to someone who just had a family member die--

LAUER: But aren't they in the middle of the story?...

COULTER: ...Because then if we respond, oh you are questioning their authenticity. No, the story is...

LAUER: So grieve but grieve quietly?

LAUER: What I’m saying is I don’t think they have ever told you, you can't respond.

COULTER: Look, you are getting testy with me.

Lauer actually got to her at the end a little bit because he couldn't believe she would write something as repulsive as that. Wake up Matt, NBC and all the other networks. Ann was off from the beginning of the interview. She had trouble responding to Matt's questions about why Bush's poll numbers are in the tank. I'm glad he brought up her Harriet Miers statements.

Peter Daou: There are two reason Lauer lost the debate with Coulter over her stomach-churning statement about the 9/11 widows...read on

(h/t TP for the transcript)

Radio show apologizes for "sex assault" poll

Who's Apologizing Now?
Hullo...what a dumb question:

"Hosts of a chat show on a Hong Kong radio station apologized Tuesday for an Internet survey asking its listeners to vote which actress they would most like to sexually assault. The Commercial Radio poll drew widespread criticism last week, with teachers, legislators and ordinary citizens slamming it for advocating violence against women and for corrupting youth.

"The program hosts and co-workers publicly apologize for any offence that the Internet poll 'Which female artiste would you most like to sexually assault' caused to female artistes and everyone in Hong Kong," a message posted on the radio Web site said. The hosts also promised to be more careful in selecting the content of its shows in future."

Your Vote Counted by Venezuelan Company

Who's Sorry Now?

The American voters, that's who. Did you know your electronic vote is being counted by Smartmatic, a company that is owned by a Venezuelan comglomerate. And guess what? The Dept of Treasury didn't even KNOW the company was not American-owned. It thinks it's a Boca Raton-owned company. Ha!

Not true:

"Looking for something to be alarmed about? Forget Dubai. Try Venezuela’s potential takeover of the U.S. voting apparatus. A secretive, intransparent company called ‘Smartmatic’ that’s known to have ties to the Venezuelan government, has just bought a U.S. voting machine company called Sequoia. And the deal has gotten no scrutiny from federal regulators, who cite outdated criteria for national military security as their only watchpoint.

That’s right, Venezuela, a country that holds the dirtiest, filthiest most intransparent and fraudulent elections in the hemisphere, elections that match those of Zimbabwe or Belarus, has just got its hands on a U.S. electronic voting company and now might be in charge with the outcome of your vote. There is not one good thing about this deal. Aleksander Boyd at VCrisis has done an extraordinary job of ferreting the first reports of this information out here. And the Miami Herald has a spectacular editorial."

Pandering to the Base is DOA

Ha! We're watching with all kinds of fun the Gay Marriage ruse falling apart. Good for the GOP base! Not being bought into by even the dullest GOPers...thank goodness. "Activist" judges? Don't think so...let the states figure it out...

When Joe Scarborough calls it like it is, you know it's close to being DOA:
"On NBC's Today show Monday, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said "everybody knows" President Bush is pandering on gay marriage, but evangelicals like James Dobson don't care why Bush is moving on gay marriage -- only that he is doing it. "Everybody knows the President is pandering -- including the President's base," Scarborough said."

Katherine Harris Is Sorry She Ever Met Mitchell Wade!

Who's Sorry Now?

Cruella DeVille, er, Katherine Harris is probablly sorry she ever met Mitchell Wade - "Wade, former CEO of MZM Inc., has pleaded guilty to four criminal charges and said he tried to influence Harris." (USAToday).

She must be burning up...here she did everything the Bushies asked her to to get him into office (remember all those hanging chads?), and she can't catch a break!

But she appears to be doing hereself in...even mild-mannered Republican advisor Ed Rollins has left the campaign because "Harris, 49, denies wrongdoing, but recent revelations that Wade gave her illegal contributions and expensive dinners led to the latest in a series of staff desertions. "Every time I turned over a rock, I found out something I didn't want to know," says Ed Rollins, a former Reagan aide who was Harris's chief adviser until he quit in March."

Gay Marriage Fun

Who's Sorry Now?
Not the GOP. They're trotting out this tired old issue to get the base riled up. We're still wondering how many will really fall for it..even Bob Barr (remember him?) was recycled last night on Fox for a little fear mongering.

