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March 28, 2007 in Links

The six eight pack reduced to four in the state Senate. Call the waaaaaaaaaahmublance!

Speaking of why the House Republicans are annoying, they added “poison pills” to good legislation to ensure they self-destruct should their budget bills be scrapped. A new low, indeed.

Speaking of annoying Republican legislators, state Representative and drunk driver Scott Boggio’s car failed to register itself. In Boggio’s behavior, Jeff Mangan finds evidence for why term limits is a bad idea.

A bill punishing businesses for hiring illegal immigrants bites the dust. If you want to discourage illegal immigration, I think this is the way to do it. If you think we need the cheap labor…well, I guess that’s up to the federal government to hand out guest worker visas.

Green party doomed in Montana. In other news, the sun set in the east this morning.

Tony Snow’s cancer has moved to his liver. Here’s to hoping that Snow’s cancer is just a temporary setback.

John Kerry has a great suggestion on helping Iraq vets and Army reservists: small business loans and tax breaks.

Keith Olbermann slams Tom Delay for comparing liberals to Hitler and his indictment with the Holocaust. Go back to killing cockroaches, Tommy boy.

Jim Webb’s aide busted for carrying the Senator’s 9mm into the Capitol building. For some reason, conservative panties are knotting over Webb’s right to bear arms.

The recently approved House bill funding Iraq, but setting timetables, passed the Senate and force the President into an ugly position of vetoing funding for his war. Why did this happen? Because the people wanted it. (Shane’s take.)

Jon Stewart parses the Iraqi funding bill. Must-watch video.

The media turns on Obama.

Digby, as always, nails it on the media blowback against Edwards’ decision to stay in the race, despite his wife’s illness: “This is one of the characteristics I viscerally loathe in certain members the human species — sanctimonious, busy-body, judgmentalism coming from people who have neither the insight, the perspective or the sensitivity to render any kind of opinion about other people’s personal lives and marriages. And yet they do it, with great confidence in their own ability to see inside other people’s most personal relationships.”

Hm. The Duke Cunningham hijinks appear to head directly to the White House. No wonder why Carol Lam got fired. Thanks, Bill!

The latest links on the prosecutor purge, including some evidence that Americans are keenly interested in the investigation, and that, yes, it’s a “winning” issue for Democrats, despite what the DC pundits claim.

It’s “open warfare” in the Department of Justice, as the infighting begins.

Remember DoJer Monica Goodling, who’s pleading the 5th? Maybe the first question she should be asked is, how did you get the job?

Meanwhile, the swiftboating of attorneys has begun. This time, though, it’s one of their own.

Jon Stewart woodsheds Alberto Gonzalez: “As the parent of a two-and-a-half-year-old, I routinely hear more convincing explanations for how feces got in my DVD player.”

Swiftboater Sam Fox, nominated to be ambassador to Belgium, reaps what he sows.

Meanwhile, an update on the GSA scandal. Democratic Representative Bruce Braley destroys GSA chief Lurita Doan. What’s next? Charges?

With all the scandals, White House officials are eschewing using the official government email accounts. Which is stupid for a number of reasons, the not least of which is that it’s a national security risk.

Kossak Kagro X (who’s quickly becoming one of my favorite bloggers) examines the motivations of the White House using WaPo’s Harold Meyerson’s column as the frame. His conclusion? “This. Is. How. Republicans. ‘Govern.’”

Impeachment talk is moving into the “mainstream.” I do believe impeachment should be a conservative option. That is, it should enjoy a wide base of support that stretches across the partisan divide. Looks like that’s happening.

Why torture doesn’t work: Australians believe David Hicks’ guilty plea was the result of his treatment at Gitmo, not out of sincerely admittance of guilt.

Why are Democrats becoming increasingly popular? Maybe because the GOP is mired in scandals about abusing power for personal financial and political gain, the Democrats are planning to extend the guarantee of liberty. That’s right. The ERA is making a comeback.