Morning reads

Oh good, things are going so well for Operation Forward Together that the Iraqis are going to dig a moat around Baghdad and no one leaves or enters without the permission of King George's men the democratically elected government. I'm sure glad Bush's continuing occupation of Iraq is spreading all this freedom around.

The base is finally noticing the GOP are spendthrifts and have increased the size of government. But the GOP reminds them it's really the Democrats fault, because, you know, just because they're the party in power of all branches of the government doesn't mean they can override the Dems hithero pathetic attempts at mounting an opposition.

Bush, Iran and (it's hard to add this word to this equation) intelligence. Feels like deja vu all over again.

Ney is the first to fall in the Abramoff corruption scandal. Who will be next? We're unlikely to find out until after November 7th.

Some good press for Left Blogtopia. And funny thing, this author managed to get through a whole article on the Clinton/bloggers luncheon without mentioning Jessica's breasts.