In his television address, President Bush said; "I've made it clear to the Prime Minister and Iraq's other leaders that America's commitment is not open-ended. If the Iraqi government does not follow through on its promises, it will lose the support of the American people -- and it will lose the support of the Iraqi people."

In her testimony ( Read more... )

The Headline from the AP;
"Bush plans to put more troops in Iraq"

A Transcript Clip from Former Adviser to Bush 41 and Colin Powell, Richard Haass on a Recent Tavis Smiley;
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He proposed atop the Eiffel Tower, got married in a fifteenth century Italian castle, with both the bride and groom dressed by Armani and their path was flanked by flag bearers dressed in medieval costumes, as they walked to the roll of drums. Plus, Bocelli sang at their reception. I hate Tom Cruise! How is anyone supposed to compete?

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From Reuters on November 1, 2006
President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he expects Donald Rumsfeld to stay on as defense secretary for the rest of his presidency, rejecting election-year demands the Pentagon chief resign over Iraq ( Read more... )

I was just flipping back through the episodes of "The Show with Zefrank" that I've missed since my last visit, when a cute Cheneyism struck me and I googled for the original source, before posting this quote from "The Show";
In the event of a tie in the Senate, the Vice President casts the deciding vote. Speaking to a crowd earlier this month, ( Read more... )

I know nothing about their source or whether the story has any foundation in fact, but Wonkette has linked to a piece from Australia's largest newspaper which says "a verdict in the first criminal case against Saddam Hussein is expected on Sunday, two days before the key US mid-term vote that has become a referendum on the Iraq war ( Read more... )

Random thoughts during the President's Press Conference;

• Country supergroup Alabama had a hit a couple of decades ago, the opening line was "She and I live in our own little world". My memory was that this was also part of the chorus and it was followed by the phrase, "ain't it wonderful". I now see that my memory was incorrect, but lately whenever ( Read more... )

As usual, I watched the rebroadcast of Friday's Charlie Rose at noon on Monday and now that the video is available, I'd like to make note of a quote from Part One of a two-parter with James Baker because I found it very telling.

Excerpted for the tease, so beginning at the one minute mark, Mr Baker says;

Former President Bush, I think, felt in ( Read more... )

Three things have converged to set me on a course of thinking. The triggering events for these thoughts are real, but the hypothetical scenario drawn should be considered an exercise in rhetorical questions; Real events or people should not be inferred. By no means should this post be interpreted as anti anything or an illustration of cause and ( Read more... )

As virtually everyone has heard, last week the New York Times and two other newspapers broke a fairly benign story that revealed federal investigators are following the money trail, when it comes to terrorists. I didn't comment on this earlier because for the life of me, I can't see anything too far out of line in the original story. Why wouldn't ( Read more... )