I’m cancelling my vacation plans to Diego Garcia.

The Washington Post reports that the failure of House Democrats to allow a vote on the terrorist surveillance law reduced cooperation from the telcos last week: Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell and Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey said in a letter sent yesterday afternoon to Capitol Hill that the companies were refusing to cooperate because they were uncertain about what legal liability they might face. “We have lost intelligence information this past week as

Josh Marshall warns of the grave threat the US military poses to our democracy: It would appear that we have another case where the Bush Pentagon, particularly the Office of Public Affairs is forcefully inserting itself into the civilian election process. Put aside the fact that Marshall does not reference any prior instance to justify his claim that this is “another” instance, let alone his later claim that there is a

Worst songs of the nineties (slideshow).  Most of them really are pretty dreadful. No music, but earworm alert, anyhow. 

Ray Robison at American Thinker, h/t B Moe: This new scandal recalls the early 2007 incident in which the Speaker promoted a minimum wage hike that would include all U.S. areas except American Samoa. Some large companies with canneries in Samoa are headquartered in the Speaker’s district. Amgen is a powerhouse in Northern California, with a significant presence in the Speaker’s district. That fact mirrors the Samoa controversy in which

Taking stock: OBAMA: You know, I’ve heard from an Army captain who was the head of a rifle platoon — supposed to have 39 men in a rifle platoon. Ended up being sent to Afghanistan with 24 because 15 of those soldiers had been sent to Iraq.   And as a consequence, they didn’t have enough ammunition, they didn’t have enough humvees. They were actually capturing Taliban weapons, because it was

Yesterday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ran a story reporting that security details at Sen. Barack Obama’s rally Wednesday stopped screening people for weapons at the front gates more than an hour before the Democratic presidential candidate took the stage at Reunion Arena in Dallas. The left side of the blogosphere found it scary — no, wait, terrifying, not to mention mind-blowing, a serious lapse in security, and cause for investigations and dismissals,

Dan, I hate to be the one to pass on this news if you’re not aware yet.  I came home to find Keith’s obituary in the Caller-Times today.  It says he passed away in Austin, so at least he was in a good place with close connections to the good place up above. My heart goes out to you as you mourn a man who obviously meant a great deal to

At last night’s Democratic debate, Sen. Barack Obama  made the following claim: OBAMA: You know, I’ve heard from an Army captain who was the head of a rifle platoon — supposed to have 39 men in a rifle platoon. Ended up being sent to Afghanistan with 24 because 15 of those soldiers had been sent to Iraq. And as a consequence, they didn’t have enough ammunition, they didn’t have enough humvees. They

I’m going to Disney World! Ha. In the wake of the liberal awakening over Clinton spin and misrepresentation, comes this eye-opener regarding MoveOn: Move-On just sent its Denver members an e-mail asking them to host an Obama party on Sunday where everyone brings a cell phone: On Sunday, March 2, we’re holding the biggest phone bank in presidential primary history. Folks everywhere will come to parties armed with cell phones—ready