Odds and Ends

It's St. Patrick's Day weekend... go really green!! Meanwhile, here's the news-

The Democrats' Iraq war withdrawal bill gets cockblocked in the Senate again.

Valerie Plame testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, stating "In the run-up to the war with Iraq, I worked in the Counterproliferation Division of the CIA, still as a covert officer whose affiliation with the CIA was classified." She discussed the impact of her outing.

Iran gets a lot of new sanctions thrown on it over its nuclear program...

...And it looks like the Sudan is next!

The home mortgage business is a temperamental mistress causing trouble everywhere.

Army Corps of Engineers still working on New Orleans pumps; will get it right this time.

Finally, Howard Dean to the rest of the world: Bush'll be gone soon. Then we can make up.