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BREAKING Monday AM http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/washington/27cnd-gonzales.html?_r=2&oref=slogin  (h)

Embattled Attorney General Resigns By STEVEN LEE MYERS WACO, Tex., Aug. 27 — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington.

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Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed [...]

By Howard Schneider Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 27, 2007; 9:24 AM

 

Embattled Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has resigned from his post, according to an administration official, ending a controversial cabinet tenure that included clashes with Congress over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys and the nature of efforts to spy on U.S. citizens.

The official said [...]

ZNet, MA

by Anthony DiMaggio

When I look at the Bush administration’s actions in Iraq, I can’t help but be reminded of a scene from the classic film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Consider the parallels, for example, in the scene between Graham Chapman and Michael Palin, where King Arthur (played by Chapman) argues with an [...]

See: Even I Question ‘the Truth’ About 911 By Robert Fisk (From The Independent) http://news.independent.co.uk/fisk/article2893860.ece Then: Check out comments here… http://www.countercurrents.org/fisk260807.htm

This article by Robert Fisk addresses the various 911 theories with a surprise twist. The comments that follow here demonstrate the ongoing temper, pride and dogmatism added onto a number of opposing views.

So I am here addressing the comments rather than [...]

Yahoo! News

Chris Kelly

Sat Aug 25, 6:07 PM ET

Some say the best way to win a debate is to invent a straw man on the other side, and then refute the crazy things they never said. I say those people are wrong.

The problem isn’t using the occasional fictitious opponent in an argument; the problem is that’s [...]

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Pacific Free Press, Canada

Saturday, 25 August 2007

Bush’s Napoleonic Folly

by Juan Cole

French Egypt and American Iraq can be considered bookends on the history of modern imperialism in the Middle East. The Bush administration’s already failed version of the conquest of Iraq is, of course, on everyone’s mind; while the French conquest of Egypt, now more than [...]