Hero Or Goat?

Jason Leopold, a journalist who contributes regularly to Truthout reported on Friday that Karl Rove informed top officials in the White House he has been indicted and would resign his post(s) immediately on the forthcoming public announcement by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.

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Lovely Rita

Like many Americans, I’m sure, I sat riveted this evening to the news of Hurricane Rita, another Category 4 weather event bearing 145 MPH winds and possible 20 foot storm surges, churning through the Gulf of Mexico, taking aim on the beleagured Gulf Coast.

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Cry Me A River

George W. Bush, for the first time in his Presidency, accepted responsibility yesterday for the failings of the Federal government.

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A Name Game

I fully intended to sit down tonight and write about the courage of California Senator Barbara Boxer, who stood on the floor of the US Senate today and demanded, alone among her 99 fellow senators, that our government take notice of its democratic obligations.

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