Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. Shakespeare’s words definitely fit today when we’re told that up is down, war is peace, and the so-called leader of our country stands for one thing and then utters utterly stupid negative statements related to it.

The flak about performing the Star Spangled Banner in Spanish sent me on internet search (you know, that vast land of bogus data?).

On wikipedia.org I found that our national anthem has been translated many times in 150 years. It was translated the first time into Spanish in 1919 by the U.S. Bureau of Education. (That’s the government, isn’t it?) Well before that, however, it was translated into German by Niklas Müller in 1861. French Acadians of Louisiana translated it into French, and Jewish immigrants translated it into Yiddish. In 1999 a Latin version appeared. There’s even a Samoan translation!

We know George Bush is not the most informed man in the universe, but is his memory so bad he can’t recall it being sung in Spanish, at his request I've heard, during his campaign? Now he's having Karl Rove spin things so that his "base" will forgive him for his idea of a guest worker program.

I was proud to see those millions of gutsy people marching in cities across our country. Forget the crap about legal immigrants going through the process. What was the process when slave ships arrived at our shores with kidnapped Africans chained together in their hulls? They were met by people who planned to sell them—not assimilate them! At the other end of the spectrum, was there a process when the Mayflower landed here? Were they met by officials of the INS and made to fill out immigration forms?

I thought Bush’s guest worker program was probably the only good idea he’s had since he took office in 2001. All the rest is just spin for political purposes, and we need to wake up and realize when we're being handled

When are all of the media folks -- including you -- going to tell it straight? Bush doesn't do anything. Bush can't do anything. Bush doesn't even know what to do. Cheney is in charge. Cheney tells Bush what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. It's been that way from the beginning. It will be that way until the end....if we all survive that long!

How J. Edgar Hoover would have loved the latest technology! His investigations of American citizens were small-time stuff compared to what's happening today.

Please.....tears! I wonder how long he spent in front of the mirror the day before practicing. If the White House Press Corps falls for that gimic, they're more hopeless than we thought!

Why would Fitzgerald tell Rove that he has 24 hours to get his affairs in order? That's a phrase used when someone is going to jail--not being indicted. At the rate these things proceed, it will likely be years before Karl Rove will have to get his affairs in order---that is, IF he ever gets convicted and hauled off to prison.

Why are we fighting? Aren't we supposed to be on the same side? Don't progressive bloggers want the same thing--the elimination of this fascist government?

Unfortunately, Tim Grieve is being a bit deceptive in today's War Room article about the Rove indictment issue when he writes: Truthout's Jason Leopold said last week that he had "five sources" to back him up. In its latest defense of the story, Truthout says it "now" has "three independent sources" who confirm what Rove's team denies.

Yes, Jason Leopold - who wrote the initial Rove indictment story - said he has 5 sources. Today's article, however, was written by TruthOut Executive Director Marc Ash. It's Ash - not Leopold - who says he has 3 independent sources. Moreover, if a person cares enough to look back at the TruthOut history on this issue (and Tim Grieve should have) he or she will also see that Marc Ash explains those above-mentioned three sources as being from major media outlets (reporters who can't report about this on their own outlets for fear of reprisals). Ash also says they have other sources "of their own" and, thus, both articles are correct.

Leopold had sources when he wrote the first article. It resulted in a rash of media responses - some clearly initiated by Rove and his crew to try to discredit TruthOut and buy time while Rove and his attorneys try to figure a way out of the situation - and it also resulted in additional credible sources backing up TruthOut's story.

Let's forget about the one-upmanship and get together, combine forces, and get the real message out to the public which is starving for someone to tell them the truth!

I'm surprised that people didn't know about Lynne Cheney's career as a baton twirler. In fact, she entered competitions....if the books written about it are true, that is. And what did Dick do? He stood by on the sidelines and handed her new batons, retrieved old ones, and cleaned up messes. Not unlike what he does nowadays with George Bush, come to think of it. Cheney is and has always been a "behind the scenes" kind of guy.