Rudy: Corrupt and cavalier, and then more

If your Republican friends are trending toward Rudy, here’s something you should feed them: it's a link to The Real Rudy.

It's a news release from the Florida Democratic Party on why Rudy wasn’t paying attention much to the 9/11 Commission back in 2002 – he was busy getting filthy rich, and in dubious fashion. And there’s a neat Florida link to this story. Go check out the FlaDems news release and don’t neglect to follow the links therein to the Time Magazine and New York Times articles.

It makes me cringe at the way big money and fears of terrorism will work together with the industry devoted to data mining. The result could be a United States with a thoroughly controlled citizenry and a disastrous appetite for unending war.

There. Scary enough?

Bill Maher vs First Amendment

In case you haven't seen it elsewhere.

9/11 reading hits the spot

DailyKos hit the spot this morning. One rather technical post on polling showed the way the public is trending against the war, and in it was the observation that the math in Congress requires that Republican members of Congress abandon the Bush warpath before we can end the war/pull troops back.

The very next post was fresh news that a Republican member of the House, Jim Walsh of NY-25, was abandoning the Bush warpath. Now that’s a satisfying read. And by the way, today is 9/11 of 2007.