Anyway, watch this video courtesy of Contagious Video HuffPo for some fun. And don't fall for the "okey doke" on this one.

Anchor Baby Melee

Who's sorry now? Who's gonna be sorry now? Who's apologizing now?

Told ya - Immigration is Snakes on The Plane for the GOP. Behind closed doors some GOP staffer is quoting Samuel L. Jackson, "Get these mother f**kin snakes off this mother f**kin plane! " The snakes being immigration and the plane being the GOP.

No one is flinching yet in the Michelle Malkin / Jesus General Anchor Baby melee. Malkin takes the hard line and is goaded so easily, we'll sit back and watch her explode. Tee hee hee.

Here:
"Indeed, it is a tremendous problem. Just in the last week, a poster at your own immigration blog called it a "recipe for social disaster," and Rep Dave Reichert (R-Mescaline), reported that border area parking lots are becoming little more than large open air maternity wards, awash with discarded placentas and the wrappers of those nasty tamarind flavored candies from Mexico.

So how does all of this lead me to ask you to make a sacrifice? Well, it's come to my attention that you too may be an "anchor baby." Just a little over thirty-six years ago, it appears that a foreign sperm cell hooked up with a foreign egg somewhere near Manila and a Blastocyst-Filipina named proto-Michelle was formed. Within a few weeks, little proto-Michelle moved from the Philippines to New York City where she finally acquired "drive-by citizenship" on Oct. 20, 1970."

Immigration Border Debate Snafu

Who's Sorry Now?

Do ya think the Minutemen and all the other immigration border hotheads are a little miffed at the Canadian terrorist headline yesterday for stealing their fear thunder? Bet they find it weird that DHS's Russ Knocke said there were no plans to beef up border security - even though it's terrorist related!

Hasn't one of the big arguments on the southern border been about "terrorist threats"? Just asking.

Capitol Hill Shoot-Out Back Story?

Remember the Capitol Hill "construction noise" cover story on May 26, 2006? We posted a query about the "real story" and wondered if Dick Cheney was anywhere nearby.

Everyone was scratching their heads going "say what?" Inconvenience ensued, etc. Ok, so... We've warned our readers not to take "news" at face value. Fair enough. We aall agree, there's almost always a backstory, whether in politics, entertainment, scandal, whatever.

And we're not apologizing for checking out "conspiracy theories" every now and then. In fact, it's kinda fun. That leads us to this - a fun article for all of you who LOVE those wild (and many times true) theories - some good Sunday reading:

"Bush administration officials operated Memorial Day weekend damage control to cover up the deaths of three foreign intelligence operatives—two British and one French—involved in a Friday morning shootout in the House of Representatives parking garage.

The altercation turned into an exchange of automatic weapons fire over a pouch containing evidence files documenting an operation to bomb the rail system along the Northeast corridor on Thursday—with the full knowledge of George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair who was in Washington while the operation was being hatched.

Teams of U.S.-French alliance (AFA) operatives—including CIA, NSA and FBI agents committed to holding the Bush administration accountable for criminal activities—had been electronically monitoring a British agent who they determined to be the leader of a black ops bombing plot planned for the purpose of disrupting northeast rail traffic via a fake terrorist attack.

Federal agents revealed that a taxi cab left the Rayburn building parking garage with three body bags just after the shootout which was covered up by Capitol Hill police on instructions from Bush officials who were in contact with television executives and House/Senate leaders.

The agents had followed the British operative into the Rayburn parking garage where the shootout occurred according to longtime federal whistleblower Stewart Webb and intelligence authority Thomas Heneghan both of whom confirmed the whole incident via several of Webb’s 22-years worth of inside federal sources with further corroboration by several more U.S and French intelligence agents to whom Heneghan spoke."

Al Gore Is NOT Apologizing For Global Warming Focus

Who's NOT Apologizing Now?

Al Gore on ABC's This Week today says he is NOT apologizing for focusing on Global Warming. He seems better and better all the time....looks so much more relaxed and humorous.
Will he run? We kinda think he might....in the meantime, we're planning to see the movie An Inconvenient Truth. And you?

