Unreal

It's amazing to me that Republicans will sacrifice the lives of Americans solely to get elected. Basically, that's what they're doing by presenting this "front" when they stand for the Iraq War. They don't care because they never served, their kids won't serve, and if it helps them get more money in their pockets, so be it.

States' Rights?

Not so much:

The U.S. government has sued the New Jersey Attorney General's office on grounds of security concerns to prevent it from asking telephone companies if they gave customer call records to the National Security Agency.

The government wants to stop the disclosure of confidential and sensitive information, according to the lawsuit filed in Trenton, New Jersey on Wednesday, a day before phone companies were due to reply to subpoenas issued by the New Jersey attorney general.

"Compliance with the subpoenas issued by those officers would first place the carriers in a position of having to confirm or deny the existence of information that cannot be confirmed or denied without causing exceptionally grave harm to national security," the lawsuit said.

New Jersey Attorney General Zulima Farber sent subpoenas to AT&T, Verizon Communications Inc., Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel and Qwest Communications International Inc. on May 17 asking if they had cooperated with the NSA.


The suit charged that New Jersey's attorney general issued the subpoenas without proper authorization from the federal government. The lawsuit named AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Qwest and Cingular, a venture of AT&T and BellSouth, as defendants as well as Farber and other New Jersey officials.

These crooks will cover every base, and will make sure there is never an investigation until at least 2008, if we're lucky.

Right and Wrong

Apparently, this man can see the difference:

Virginia Democrats selected a former Republican to challenge GOP Sen. George Allen in the November election.

James Webb is a former Reagan administration Navy secretary who left the Republican Party over the Iraq war. Web defeated lobbyist and longtime Democratic Party activist Harris Miller after a bruising primary.

Allen, a former governor and the son of a Hall of Fame NFL coach, is frequently mentioned as a potential presidential candidate in 2008.

Of course, Mr. Allen will probably hide the fact that he's a racist flag waiver.

Baghdad

Alright, I'll admit, I was wrong. I think the indiscriminate carpet bombing of Iraq is a great idea, as long as it takes place today.

Unfair

I think it's unfair to criticize Ben Roethlisberger for not wearing a helmet. I mean, afterall, he always has to wear one at work. It must get annoying.

I wonder if he'll still be referred to as "heady?"

Legend

Eric Wynalda, former US Soccer player, and true US soccer legend, made a great call on ESPN today.

After President Bush called US Coach Bruce Arena to wish the team luck, ESPN went back to the studio where Alexi Lalas, Julie Foudy, and Wynalda looked in with host Reece Davis. Lalas said he thought it was great that the President said, "Give 'em hell..."

Following that, Wynalda said, "Well, if it's gonna be a war today, that's the guy who knows something about that." Davis slightly warned Wynalda to watch out.