With all this "freedom & democray" breaking loose after the success of the "surge", the mainstream media probably won't publish this bit of "good news" <snark> that came out of Iraq:

http://www6.comcast.net/...

(In fact I saw this on the Comcast.net login page.  If this has beeen diaried let me know so I can take it down.)

Follow me below the fold - it's worse than you can imagine:

The Senate judiciary Committee has voted along party lines to send Pryor's nomination to the full senate:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051200829.html

This account in the WaPo about the siege of an Iraqi village sounds like every soldiers nightmare.  (This was the incicdent where 3 marines died.) The insurgents had armor-piercing ammo and some had flaq vests.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/10/AR2005051000221.html

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We were pretty torqued this week about the pharma-fundi-fascists denying doctor-prescribed birth control and morning-after pills.  Well someone has actully done something about it:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19703-2005Apr1.html

We all have seen how incompetance is rewarded in the republican fantasy world.  Most recently, being the medals of freedom for George "slam-dunk" Tenet, Paul "de-Baathification" Bremer, and Gen. "plenty-of-troops" Franks.  And despite calls for Sec. of Defense Rumsfeld's resignation, Bush tells us he's doing a "remarkable and splendid" job.  Have you stopped to wonder why?

We all loathe and deride Zellout for not switching parties even though he no longer espouses any democratic values.  And we laugh out loud about the republican governator who supports gay rights, abortion rights, and universal healthcare (at least he used to.)

Of course, we all recognize that having this DINO and RINO on at the RNC is part of the Rethuglican effort to appear moderate to swing voters accustomed to the likes Hastert, Delay, and Santorum.  Actually it's not quite that simple...