Same Sex Marriage Circa 2006

BOOORRRRRIIIIINNNNGGGGG. Video: Banning Same-Sex Marriages

The GOPers aren't going to fall for this one again, are they? Are they really that dumb, er, numb?

Let's get this straight (literally). So, all the IMPORTANT issues are solved, right? Haditha? Education? Healthcare? Immigration? Deficit? Oh, right. Bush is planning on leaving all THAT stuff to the next President.

So, let's take on the old "Banning Same-Sex Marriage" hot button, that won't ever become an amendment to the Constitution, but WILL get out the vote, dust it off, and start scaring the electorate with it. Sounds pretty SORRY to us.

We hope that no matter what your politics are, you get that this is blatant manipulation, pure and simple. Take an issue, get the talk show hosts all riled up (which they get PAID to do, BTW), which in turn

is supposed to get YOU all riled up...show endless pictures of lesbo weddings...forget the fact that Dick Cheney's own daughter is a lesbo, and get you out to vote for politicians you don't really want to vote for, because you're "scared" that your way of life is threatened. Yeah, right.

Here: "President Bush is beginning a major push for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex

marriage, part of a new campaign to appease cultural conservatives who say he and his party abandoned their issues after the 2004 elections. Mr. Bush plans to declare strong support for the amendment — scheduled for a vote in the Senate next week — in his radio address on Saturday, and at an event at the White House on Monday with conservative activists and religious leaders, White House officials said Friday."

Pellicano's Book

Get a Clue!

One of our favorite wannabe private dicks, Anthony Pellicano, "The Dectectve to the Stars", has a book deal. (Can't wait for Abramoff's book deal...or Libby's...or DeLay's...but the best will be Emily Miller's - the jilted financee of Michael Scanlon, Abramoff's convicted former partner in the SunCruz deal).

"Anthony Pellicano, our favorite imprisoned thug private investigator, already has a deal in place to publish his novel. Beverly Hills bookmeister Michael Viner, the prez of Phoenix Books, tells me, "We'd long ago made a deal. There's been a draft but it's far from complete. We've put it off until after the present problems." Viner describes the draft as a roman à clef, with a P.I. as the central character. Any stuff about wiretapping in it? "As I recall, there was a slight reference to it," Viner says, "but I don't want to get into that."" here

Bunny Luv

Major happy, free, cuteness from cuteoverload, our favorite relief from the hard and SORRY news of the day. Enjoy!

Wesley College Prez: Three instances of plagiarism

Who's Apologizing Now?

Turns out the President of Wesley College wrote apology letters to people he plagarized, but denied plagirarizing. Say what?!? How do guys like this live with themselves? And there's some SAT scandal at the school also. Sorry state of affairs, if ya ask us. Also, isn't it strange that this guy just happened to author entire speeches as his own, that, oops!, are someone else's? THREE TIMES?!? Whatevuh, dude.

HERE "Scott D. Miller, who barely survived a no-confidence vote last month by faculty members, denied plagiarizing anything but followed the panel's recommendation to apologize. "I've never plagiarized any materials, including those in question," Miller said after the school released the panel's 35-page report.

One incident involved a paper on liberal arts education that appropriated language from a 1997 magazine article by Richard Hersh, former president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The second incident involved a speech duplicating a 1997 commencement address by former University of Pennsylvania president Judith Rodin. The third incident involved a speech duplicating a May 1998 column by The New York Times writer Anthony Lewis. Miller said apology letters have been sent to Hersh, Rodin, the University of Pennsylvania and the Times, but that Lewis could not be found."

Apology from Target Stores

Who's Apologizing Now?

Target Stores, for not letting some lady breast feed. Here:

Minneapolis-based Target on Thursday issued an apology, saying it was wrong for employees at the Naperville store to tell a customer she could no longer nurse her baby in a fitting room.

"Target has a long-standing practice that supports breastfeeding in our stores. We apologize for any inconvenience the guest experienced and will take this opportunity to reaffirm this commitment with our team members," company representative Kristi Arndt said.

"For guests in our stores, we support the use of fitting rooms for women who wish to breastfeed their babies, even if others are waiting to use the fitting rooms. In addition, guests who choose to breastfeed discreetly in more public areas of the store are welcome to do so without being made to feel uncomfortable.

