Odds and Ends

I saw Alan Greenspan on the 'Daily Show'. He looks old. Here's the news...

Fresh off of lying to Congress last week (which I think used to be a crime or something), director of national intelligence Mike McConnell went back this week to... apologize for having deceived the nation demand that Congress authorize even more unchecked spying power to the executive branch. View hearing clips: here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Voting rights for Washington DC? The issue, once again, died in the Senate.

Free at last! The NY Times officially ends their pay-subscription 'Select' system.

Conservatives hold 'Values Voter Debate'... and the front-runners wisely stay away.

Gen. Abizaid, formerly of CENTCOM, says "Every effort should be made to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but failing that, the world could live with a nuclear-armed regime in Tehran." He warns against the alarmist hype, saying, "Iran is not a suicide nation."

Finally, journalist warmonger Michael Leeden goes to a Toby Keith concert to hang out with rednecks ("a.k.a. real Americans")... unaware that many "real Americans" do not, in fact, support neverending war. How odd.