The Power Monsters Rise Again

The big news today is that Scooter may not have leaked classified information about Valerie Plame, because the VP, in his mind or in some undocumented discussions, may have decided to unclassify the information already.

In a related move, a right wing republican Senator from Ohio (his name rhymes with "da-swine" "de-nyin") has proposed passing legislation to make it legal to ignore existing legislation passed last year to provide judicial oversight of clandestine spying on Americans in America.

Coming at things from the other direction, the UN issued a report calling for the immediate closure of the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay due to it being a torture camp. Of all da nerve. Don't they know we're at war with everyone who is not on our side, and we can do whatever the hell we want? (That brings us back to the power of the administration to make, break, and recast the rules, retroactively of course, to keep us all safe.)

There are other worthy topics... Katrina disaster madness, "new" Abu Ghraib pictures, Iraq death squads, Nepal's Maoist rebels, insulting cartoons, more right wing pressure across England and Europe (they insist they are separate), and bad marks for No Child Left Behind, but you can read the google news as well as anyone, and you sure don't need me to think for you.

More fun later,

Ray