Bill O’Reilly:

post from Think Progress on 31 January 2007 11:57:00 PM. © Think Progress

“You know that the Fondas and [Sean] Penns are going to say, ‘Listen, I’m as American as you are…I just see things differently.’ And I’m willing to give them the benefit of that doubt. I don’t want to say that they’re anti-American.” Moments earlier:

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Open Thread

post from Crooks and Liars on 31 January 2007 11:30:52 PM. © Crooks and Liars

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Late Nite FDL: Damn Straight

post from Firedoglake on 31 January 2007 11:30:12 PM. © Firedoglake

I consider this to be a positive development (via Carpetbagger):I’ve often thought there should be some kind of consequence for Fox News’ more ridiculous behavior. Apparently, I’m not the only one.These are chilly days on Capitol[...]

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Children of Men

post from Eschaton on 31 January 2007 11:27:00 PM. © Eschaton

Jeebus, I liked that movie better the first time I read the story... when it was called Atlas Shrugged.

Slight spoilers, highlight text to read:

And, no, that's not an entirely fair comparison, but the basic framework of the whole society is a mess and people of all political stripes are screwed up and the only hope of progress comes from a bunch of possibly mythical smart people who have dropped out of society and are holed up in an isolated location was still eerily reminiscent.

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He's Good Enough, He's Smart Enough

post from Eschaton on 31 January 2007 11:10:00 PM. © Eschaton

And doggone it, he's going to make a run for the Senate.

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Late Night Thread

post from Eschaton on 31 January 2007 11:06:00 PM. © Eschaton

Discuss.

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C&Ls Late Nite Music Club wishes a Happy Birthday
to Schubert

post from Crooks and Liars on 31 January 2007 11:05:01 PM. © Crooks and Liars

Happy birthday, Justin Timberlake. I'm sure someone would like to hear one of your songs on the occasion of your 26th birthday.But not me.It's also Franz Schubert's birthday; he was born in 1797 (and died in 1828). Unlike Justin, Schubert's work went unrecognized and unrewarded while he lived. In fact, he lived and died in [...]

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Open Thread and Diary Rescue

post from Daily Kos on 31 January 2007 11:03:12 PM. © Daily Kos

(Tonight’s selections are brought to you courtesy of the Rescue Rangers. SusanG)

Tonight's first 3 diarists engage their readers with original writing and storytelling at its best (--BentLiberal):

In A girl I know, first-time diarist David R tells a compelling story about the trap of low-income health insurance. (paragraph)

KAMuston shares some lighthearted speculation on the coming Apocalypse in Doomsday Will Be A Little Early This Year. (paragraph)

kay dubconfesses in "This is all my fault!" to having been the reason for many lost causes. (ybruti)

If you're a fan of factual, well-written and politically relevant diaries, feast upon these: I know I did.

NNadir continues to challenge our perception of radioactive things with Profile of "A Dangerous Nuclear Waste:" Cesium Part 2. This is a series worth trying to get your head around. (Unitary Moonbat)

Daveparts brings up the subject of overpopulation in his thoughtful diary The More Inconvenient Truth. (ybruti)

Chalmers Johnson on 'Empire v. Democracy' by Rockridge describes the effect of imperial ambitions (like 737 bases in 130 counties) on the U.S. itself. (ybruti)

PaulVa shines a light on the hypocrisy of executive contracts in Waging Class Warfare Through Double Standards. (nyc in exile)

These next two are no less than informational epics - thoroughly researched and impeccably written.

eOz walks us through recent political history, from the cruelty of the Regan years to the tyrannical corporatism of the current administration, in his ongoing series Countdown To No Confidence: T-50 Days. (nyc in exile)

GreyHawk shows GW who really gets to decide in "From the Consent of the Governed." (nyc in exile)

Finally...Carnacki picks up where GreyHawk left off concerning "who serves whom" followed up by excellent takes on Libertarianism, the recent peace marches, the GAO and the profit motive.

Carnacki is angry about the Imperial Vice Presidency, and is demanding some answers while reminding us of just who works for who in our ostensibly-democratic arrangement. (Unitary Moonbat)

First-time diarist Dharmajim has A Libertarian Perspective to tell you about Ð you may not agree with all the author's arguments, but you will have your thoughts provoked. (Unitary Moonbat)

Another first-timer: astor column presents a nice compilation of links regarding CPL Josh Sparling: Pics of him at the Demo w/Freepers, and proceeds to spit Michelle Malkin's latest cause for rabid indignation back in her face. (Unitary Moonbat)

In GAO provides critical oversight questions in Iraq Security Report the Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) has recently put a number on the cost of the Iraq War, as well as issued a statement that "Future Iraq Costs are Likely to be Condiderable". phreephallin believes that these costs predict disaster for the President's surge plan.(vcmvo2)

Robert Feinman ponders a 21st century less dependent on the profit motive in Goal 16: Develop Non-material Life Goals. Intriguing enough that I may have to go back and read the whole series of goals, despite my B- in economics. (Erika)

Tonight's Rescue Rangers were paragraph, Unitary Moonbat, ybruti, nyc in exile, vcmvo2 and Erika, with BentLiberal as editor.

sardonyx has tonight's Top Comments diary.

Add your favorite diaries from the past 24 hours and use as an open thread.

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Waste in the Reconstruction of Iraq

An audit tells us what's been happening during the "see no evil" years of Republican congressional rule:

"Our troops are going without even as government funds go to pay for such boondoggles as an Olympic-size swimming pool in an unused training camp," said a statement issued by the Senate Democratic Communications Center directed by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. ...
The quarterly audit released Wednesday by Stuart Bowen Jr., the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, found the $300 billion U.S. war and reconstruction effort continues to be plagued with waste, spiraling violence and corruption.

Now that Congress is in an oversight mode, it will be fun to watch as tough questions are asked and avoided.

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, plans three days of hearings next week on Iraq contracts. One area of focus: Halliburton Co., the oilfield-services company that Vice President Dick Cheney once headed that has received millions of dollars of government contracts.

Audits prepared for Congress by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction are available here.

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Lesbian mom-to-be Mary Cheney disses religious
right leader James Dobson

Dick Cheney's daughter, and former gay rights activist and professional homosexual and head of the vice president's re-election campaign, Mary Cheney publicly declared today to an open panel discussion, and then in a personal interview with the New York Times (circulation 1.1 million), that her lesbian out-of-wedlock pregnancy is a private matter and it's none of anybody's busines. Apparently, irony isn't big in the Cheney family.

Mary then laid into the #1 religious right leader James Dobson, accusing him of distorting scientific research in order to slam gays.

The religous right has a real problem with Mary. She claims she doesn't want to get political, but she already has, and continues to do so. And in the end, she's daddy's little girl. And everyone knows that daddy is the real president of the United States. If the religious right is trying to figure out why their agenda has disappeared from the Republican agenda, they need go no further than Mary.