Review Session

Let's review some of the things we've learned...

-That President Bush was personally briefed on the 'grave danger' of a 'catastrophe within a catastrophe' in New Orleans before Katrina hit and that the levees could be breached, then completely failed to act (or even notice for days) when it happened, and then lied to ABC's Diane Sawyer and said "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees".

-That as early as January 25, 2001 the Bush administration was briefed on the dangers of Al Qeada and what a priority dealing with them should be.

-That the Bush administration's secret spying activities are far more broader than have been revealed previously, that their legal justification for said activities have changed over time, and that previous statements/testimony made to the contrary have been misleading at best.

These are all things I have learned- in the past 24 hours.

I don't know how much more my poor brain can take (no wonder more Americans would rather pay attention to the Simpsons and American Idol than this stuff). I am old enough (26 years young) to remember the olden days when obstructing justice to cover marital infidelity was enough to get a President impeached. That was a long time ago, of course, so I'm sure we have different standards now. Greg Saunders is right... if we lived in a parliamentary government, we would've had a vote of 'no confidence' by now and we'd be rid of this man. In our democracy, though, we're stuck with him unless Congress can be convinced to hold King George accountable for all that he has done.