Al Greene
“You Ought to Be With Me”

From Politico:

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sharply criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Thursday, after the speaker urged Army Gen. David Petraeus not to “put a shine” on recent events in Iraq when he testifies before Congress next week.

Read the wrap-up of Pelosi’s remarks here. Petraeus, the top military commander in Iraq, will testify before Congress next week.

“Speaker Pelosi’s warning to Gen. Petraeus about his testimony being A-too shiny- says more about her than it does about him,” said Graham in a statement released Thursday afternoon.

“Gen. Petraeus … is one of the most talented, respected military commanders in our nation’s history. I-m confident he will tell us about the gains that have been achieved and the challenges which lie ahead,” Graham said.

“I have no confidence Speaker Pelosi will ever accept anything coming out of Iraq other than a loss.”

But Graham didn’t stop there.

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From the American Prospect:

According to Sen. Lindsey Graham, the Nobel Prize committee was way off base last year. It’s John McCain that should be heralded as the world’s leader on climate change, not Al Gore:

“He’s not going to run away from President Bush but at the end of the day, John McCain has earned a reputation, and has the scars to show it, of doing things that put the country ahead of party,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said, noting McCain has differed with the party on immigration, his desire to close Guantanamo Bay, and enacting robust climate change policies.
“Climate change is the road less traveled but he’s traveled it even more than Al Gore,” Graham said. “Al Gore has talked about it and deserves great recognition but he was around here a long time and never introduced a bill.”

Too bad those are not only delusions of grandeur about his presidential candidate of choice, but they’re also patently false. As Think Progress points out, it was Gore who initiated the first congressional hearings on climate change back in the late 1970s, which was well before McCain was even elected. Gore also helped initiate the Kyoto Protocol, which he symbolically signed in 1998 despite the fact that the Senate (McCain included) didn’t approve it.

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One of my favorite places to hang out.

Poor Mukasey:

Attorney General Michael Mukasey says he never has sought the spotlight, instead living by his parents’ axiom of achieving success by keeping his head down and working hard.

Look where that landed him: at the helm of the Justice Department, defending unpopular Bush administration policies and picking the best among bad options for fighting terrorists and crime.

The irony is not lost on Mukasey, who has begun to settle into the job that he undertook five months ago - one he says he never asked or competed for.

This is still America, sir. You could have declined the offer.

During a Los Angeles news conference, he shut down a reporter who suggested gang members should be considered domestic terrorists and subjected to waterboarding, an interrogation tactic that simulates drowning and is called torture by critics. “I’m not going to talk about interrogation techniques,” Mukasey snapped.

You see, that’s where I think you are a crappy public servant, sir. It is your friggin’ job to talk about it! Any time yout think you’re above the position you hold, then THERE IS THE DOOR!

Bill Maher’s New Rules, 4/4/08

A VOTE FROM THE GRAVE

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FINDING THE EXIT

JESUS KNOWS A CAMEL WHEN HE SEES ONE: WE ARE NOT PASSING THROUGH THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE, AMERICA…..

ASHCROFT DID NOT SIGN OFF ON YOO TORTURE MEMO

OHIO HOSPITAL CONTESTS CLINTON STORY

WINTER SOLDIERS TELL STORIES OF DEHUMANIZATION

OIL REFINERY DEAL SIGNED BETWEEN SYRIA AND CHINA

BUSH CLIMATE NEGOTIATOR FAILS TO ‘UNDERSTAND THE REAL WORLD’

CONTRACTOR SELF-ARREST: HOW REALISTIC IS THIS?

CHINESE POLICE KILL EIGHT AFTER OPENING FIRE ON MONKS

U.S. EXTENDS BLACKWATER CONTRACT IN IRAQ ONE MORE YEAR (gotta get those campaign contributions for the Republicans)

HILLARY CLINTON’S LITTLE NOTICED ISRAEL PROBLEM

52 GIRLS REMOVED FROM TEXAS RELIGIOUS COMPOUND