I Dunno
Testifying before the Senate yesterday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was at a loss as to why he signed over presidential power to Vice President Cheney, and to Cheney’s chief of staff and counsel.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) questioned the Attorney General about the independence of the Justice Department and communications with the White House on pending [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“I am sorry for thy much misgovernment.”
—Much Ado About Nothing, 4.1.99
And to the Easter Bunny
Bush, desperately trying to salvage his favorite war, is still linking al-Qaeda in Iraq to Osama bin Laden, and by extension to the 9/11 attacks:
US President George W. Bush, trying to reverse ebbing support for the Iraq war, sought Tuesday to tie deadly violence there directly to Al-Qaeda terrorist chief Osama bin Laden.
Facing mounting calls [...]
Gratuitous Video Feed (Dispel Magic Edition)
Richard Thompson: “When the Spell Is Broken”
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“He’s more, had I more names for badness.”
—Measure For Measure, 5.1.61-62
Congress Warming Up Contempt Talk
The House Judiciary Committee is seriously threatening contempt charges, it seems, against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and the current White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten. Not the inherent contempt charge, by which Congress could directly arrest and imprison the two, but the usual slow process which the Bush Administration will sandbag [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“You have as little honesty as honour.”
—Henry VIII, 3.2.271
Abridged Too Far
We saw The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at the Tavern last night, and it rocked–yes, it rapped briefly, too. We’d seen very nearly the same production last summer, and it’s still fresh and hilarious. This show probably works best when current events influence the patter with the audience. Last night, [...]
It Frightens Children and Spoils Milk
The mere invocation of The President Who Shall Not Be Named may be enough to sway juries, according to a couple of Philadelphia lawyers.
PHILADELPHIA — Apparently President Bush is now so unpopular that some lawyers believe the mere mention of his name in front of a jury could tip the scales against them.
Attorneys Michael [...]
Above The Law
Grasping for ever more power, the Bush Administration’s claims of privelege have exceeded all sane limits.
A senior Bush Administration official unveiled a new strategy in Friday’s Washington Post — anonymously — to combat Democrats in Congress who are clamoring to file contempt charges against officials who refuse to talk about the firings of nine US [...]