"As a family-oriented retailer, we want all of our guests to feel comfortable shopping at Target

U.S. apology demanded for deaths

Who's Demanding An Apology Now?

"The Iraqi government Thursday demanded that U.S. forces apologize for the deaths of 24 civilians in the town of Haditha last fall and said it would talk with the United States about limiting the way foreign troops conduct raids and detain Iraqi citizens.

“We cannot forgive the violations of the dignity of the Iraqi people,’’ Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said.

U.S. troops operate in Iraq without any Iraqi government restrictions under an order that the American-led occupation government issued in 2004, and it was unclear whether U.S. officials would be willing to alter it."

read on

School Principal "Sorry for the Gun I Fired On Campus"

Who's apologizing now?

That would be Texas Principal Olen Vanburen Grady says he "can't apologize" for bringing gun on campus and then firing it. Sometimes people's logic is baffling. Dude, you're the principal for a school. You know, kids, teachers....what were you thinking?

"Former Crockett Junior High principal Olen Vanburen Grady will serve two years probation for taking a loaded firearm onto school property in February. Judge John W. Smith accepted a plea agreement Friday in his 161st district courtroom. In courtroom testimony, Grady told the judge he’d accidentally brought the weapon into the school and, furthermore, accidentally fired it. “When I shot that gun, I knew I’d made a tremendous mistake,” Grady said. “I knew there was no way I could apologize to the community. There was no way I could apologize to the administration, to ECISD. “It was a tremendous, career-ending mistake,” Grady said, his voice breaking with emotion. The mistake was indeed career ending. As part of his sentence, Grady was ordered to resign from ECISD and to turn over his teaching certificate to the Texas Education Agency — both of which he’s already done." read on

Wen Ho Lee Receives An Apology

Who's Apologizing Now?

The judge in this case has apologized to Mr. Wen Ho Lee for "the treatment" he received. HERE "Lee was fired from his job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, but he was never charged with espionage. He was held in solitary confinement for nine months, then released in 2000 after pleading guilty to mishandling computer files. A judge apologized for Lee's treatment."

"The former nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of being a spy, settled his privacy lawsuit Friday and will receive $1.6 million from the government and five news organizations in a case that turned into a fight over reporters' confidential sources. Lee will receive $895,000 from the government for legal fees and associated taxes in the 6 1/2-year-old lawsuit in which he accused the Energy and Justice departments of violating his privacy rights by leaking information that he was under investigation as a spy for China."

Fun with Snakes on A Plane Trailers

There's a bunch of fun stuff happening around Snakes on A Plane. Here's two:

On Ellen

Marketing Buzz - real Snakes On A Plane (Yikes!):

"Monty Coles was 3,000 feet in the air when he discovered a stowaway peeking out at him from the plane's instrument panel -- a 4 1/2-foot black snake. [...]

While maintaining control of the single-engine plane with one hand, Coles grabbed the reptile behind its head with his other.

"There was no way I was letting that thing go. It coiled all around my arm, and its tail grabbed hold of a lever on the floor and started pulling," Coles said.

The next step was to radio for emergency landing clearance.

"They came back and asked what my problem was. I told them I had one hand full of snake and the other hand full of plane. They cleared me in.""

Immigration Bill Goes POOF!

Who's Sorry Now?

Who's sorry that the immigration bill will never see the light of day? No one. Well, maybe the Minutemen, a few straggler talk show hosts, Lou Dobbs - that's about it.

The GOP wants this issue to quietly fade away....or they'll have to pass what the Prez wants - which really is amnesty, etc. etc. So, watch it go POOF!

The latest? Those "illiegals" who are supposed to pay back taxes? Well, it's unconstitutional, for real. Hey, wouldn't you think the US Senators would KNOW this stuff before wasting time....oh, that was the strategy...right.

More here:
"A key feature of the Senate bill is that it would make illegals pay back taxes before applying for citizenship, a requirement that supporters say will raise billions of dollars in the next decade. There's just one problem: The U.S. Constitution specifically prohibits revenue-raising legislation from originating in the Senate. "All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives," according to the "origination clause" in Article I, Section 7. "

It's a non-apology apology

Who's Apologizing Now?

Well....we don't really care that much about the substance of this news item (no, really, we don't).

