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Lieberman concedes to Lamont;Vows to run as independent...

Sens said Lieberman would be on his own if he lost

Hank Johnson declares victory over Rep McKinney

McKinney campaign claiming name left off ballots...

Evangelicals find hope in mid-east warReligious leaders excited that rating scale is 13 points above 'Apocalypse.'

'Rape' platoon got high on cough syrupTroops 'driven nuts' from stress; 20+ die amid Baghdad violence today.

Turf wars still plague Homeland SecurityCritics say after nearly 5 years, fight against terrorism a chaotic work in progress.

Israel shuts down southern LebanonThreatens to blast moving vehicles; 800 people have died in 4 weeks of fighting.

Another top general says "civil war this, civil war that" by Joe in DC - 8/08/2006 11:07:00 AM
You'd think that when top generals are talking about the danger of Iraq erupting in to civil war, the President might listen. Well, that's what you'd think if we had a real President, not Bush. Think Progress has a clip of ABC's interview with General George Casey (the top U.S. commander in Iraq) who said civil war is "possible" and the "most significant threat." Instead, you may recall that just yesterday Bush blew off what "people say" about civil war:
Yesterday, President Bush dismissed the concerns expressed by Casey and other Generals. Bush said “You know, I hear people say, Well, civil war this, civil war that. The Iraqi people decided against civil war when they went to the ballot box.”Abizaid, Casey and the other generals warn of civil war in Iraq. Bush hears yadda, yadda, yadda.

George Bush, the lame duck of destruction by John in DC - 8/08/2006 10:12:00 AM
From MilitaryWeek.com:
The evangelical in the White House crossed a milestone this week.For the rest of the world, this milestone passes largely unnoticed in the midst of Middle East fear, death, and destruction in Iraq, in Gaza and the occupied territories, and now in Lebanon. Specifically taking a back seat to the Israeli-Hezbollah war is the ongoing and tragic status of American-occupied Iraq.But in Washington, history was made when George W. Bush finally, and for the first time, used his presidential veto power to reject a piece of legislation from his loyal Congress.The veto, as Bush explained in a public ceremony framed by chattering toddlers, was done to prevent American taxpayers from being “… compelled to fund the deliberate destruction of human embryos.'He went on, “Crossing this line would be a grave mistake and would needlessly encourage a conflict between science and ethics that can only do damage to both and harm our Nation as a whole.'Science and ethics are two areas where George W. Bush cannot be accused of knowing too much, thinking too deeply, nor retaining even a shadow of personal humility....

Another massive privacy violation by John in DC - 8/08/2006 09:03:00 AM
That's two this week, and it's only Tuesday.