Birmingham Blues

I opened up the intertubes a little while ago to find this headline staring at me from my AT&T homepage:
“Boxing great Tyson tells all in film at Cannes”
Part of me would like to ignore the larger message and simply concentrate on the lack of proper capitalization in a title. I’d like to write a [...]

There’s been some attention in the blogosphere this weekend to an AP article detailing government punishment of whistleblowers –we’re talking military confinement and “aggressive” interrogation techniques, not lost jobs. It’s a must-read, but I’d suggest starting with some more background first, in particular “The Great Iraq Swindle”, which details the corruption and profiteering that has [...]

Again with the shock.  I don’t know how many more surprises my poor heart can take.  The White House claimed executive privilege for Rove, but, surprisingly, allowed Scott Jennings to appear.  He’s up now on C-Span 3.  I just clicked over, and it sounds like Jennings is “declining to answer”.

Bush is expected to prevent Karl Rove and Scott Jennings from testifying before Congress.  I know you’re all shocked at his disregard for the law.
/snark

Tony Snow, continuing White House attempts to denigrate Congressional oversight:
On CNN’s The Situation Room, Snow said the White House “will respond in due course” to the Rove subpoena. But he added, “Let me point out that we have actually made Karl Rove available to that committee under conditions where he’s going to tell the truth.” [...]

So reports MSNBC.  More later.

The Committee voted 22-17 to issue contempt citations against Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten.  Now the recommendation goes to the full House, with a vote likely to take place after the August recess.  It was a party-line vote, and I must say I’m disappointed in the Republicans on the Committee, who continue to enable Bush’s efforts to [...]

They’ll vote on whether to cite former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten for refusing to honor congressional subpoenas.  As usual, TPM Muckraker has great coverage.  And you can watch (online or TV) on C-Span 3.  The extensive report prepared by the committee supporting the charges is here [...]