| HISTORIC WEEK FOR THE RNC?
Former
Bush Official Indicted in Probe WASHPOST:
Texas Prosecutor Cites New Input on DeLay High
Gasoline Prices Blamed for Record-High Past-Due Credit Card Payments White
House under siege after DeLay's downfall Justice
Department Releases List of Pardons Granted by President Bush REPUBLICAN
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER bill frist UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION CONSUMER
WATCHDOG: Frist Made At Least Two Million On Insider Stock Sale --- New Details
On HCA Insider Knowledge Emerge BUSINESSWEEK:
DeLay's Woes: The GOP's Tipping Point? The House Majority Leader's indictment
is the latest in a rash of problems for Republicans. Voters may start seeing them
as aloof and arrogant CAPITOL
HILL BLUE: “It’s like working in an insane asylum,” says one White
House aide. “People walk around like they’re in a trance. We’re
the dance band on the Titanic, playing out our last songs to people who know the
ship is sinking and none of us are going to make it.” DeLay
Court Appearance Set for Late Oct.
Miller
Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Probe - Vice President's Chief of
Staff named (yeah two months ago along with Bush's Deputy Chief of Staff Karl
Rove)
Troops
Still Waiting for Body Armor ReimbursementsGeneral
Pulls Back on Iraq Withdrawal: Testimony Before Congressional Panels Draws Questions ABCNEWS:
Did Troops Trade Photos of Iraq Dead for Porn? CBS:
Undeclared Civil War In Iraq Attacks
in Iraq Kill 16, Including 5 Teachers US
forced to import bullets from Israel as troops use 250,000 for every rebel killed
New
guns, new drive for Taliban
Bush
Urges Motorists to Conserve Gas: President Warns of 'Fragile' Balance Between
Oil Supply and DemandBrown
Still On FEMA Payroll How
to halt a hurricane: first spill oil, then seed clouds 
Oliver
Stone's September 11 film to premiere on August 11 China
to use satellite to peep on panda sex AP:
It's August in Crawford, Texas, and President Bush is on vacation. His poll ratings
are slumping. He hears warnings of a looming crisis that will soon change the
course of his presidency---Is this August 2001? Or August 2005?
AP:
A Pentagon employee was ordered to destroy documents that identified Mohamed Atta
as a terrorist two years before the 2001 attacks, a congressman said Thursday.
TELLIN
IT LIKE IT IS: Bill Maher: Mr. President "On Your Watch, We've Lost Almost
All Of Our Allies, The Surplus, Four Airliners, Two Trade Centers, A Piece Of
The Pentagon And The City Of New Orleans”... Bush
support is near lowest ever, poll says WASHPOST:
House Republicans derailed Democratic attempts on Wednesday to force the Bush
administration to surrender documents on prewar intelligence and the disclosure
of the identity of a CIA operative. HURRICANE KATRINA STUFF WSJ:
Katrina Erodes Support
In U.S. for Iraq War Who's
in Charge? Karl Rove! Could
humans tackle hurricanes? Bush
on Katrina response: 'I take responsibility' Bush's
Approval Rating Drops To New Low in Wake of Storm---He Says Race Didn't Affect
Efforts; Blacks in Poll Disagree Doctors
working in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans killed critically ill patients rather
than leaving them to die in agony as they evacuated hospitals, The Mail on Sunday
can reveal. MSNBC:
New FEMA boss is 'Duct Tape Man' New
Orleans strip joint wants to get back to work NEWSWEEK:
How Bush Blew It --- Bureaucratic timidity. Bad phone lines. And a failure of
imagination. Why the government was so slow to respond to catastrophe. President
Bush Meets the Press in New Orleans, Admits 'Sense of Relaxation' After Hurricane
Hit WSJ:
Repub. Rep: "We Finally Cleaned Up Public Housing In New Orleans. We Couldn't
Do It, But God Did"...
Bush
chooses new FEMA director --- Career firefighter, ranking FEMA official will replace
Mike Brown Investigators
to Monitor Katrina Contracts La.
