Odds and Ends

Don't have the time to do these stories justice, but here's a quick runthrough...

Secretary Rice will be attending a regional summit in Egypt to discuss the situation in Iraq later this week and said she would not rule out engaging with her Iranian counterpart. Dick Cheney = pissed.

Speaking of Mideast conflicts a completely new topic, the Washington Post reports that the "Interior Department will announce a proposal Monday to allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters near Virginia that are currently off-limits and permit new exploration in Alaska's Bristol Bay and the Gulf of Mexico". Here's a crazy idea... why not use some of the billion$ we invest in oil drilling to actually try and find a viable, sustainable alternative to oil?

Ohh, I'm sorry, are we still in the permanent denial phase? Nevermind then.

Alberto Gonzales is still hard at work running the Justice Department trying to convince Congress he's functionally retarded: "For the moment, Gonzales' days will be spent in much the same way they have been for most of the spring: preparing to defend himself before Congress..."

Liberal media alert! Time magazine has hired proud Republican suck-up Mark 'Drudge Rules Our World' Halperin.

Finally, in non-political news, hope is out there for victims of Alzheimer's disease.