Mars, again, Bitches!

Exploit, attack, create false choice. That's how the Republican's do business.

Republican's Confidential Strategy Memo For Thursday’s Iraq Debate:

"ThinkProgress has obtained a “Confidential Messaging Memo” from Boehner instructing his caucus to conduct a very different kind of deliberation. Here’s a quick summary:

1. Exploit 9/11. The two page memo mentions 9/11 seven times. It describes debating Iraq in the context of 9/11 as “imperative.”

2. Attack opponents ad hominem. The memo describes those who opposes President Bush’s policies in Iraq as “sheepish,” “weak,” and “prone to waver endlessly.”

3. Create a false choice. The memo says the decision is between supporting President Bush’s policies and hoping terrorist threats will “fade away on their own."

Rove's a Rat

Analysis: Telling FBI the truth saved Rove

"WASHINGTON - The decision not to charge Karl Rove shows there often are no consequences for misleading the public.

In 2003, while Rove allowed the White House to tell the news media that he had no role in leakingValerie Plame'sCIA identity, the presidential aide was secretly telling theFBI the truth."

Heckuva jo...... oh, nevermind.

Poll: U.S. in Iraq Clouds Mideast Stability

The presence of U.S. troops in Iraq is a greater threat to Mideast stability than the government in Iran, according to a poll of European and Muslim countries.

People in Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Russia rated America's continuing involvement in Iraq a worse problem than Iran and its nuclear ambitions, according to polling by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Views of U.S. troops in Iraq were even more negative in countries like Indonesia, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and Pakistan.

My stance regarding Coulter and this blog is that I would never allow her name to sully AAW. After her last leap into profit making insanity, I felt I needed to ding her somehow. Luckily, Henry Rollins has written a letter to Ann. Take it away, Henry:

DownWithTyranny!: HENRY ROLLINS' MASH NOTE TO ANNE COULTER

Mars, Bitches!

Hawking says space colonies needed:

"HONG KONG - The survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe because there's an increasing risk that a disaster will destroy the Earth, world-renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking said Tuesday.

Humans could have a permanent base on the moon in 20 years and a colony on Mars in the next 40 years, the British scientist told a news conferenc