Mark Kleiman takes a look at Ariana Huffington and California’s Proposition 187.
Get a preview of bush’s Oregon vacation and the surrounding issues at Pacific Views.
Brett Marston has a long and interesting piece on Tom Delay and the constituion (and, no, that is not a complete oxymoron).
FDR fans might not want to read David Bernstein’s discussion of FDR’s ‘inexplicable popularity’. Links to plenty more reading material.
Good Night!
Bilmon doesn’t think the US has the stuff anymore to take out a president:
Here in land of the fairly free and the not-so-brave, that wouldn’t make much difference, I suppose, since we seem to have lost our taste for White House scandal — not to White House accountability — once Bill Clinton put his slick willy back in his pants. But the British appear to still take these things fairly seriously.
But if Blair really does fall can you imagine the new set of lies and misdirection we will be subject to as the Republican controlled House and Senate dodge their responsibility.
And then again, the bushies may have laid the groundwork for trying to pull their fat out of the fire:
Senior officials in the Bush administration believe Kay’s weapons discoveries should have been revealed as they were made. However, a decision, approved by President Bush, was made to wait until more was discovered and then announce it — probably in September.
See The Left Coaster for more details on Blair’s travails.
Here’s the next to last paragraph from William Pitt’s editorial at trouthout.org:
Understand that the difference between these two groups – the Bush crew, and the men and women of the VFP – is the difference between what America is, and what America should be. Consider the experiences, the motivations, the actions, the sacrifices. Decide whether you want to spend your life afraid, or whether you will overcome that fear to reach the greatest victory of your life. Decide where you stand.
Read the whole thing, think about the bushies, think about Kennedy, think about the VFP folks and Brian Wilson then, as Jerome, Badattitudes, suggests take a look at this picture.
Check out these photos of many weird and not so weird musical groups. Philippe Carly, the photographer, says:
You will find here my entire collection of concert and candid photos of popular and not so popular “rock”, “new wave” and “punk” groups from the 70s, 80s and 00s
As of today he has 10,214 photos up.
Via Jen at Circadian Shift.
Want to keep track of the California recall election? Find news stories, polling results and good links at RealClear Politics.
Via Virginia Postrel.