What caught our eye was the new NON-APOLOGY APOLOGY comment. Very descriptive of so many uses of the sacred apology these days. "It's a non-apology apology," said Coulson, an education history scholar and author of "Market Education: The Unknown History."

We've been noting what we call "drive by" apologies....this is somehow different. This is an apology that turns out to not be an apology. The drive by apology is an apology that is just too casual to be meaningful...kinda like a "throw-away" apology.

Anyway, in Seattle these school officiails are duking it out around comments made on some website about individualism and cultural racism. If you can figure it out. please let us know what the hell they're talking about:
An outpouring of criticism forced Seattle Public Schools on Thursday to pull a Web site that viewed planning for the future, emphasizing individualism and defining standard English as examples of cultural racism.
The message had appeared under an "equity and race relations" section of the district's Web site and was mentioned Thursday in an opinion piece by a Libertarian writer in the Seattle P-I. Criticism of the site has been building in the world of blogs for weeks.
In its place Thursday was a message that the site will be revised to "provide more context to reader around the work that Seattle Public Schools is doing to address institutional racism."

Lindsay Lohan to Brandon Davis: Video Apology, 250K Donation

Who's Apologizing Now?

Do you care about Brandon Davis apologizing to Lindsay Lohan? Is it "class" she's displayed...who knows. She wants $250K to charity and a video....we do think that's clever and will hopefully get it on the site when it's done.

Lindsay Lohan to Brandon Davis: Video Apology, $250K Donation
By Jennifer CoxJun 2, 2006

Lindsay Lohan has been all class since being slammed by Brandon Davis on an LA street as Paris Hilton giggled and laughed in approval a couple of weeks ago.

And Davis has apologized, but reportedly Lindsay wants to help a charity and want a quarter million dollars from from the wealthy Davis. According to In Touch - she would like a video apology from Davis and a$250 K donation to the charity of her choice.

Iraqi asks US for compensations, apology for Haditha victims

Who's Apologizing Now?

What happens next regarding the Haditha and other alleged Marine killings in Iraq will be very telling. Are the Marines incredibly well-trained and professional? Apparently so. Do most of us "support the troops"? Yes, so far.

But like Vietnam, the tide may turn as news like this comes out, and we frankly expect more from those representing us overseas.

We agree that those higher up need to be held accountable this time, unlike Abu Ghraib. The bodies are going to be exhumed in Haditha...

Iraq wants an apology. Will they receive one?

"BAGHDAD, June 1 (KUNA) -- The Iraqi government asked the US administration Thursday for an apology and compensations for families of victims killed by US Marines in Haditha last November. A government statement said it requested compensations for families of the 24 civilians who were killed in Haditha town, south of Baghdad, and offer a formal opology for the Iraqi government.The government, added the statement, rejected such acts against the Iraqi people. It said the human righs should be respected and those who committed the killings should be punished. (end) "

Scientology Sing Fest - Katherine McPhee at Tomkat's wedding

Could this be any more borrrrrring?

But here it is - proof that KM is in fact a Scientologist. We'd like to know who cares? Anyway, Tomkat want her to sing at their wedding.... Don't you think McPhee kinda looks like Katie?

HOLLYWOOD - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have secretly asked American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee to sing at their upcoming wedding. Actress Holmes reportedly met McPhee at Los Angeles' Church of Scientology, where the singer allegedly attended courses with her boyfriend, and has since become a huge fan of the pretty brunette ." here

The Katherine Harris Rejection Video

Pretty funny stuff....From HuffPo, Contagious Video. Enjoy:

"I apologize to the President of the United States"

Who's Apologizing Now?

"State Comptroller Alan Hevesi publicly apologized Thursday for a "beyond dumb" remark about "putting a bullet between the president's eyes." Hevesi hastily called a mea culpa press conference hours after putting his foot in his mouth at the Queens College commencement.

The Queens College media relations office said it had videotaped the commencement but could not immediately provide a copy of the tape or a transcript. At the press conference, a contrite Hevesi repeated Schumer has strength and courage to stand up to the president. "I apologize to the president of the United States" as well as to Schumer, said Hevesi. "I am not a person of what he recalled saying in the speech. The comptroller said he was merely trying to convey that Sen. Charles violence." "I am apologizing as abjectly as I can. There is no excuse for it. It was beyond dumb." Hevesi said he hadn't been in touch with the White House but he hoped his apology reached President Bush.

