{"id":756,"date":"2005-01-04T09:13:18","date_gmt":"2005-01-04T13:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=756"},"modified":"2005-01-04T09:13:18","modified_gmt":"2005-01-04T13:13:18","slug":"huh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"huh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colin Powell, in the waning moments of his less than illustrious service as Secretary of State, is doing a PR tour<\/a> of disaster-stricken Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka with Jeb Bush, of all people. I see Jeb nudging some frantic official and with a wink, saying, “Tough for you that your brother isn’t facing re-election and this isn’t a battleground state, huh.”<\/p>\n

Speaking from Thailand to the BBC<\/em><\/a>, Powell expressed regret upon hearing of the assassination of the governor of Baghdad, Ali al-Haidri, and said this would not interfere with Iraq’s elections this month. If only Bush & Co., and the Americans<\/a> enforcing this occupation, acquiesced to the will of the majority as Powell did when he resigned his post.<\/p>\n

And acting on a request from Tom DeLay<\/a>, House Republicans have voided their recent reversal of a rule that would have removed dear leader from his command post, if indicted on an ethics violation.<\/p>\n

They still plan to introduce rule changes today that will effectively remove accountability for scoundrels like DeLay, and according to Common Cause<\/a>, Dennis Hastert may be replacing Rep. Joel Hefley with Rep. Lamar S. Smith, a contributor to DeLay’s defense fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more, take action, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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