Thanks, Mr. Prez
Deciding that a war of words alone with Congressional Democrats wasn’t getting anything done, the President announced today that he was lifting the executive order that solidified the ban on domestic offshore drilling – an executive ban originally put in place by his father:
It’s over!!!!!!
The FISA bill has passed in the Senate! Bush is expected to sign it within days! We have lost all our rights because the telecoms will soon be immune from lawsuits related to warrantless wiretapping!  The world is coming to an end! Help!!!!!!
Rep. Murtha steps in it again
First, there was the without-merit accusation that “… it looks like it’s the policy of our troops to do something like this” he made in response to the allegations that several Marines deliberately shot and killed 24 innocent civilians in Haditha in November 2005. This is a position he hasn’t backed down on, even though the charges against all seven of the eight Marines charged have been dismissed (Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich is expected to be court martialed in the fall).
Harry Reid: “Coal makes us sick, oil makes us sick”
I’m a little late in linking up to this recent alarmist quote from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, but better late than never:
From the “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” department
USAF vet and ofttimes embedded blogger Jeff Emanuel reports on the latest Democrat “mix-up” on using images of foreign troops. This time it’s anti-war Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-FL) who mistakenly used an image of a Soviet WWII veteran in a “pro-troop” flyer distributed in May.