Hevesi also called his comments "remarkably stupid" and "incredibly moronic." "I do speak extemporaneously," he said. "And I've never said anything like this." "

Immigration Pressure

Who's Sorry Now?

We maintain that this "issue" has and will hurt the GOP in the long run. Our theory is this: The GOP needed a diversionary issue to focus on so as to avoid the scandals and the war.

Abortion is boring and losing steam (plus, ask John Gibson, we should be making MORE sex, er, babies...); flag burning was stolen away by Hillary (it's true...her ONLY legislation this year); and they're saving gay marriage to get out the vote in November.

So, immigration looked like a slam dunk. WRONG. No one told the GOP hotheads that big business LOVES the status quo and that immigration is, literally, a sacred cow. So, they tripped off into the sunset. Well, more like over a cliff.

Bush is having none of it. In spite of Ken Lay going to jail, big business owns the congress, whether Sensenbrenner knows it or not. In fact, Bush came out today and said "we will find a compromise". Oh, really? What do JD Hayworth and Tom Trancredo think about that?

President Bush pressed a passionately divided Congress on Thursday to reach election-year compromise on immigration legislation that provides a chance at citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants already in the country.

With his speech before business leaders and members of a government-sponsored civilian volunteer group, Bush hoped to build momentum for Senate and House negotiators to resolve difficult disputes. The two houses have passed sharply different versions of the legislation. To achieve one of his top domestic priorities of the year, Bush will have to bring around conservatives in his own party.

"It's a difficult task," Bush pointedly told Congress in remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "Yet the difficulty of this task is no excuse for avoiding it." more

Haditha Survivor Sorry To Be Alive

This is very sad. The only survivor of this tragic incident, a 12 year old girl, wishes she had died with her family. Can you imagine? Pretending you're dead, covered with your sister's blood? We have no idea...

"HADITHA, Iraq, June 1 (UPI) -- A 12-year-old Iraqi orphan and only family survivor of a U.S. Marine raid on the town of Haditha last year says she now wishes she had also died.

Safa Younis Salim told The Los Angeles Times she survived only by playing dead while covered in her sister's blood during the Nov. 19 incident.

That morning, a roadside bomb hit a U.S. convoy, killing a Marine. Other witnesses told the newspaper several minutes of quiet elapsed before the Marines began going house-to-house, shooting.

Salim lost her parents, an aunt, three sisters and a brother in the raid, the newspaper said.

"I feel sorry. I was wishing to be alive," she said. "Now I wish I had died with them."

The Pentagon is conducting two investigations -- one on the shooting and the second on whether Marine reports were falsified. Results are expected in days.

The Marines had reported 15 of the 24 civilians killed died in the bomb blast, but all of the dead, including children and an elderly man in a wheelchair died of bullet wounds, coroner's records said."

You've seen the news that the Marines are going to be receiving Core Values Training...whatever. In the meantime, we'd like to be confident that those investigating are brave enough to take this wherever it leads.

K-Fed Leaks About Brittney

Who's Sorry Now?

Brittney, what were you thinking? Well, maybe these two deserve each other...who knows. Anyway, turns out that K-Fed is most likely the leak (duh!) source on Brittney's goings-on:

"What's more, Spears suspects that K-Fed is responsible for some of the leaks to the tabloids about the couple's private lives. “Britney knows Kevin tells his friends information, knowing they will leak it to tabloids,” a source close to Spears told Us."

Anti-Terror Un-Funding

Get a clue! We're no fan of Chertoff, the head of DHS. And we're no fan of the current Big Spending Republicans - crooks most of them. Here's the latest example of lame-headed idiocy where important terror site cities are actually UN-funded....go figure. Hey, isn't Chertoff part of the neo-con-artists? Just asking.

"In addition to Washington and New York, the grant decisions included a 46 percent drop for San Diego, where several of the Sept. 11 hijackers lived; a 61 percent decrease for Phoenix, where an FBI agent suspected that terrorists were taking flight training; and a 30 percent reduction for Boston, the point of origin of the two jetliners that crashed into the World Trade Center."