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Friday Open Thread

Shelby sends this link and says, "Mike Gravel really is a potted plant. A crazy potted plant we should all be afraid of. I don't know how I can think about engineering at a time like this."

Robert Bork changes his mind about torts.

Is Scooter on his way to prison?

Bruce Schneier has it right again.

Posted by Paula on June 15, 2007 8:51 AM | Permalink

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Trackboy1

Trains!
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2007/06/14/nature_the_lieutenant_governor.html

By Doug Monroe

Say what you will about Casey Cagle, he is the first major Georgia politician to speak out on this issue in years. Transportation is by far the most pressing crisis in metro Atlanta. As a native Atlantan and lifelong Democrat, I have been bitterly disappointed at the lack of vision and leadership from Georgia Democrats on transportation. They could have filled the void left by Georgia’s brainless governor. I’m living with a friend in Stamford, CT, and took the train into New York yesterday. Nice! The governor of Connecticut is fighting to get the Metro North rail line extended to Penn Station. It stops at Grand Central now. One day, we have will those sorts of arguments in metro Atlanta — fighting to extend rail lines, not stop them. It looks like a long way off, but Cagle could ride the train into the governor’s office.

Pork!
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/06/14/0615metaflac.html

A state program designed to help struggling rural communities is putting $4.6 million into the Columbus expansion of one of Georgia's largest and most politically connected companies, Aflac Inc.

The grant was announced recently by the OneGeorgia board, which is headed by Gov. Sonny Perdue and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, two former lawmakers who were in the General Assembly when the economic development program was approved in 2000.

Posted by Trackboy1 | June 15, 2007 9:45 AM

Posted on June 15, 2007 09:45

indie_rock_elitist

joining a Union today.

hell. effing. yes.

Posted by indie_rock_elitist | June 15, 2007 11:51 AM

Posted on June 15, 2007 11:51

MelGX

Is it just me, or are those Gravel ads the most brilliant campaign spots ever?

Posted by MelGX | June 15, 2007 1:10 PM

Posted on June 15, 2007 13:10

shelby

Oh we are SO filming a remake of Gravel's video in the chickensuit.

Posted by shelby | June 15, 2007 1:21 PM

Posted on June 15, 2007 13:21

PaulaG

From an actual White House press conference:

Q: Are there any members of the Bush family or this administration in this war?

SNOW: Yeah, the President. The President is in the war every day.

Q: Come on, that isn’t my question –

SNOW: Well, no, if you ask any president who is a commander in chief –

Q: On the frontlines, wherever…

SNOW: The President.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/14/snow-bush-war/

Posted by PaulaG | June 15, 2007 1:40 PM

Posted on June 15, 2007 13:40

Mouth of the South

I hope Tony Snow acted incredulous that his answer was not accepted as being self-evident. I love when he does that.

Posted by Mouth of the South | June 15, 2007 3:33 PM

Posted on June 15, 2007 15:33

JerryT

Today is the anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta by King John in a meadow at Runnymeade in 1215, from which stems the right of habeus corpus that we value so much, although the formal document called the "Magna Carta" was actually copied over on July 15, presumably without a sword to anyone's throat.

Posted by JerryT | June 15, 2007 7:42 PM

Posted on June 15, 2007 19:42

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