Asks Filmmakers to Keep Working There Poll:
Respondents dissatisfied with Katrina response Tricky
Dick Cheney: "I think we are in fact on our way to getting on top of the
whole Katrina exercise..."---exercise??? ABC
NEWS: Some Question Pat Robertson's Katrina Charity : Operation Blessing Is Second
on FEMA's List for Donations for Hurricane Victims USATODAY:
Firms with Bush-Cheney ties clinching Katrina deals WASHPOST:
Five of eight top Federal Emergency Management Agency officials came to their
posts with virtually no experience in handling disasters and now lead an agency
whose ranks of seasoned crisis managers have thinned dramatically since the Sept.
11, 2001, attacks. 
Gore
airlifts victims from New Orleans: Former vice president chartered two private
aircraft Aquarium
animals to be airlifted out of New Orleans: Most of facility's 10,000 fish did
not survive Hurricane Katrina Katrina
May Cost As
Much As Two Wars Feds
Drop Media Ban on Katrina Recovery GOP
Texas Gov. Perry Appearing With Minister Who Says God Sent Katrina To “Purify
Our Nation” Of Sins, Homosexuality… AP:
FEMA Chief Waited until After Storm Hit FEMA
PRESS RELEASE: "First Responders Urged Not To Respond To Hurricane Impact
Areas Unless Dispatched By State, Local Authorities" TIME:
How Reliable Is Brown's Resume? A TIME investigation reveals discrepancies in
the FEMA chief's official biographies Disbelief
- Former FEMA Officials Speak Out Poll:
Bush Didn't Do Enough in Katrina Response Guardsmen
'played cards' amid New Orleans chaos: police official Commander:
Military Role in Relief Swells BBC
reporter Matt Wells: “The only difference between the chaos of New Orleans
and a Third World disaster operation is that a foreign dictator would have responded
better.”
CONSTRUCTION
: Halliburton hired for storm cleanup ---who
else do you think is in a good position to rebuild all those damaged off-shore
oil rigs... Halliburton
Subsidiary Taps Contract For Repairs
Failure
of the government in hurricane planning and relief could hurt Bush, Republican
Party Anne
Rice Criticizes Katrina Response New
Orleans bar keeps doors open through catastrophe 
Hillary
Clinton calls for 9/11-type 'Katrina Commission' Louisiana
Gov: ‘Shoot To Kill’Louisiana Gov: ‘Shoot To Kill’ Speaker
of the House Dennis Hastert: ‘Bulldoze, Don’t Rebuild It’ NEWORLEANS:
Strain of Iraq War Means the Relief Burden Will Have to Be Shared Police:
Miss. Man Kills Sister Over Bag Of Ice Britney
Spears Prays for Hurricane Victims Donald
Rumsfeld to Appear on 'Letterman' Karen
Hughes Wants Fourth Anniversary Of 9/11 To “Remind The World That It's About
More Than America”… BUSINESSWEEK:
Poverty rate rises to 12.7 percent U.S.
Ranks 12th Among Richest Nations for Foreign Aid New
Orleans 80 pct flooded; dike breach letting in lake water - officials Looting
Takes Place in View of La. Police
‘World’s
most dangerous man’ volunteers expertise
The
FCC's cable crackdown SMOKING
GUN: NYPD's Secret Hip-Hop Dossier The
rapper Game says he was kicked out of a major fashion convention in Las Vegas
on Tuesday because organizers thought he was involved in the shooting of Suge
Knight and feared retaliation. US
Cracks Down on Dangerous Drug Methamphetamine --- arrests
made in over 200 cities Garfunkel
Faces Another Pot Charge in NY UAE:
Michael Jackson Relaxes in Visit to Dubai
Now
How Much Would You Pay for Ronco? $55 Million---Ron Popeil has sold his firm,
but the pitchman says that gives him time to invent more products.Stefani's
Little L.A.M.B. Hitting Big Time
Filesharing
traffic leads Internet WIRED:
A tiny robot called the "Bat-Bot" can use echolocation just like flesh-and-blood
bats to distinguish one type of plant from another -- something most of us couldn't
do with a guidebook and magnifying glass. 
