Sundaybeatenbush

Everyone who believes the White House is vainly trying to stay ahead of the FBI NSL story because they hope to head off the release of much worse is correct. Everyone who believes the White House created and nurtured the climate where violations of the law are not violations of the law (because the President says so), and is only hanging the FBI because a) it has to and b) better the FBI than the other spy clubs is correct.

But a chastened Bush Administration, if only for show, discovers humility before the law. Beyond the Oh Shit gut-dropped realization they might be caught, with the attendant consideration of what they might be caught with if investigations follow, the paradigm-shifting admission of weakness from this White House signals they know their swagger is wobbling.

Hearings hearings hearings hearings hearings, cause this isn't a White House change of philosophy. They are plea-bargaining.

Adding - the New York Times calls for Gonzales' resignation.

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Jurassicpork at Pottersville documents (fabulously) Fox Faux News.

I had a conversation last night with a dope-conservative, a Limbaugh-listener, who accused Liberals of wanting to censor Fox and Rush and Coulter. No, I said, we are not calling for them to be silenced by government edict but be ignored and shunned because they are lying sacks of shit.

Fox and Rush and Coulter have a right to say whatever they want no matter how deceitful and hateful. We have a right to persuade people not to listen. If enough people don't listen, the market, not Liberals, will take away their platforms. This is a battle of ideas, not of censorship.

And strategically speaking, why in hell would we want Ann Coulter to shut up?

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Family spat amongst the thumpers? No conflict of interest here (more). Edwards' tractionless campaign profiled again.

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Money and poetry (more by 2x3x7). Esposito on Ishiguro. And James Wood on D.H.Lawrence, which begs the question, when was the last time you thought about, much less read, D.H.Lawrence?

Me too.