I was vacationing in an electricity-free cabin and forgot batteries to power the radio. Imagine my reaction as I heard Scooter's commuted sentence. My husband had to take over driving (we were passing the Kennebunkport exit and I wanted to egg the Bush compound) until I calmed down.

I wish I could say I was surprised, but I'm not. I wish I could say "Well, *now* people will see what an a@@ we have in the White House," but I can't (they won't).

All I can do is count the days, send some cash to the DNC and my favorite candidates, and push *hard* for change.

Saving this country is going to be up to us voters. No one (congress, the supreme court, the UN) is going to bail us out. We all need to speak up, speak out, and speak endlessly about the need for a president that is not part of Bush's machine. Lest we forget.

Thank you, Keith Olbermann, for speaking eloquently and with strength. I hope you changed some minds.

I've written my congressman, urging him rto support H REs 333 (Kucinich's Impeach Bush and Cheney resolution).

If I get quiet here, I've been moved to Gitmo or worse.

Doesn't the "Clinton did it too" argument only strengthen the argument for drawing up articles of impeachment against Bush and Company?

The House drew up the articles, and Clinton was tried in the Senate. He was impeached, but not convicted. Right?

Soo .. if we're using Clinton as the baseline, when can we expect the Bush/Cheney hearings?

Would Libby be restrained from commikting further acts of perjury or obstruction?

If he did so, would he then be hauled to jail?

Who would his Parole Officer be? Gonzales?

Please. I'd laugh if I could stop weeping.

That argument is as asilly as it iscondescending. Anyone here who dislikes the Bush administration should stop whining about him and become president. Anyone who thinks we burn too much fossil fuel should quit whining and go develop cold fusion.

Price is a consumer of Pixar movies. She is asking the purveyer of a product to improve the product. She's not asking people to picket Pixar studios, boycott their movies, or burn their DVDs. She's giving feedback. Responding to customer feedback is what keeps products popular and profitable. Nuff said.

And the idea that girls like boy movies as much as boys is silly. Some girls will, some won't. My daughters loved "Finding Nemo," but preferred the blank screen to "Cars."

In Catherine's opiniomn (and mine, and many others') having more female leads would constitute an improvement.

It's the high-fructose corn syrup and canola oil, as well as the fat, sugar and salt.

The additives that make "food products" easy to transport, store and preserve: in other words, not *food* but *food products*. (Oh, yeah, they are also highly lucrative cash crops for big agri-corps.)

We can change how we eat, however inconvenient and "difficult" it may be.

We can shop the produce, butcher, dairy and bakery aisles *only* and skip all the stuff that comes in a box. We can shop farmer's markets and support local farmers and skip the supermarket a few days a week. We can re-learn, as a nation, how to cook instead of heating up premade meals. It's really not that hard: we've been told it's hard by those who sell "convenience foods."

Kids are easier to train. And I say this as a woman who routinely ate 2 huge chocolate chip cookies and a half-pint of milk for lunch all through high school. (Considering I didn't drink, smoke, or screw around, chocolate seems like a mild self-destructive adsolescent bahavior. But I still cringe at rembering my teenage eating habits!) I did thisbecause I could: mom gave me lunch money, and the cafe was a l carte. Why would I eat something healthy when what I wanted was right there?

We can insist that schools only provide whle food snacks: milk or water instead of soda. Fruit and cereal instead of Twinkies. We can demand more salad and fewer tater tots. (We'll have to fund these changes, but I'd rather spend my money on food than on insulin). We can keep our houses free of fruit-flavored crap an full of actual fruit, veggies, popcorn and whole grain snacks.

By the time kids are old enough to make their own choices, they will have a ewll-established habit of eating well. Hungry kids will eat what's there. They will eat healthy dfood if that's what hey're given. They will eat utter crap if that's what's provided.

Armitage was granted immunity before testifying. And immunity means that you can't then be charged with the crime for which you were granted ... immunity. Duh. Not that anyone left of the administration is pleased about that, buyt some of us are required to follow the law.

As for who actually outed Plame: Armitage *and* Libby both leaked her name and occupation to several journalists. Go read the transcripts. Judy Miller, Robert Novak, Cooper, and, by God, yes, Tim Russert all testified against Scooter.