Blue Blogs: Worthy Mentions from the Liberal Blogosphere

Crooks& Liars: 'Daily Show: 1994 Dick Cheney vs. Post-9/11 Dick Cheney' - Joncompares the eerily prescient Dick Cheney of 1994 with the Dick Cheney of today.

t’s really amazing to contrast these two Cheneys. The latter Ceney wouldargue that “9/11 changed everything,” but what did Saddam have to do withthose attacks? According to President Bush, nothing. Whatever else you might sayabout Dick Cheney, he is not a dumb guy. The 1994 Dick Cheney was dead on aboutwhat would happen if we toppled Saddam Hussein. Hell, even Bush 41 and BrentScrowcroft advanced the same argument back in 1998. Other than having aPresident whose strings you can pull, what else could have changed Cheney’sworld view since then? I wonder…Readon - With VIDEO and interview

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Treasure of Baghdad: 'NewTactics, Poor Future Plan' - A capricious thing happened recently in

Iraq. Armed men who brutalized and terrorized people changed their strategy tosuddenly help those whom they victimized. The U.S. press seemed to enjoy presenting the avant-garde step these insurgents took. nrecent days, the U.S. has taken a major and different step in fighting terrorists inIraq, dealing tête-à-tête with them. In Baqubah whereal-Qaeda announced its state for instance, Iraqi local insurgents turned againstthis terrorist group whom they befriended for more than three years. Readon...

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ThinkProgress: 'Tony Snow Signals His Resignation, Plus ‘ACouple’ More ‘Coming Up In The Next Month’ - After the recentresignation of Karl Rove, media outlets speculated on what the rest of PresidentBush’s term will look like without “the Architect.” The President is“fighting lame duck status,” reported the AP. In response, White House PressSecretary Tony Snow shot back: “As the president has said many times, he’sgoing to sprint to the tape.” But even Tony Snow doesn’t want to be aroundfor that sprint. In an interview with the conservative Hugh Hewitt show, Snowsignaled that he will not stay until the end of the term. He also mentioned thatthere are “probably a couple” of other high-level resignations “coming upin the next month or so.” Readon...

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NewsHounds: 'Brian Kilmeade and Andrew Napolitano BeginLong Road To Enlightenment With Deepak Chopra' - It was a bit of a shock tosee Deepak Chopra plugging his new book, Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment on Fox& Friends yesterday. Alyson Camarata was familiar with Chopra's work butBrian Kilmeade and Andrew Napolitano were welcoming and attentive but definitelynot in sync. The segment opened with a few seconds of Enya and a shot of atranquil landscape straight from the Hallmark collection. Camarata told Choprathat she had used his relaxation techniques and the Judge added , " Youhelped her get pregnant!." On cue a baby wail was heard as Deepak Choprasmiled tolerantly. Readon... (Comment. Kilmeade is like Little pesty brother Gnat Boy)

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Huffington Postvia WaPo:'White House Doesn't Want Petraeus To Testify Publicly On Iraq' -Washington Post  |  Jonathan Weisman, Karen DeYoung August 16, 2007 08:57 AM

Senior congressional aides said yesterday that the White House has proposed limiting the much-anticipated appearance on Capitol Hill next month of Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker to a private congressional briefing, suggesting instead that the Bush administration's progress report on the Iraq war should be delivered to Congress by the secretaries of state and defense.

White House officials did not deny making the proposal in informal talks with Congress, but they said yesterday that they will not.. Read on ....