A
new comic book series aimed at young conservatives envisions a dark liberal dystopia---New
Comic Book Stars Sean Hannity, Oliver North, Gordon Liddy Fighting Liberalism...
those
3 arent's heroes...the comic could very well be called "the a$$hole convention." CBSNEWS:
9/11 Accusations Fly Within CIA --- AGAIN,
people need to look closer at Rumsfeld, Rice, Cheney and Rove if you want to investigate.
The
Mars Spirit rover has reached a milestone moment in its exploration of the Red
Planet.
Scientists
discover life-extending protein in mice to slow ageing in men: the Klotho protein,
which extends male rodents' lives by 31 percent bbc:
Scientists probe anti-ageing gene
9
of 10 people surveyed in an AP-Ipsos poll say it's OK for war opponents to publicly
share their concerns about the conflict.
Cindy
Sheehan Planning Anti-War Bus Tour
Howard
Stern Begs To Be Fired...
Sirius
Stern channel debuts next month Axl
Rose Sued by Former Bandmates Crowe
Reaches Settlement With Hotel Worker Postal
Worker Charged in Coffee Urine Case
A
Doll That Can Recognize Voices, Identify Objects and Show Emotion
LONDONTELEGRAPH:
Iraq on brink of meltdownThe
fuel behind Iran's nuclear drive--- "the first nuclear reactor given to Iran
was given by the United States in 1967"
Hawaii
first state to cap oil prices LATIMES:
A CIA Cover Blown, a White House Exposed 'L.A.Times'
Offers Mammoth Piece On Plame Leak CIA
9/11 watchdog review calls for disciplinary proceedings --- the
agency can only do what the Executive branch authorizes...they're the ones who
need disciplinary proceedings
 
Mohamed
Atta Senior in U.S. Two Weeks Before 9.11 Attack Errors
of Commission: The hijacking of the probe into the 9-11 hijackers
Televangelist
Calls for Chavez' Death Chavez
Criticizes U.S. From Castro's Side FLASHBACK:
Venezuela threatens anew to turn off oil spigot to US
Bush
Begins 5-Day Push to Defend Iraq War 
The
US space agency's robotic rover Spirit is approaching the summit of a hill it
has been climbing on Mars since the end of last year. BELGRADE:
700 kilos of mud stolen from bankrupt mine Powell
aide regrets U.N. speech CSMONITOR/IRAQ:
Does it matter if you call it a civil war? WASHPOST:
Militias Wresting Control Across Iraq's North and South: Residents Tell of Growing
Climate of Fear Nebraska
Sen. Chuck Hagel (R): “We're Not Winning”...“We Are Locked Into
A Bogged-Down Problem” Like Vietnam... WASHPOST:
Army Planning for Four More Years in Iraq 
Iraq
TV's 'Cops' breaks new ground At
War in Bomb Field, at Peace in Field of Dreams Pro-war
lobby rallies at Bush ranch
In
Letter to Friend, Saddam Casts Himself As Martyr for Iraqi, Palestinian Causes CNN
Makes News with WMD Special, But Press Deserves Blame, Too U.S.
base panel seen refusing some Pentagon closings British
Columbia: Man Finds Smallpox Vaccine At Yard Sale
Israeli
Soldiers Surround Gaza Synagogue Oklahoma
City: FBI Investigating Local Homeland Security Agents---Up To Six Accused Of
Assault, Torture
Bush
Approval Below 50% in 41 States 
Rare
August White House Briefing: Cindy Sheehan, the Pope, and Lance Armstrong Bookworm
Bush's holiday reading The
Bush administration's
Top 40 Lies about war and terrorism New
poll reflects growing U.S. worry over Iraq Anti-war
protester Sheehan to move campsite New
worms hit U.S. media outlets, companies 
What
else would you do with 15 million ice cream sticks?
Dole:
Protect Journalists Who Hide Sources 21
Administration Officials Involved In Plame Leak: The cast of administration characters
with known connections to the outing of an undercover CIA agent $7.5M
Awarded to Study Electronic Voting LATIMES:
Standing on the Shoulders of Perjury Law AP:
Bush Approval a Low for Two-Term Leaders: Reagan was at 57 percent at this stage
of his presidency and Clinton was at 61 percent, according to Gallup polling at
the time.
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