There is growing grass roots support* for impeachment and some of the Democratic contenders are hinting at it:
On the stump in New Hampshire last week, Democratic presidential contender and former Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Bob Graham said that if George W. Bush made false statements that led the nation into war, there were grounds to impeach him.
James Ridgeway, in this Village Voice piece argues that it is unlikely that Bush will be impeached.
Hmmmm, for the conspiracy theory set Pirates ‘rule the high seas:
Violent acts of piracy at sea have hit an all-time high,…..
The number of reported ship attacks soared 37% to 234 in the first six months of 2003, compared with 171 in the corresponding 2002 period.
Good marketing suggests that this activity should be increasing as a buildup to this.
This will undoubtably be all over the blogosphere for days to come and Josh Marshall and The Apostopher are already talking about tomorrows release of the joint congressional inquiry into 9/11. The snippets these two preview suggest that it will not look pretty for the bushies.
Emma tells us about the importance of libraries, recommends a book and is off on vacation for a few weeks.
Dwight Meredith has more on frivolous lawsuits. But this time not by consumers.
Mike Silverman, Red Letter Day, takes on the California recall petition and the initiative process.
Danial at Trivial Pursuits has transported out of the blogosphere. Have a safe journey.
David Neiwert reminds us that the “anthrax guy” still has not been caught and notes that columnist Dan Thomasson is keeping an eye on the FBI’s fine performance on this case.
Digby sees competing factions manipulating bush.
Bookmark or add this site to your resource roll:
The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment “Library 2000” Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.
A lot of these would not pass muster today and the site has this disclaimer:
This site includes historical materials that may contain negative stereotypes or language reflecting the culture or language of a particular period or place. These items are presented as part of the historical record.
Via Jane Galt at Asymetrical Information.
Is this the goal of liberating Iraq:
Iraqi gypsy children play near their former school, amid rubble that was once their homes, in the Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib, July 12, 2003. The piles of dusty rubble, stretching across a couple of square kilometers on the western fringes of Baghdad, suggest the aftermath of a particularly devastating bombing raid in the Iraq (news – web sites) war. But people from surrounding areas proudly declare they demolished this Gypsy neighborhood with just sledgehammers, shovels and their bare hands after the war was over. (Faleh Kheiber/Reuters)
Emphasis added. Via Yahoo.