My buddy sent me this (from Slate)

http://www.slate.com/id/2195384/

...Since Sept. 11 , the question of presidential succession has been a preoccupation of some of the most responsible statesmen in Washington. Most notably, James Baker joined the late Lloyd Cutler to chair a bipartisan AEI-Brookings Institution commission on the subject. But their recommendations went nowhere in Congress, and I have always wondered why the Bush administration was content to remain on the sidelines. After all, the administration is certainly serious about terrorism. Why, then, didn't it take energetic steps to make much-needed revisions to the law of presidential succession inherited from the days of Harry Truman?

Despite the administration's repeated acts of lawlessness, I must confess to a certain naivete. It never occurred to me that Bush didn't care how Congress responded to the problem because he had issued a secret executive order that took the law into his own hands. After all, when he issued a public directive on the matter on continuity in government in 2007, he explicitly pledged to act "consistent[ly]" with the Presidential Succession Act. At the same time, however, his directive refers to a secret appendix. And as Ron Rosenbaum pointed out in Slate, even members of the House Committee on Homeland Security have been denied access to the document...

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To "answer" your question, he is HWSNBN.

And arne should know better.

I thought this was pretty funny.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/horsey/viewbydate.asp?ID=1792

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jul/17/internationalaidanddevelopment.usa

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Despite spending $230m (£115m) an hour on healthcare, Americans live shorter lives than citizens of almost every other developed country. And while it has the second-highest income per head in the world, the United States ranks 42nd in terms of life expectancy.

These are some of the startling conclusions from a major new report which attempts to explain why the world's number-one economy has slipped to 12th place - from 2nd in 1990- in terms of human development...

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/ashcroft_sometimes_i_confuse_w.php

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Ashcroft: Sometimes I Confuse What People Tell Me With Reality

By Kate Klonick - July 17, 2008, 11:32AM

Before these hearings commenced, I had but a limited recollection of many of the events pertinent to your inquiry. In attempting to prepare for this hearing, I have reviewed testimony from prior hearings, I've read portions of publications recounting some of the timely events, and I must admit, it's been difficult for me sometimes to distinguish between what I in fact recall as a matter of my own experience, and what I remember from the accounts of others. As a result, what I hope, what I say will be of value to the committee. Reliance on my statements and observations aught to be tempered by these awarenesses.

I thought he looked like one of the Doobie Bros., but WTF do I know...

Pretty ballsy, nonetheless, posting an actual image. Must feel like he's got a friendly audience. 8')

Agreed. Who might've imagined?

Leon!!

That's no fish, that's a freakin' POKEMON!

Turn on your snark detector...

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http://rawstory.com//news/2008/Cybersecurity_expert_raises_allegations_of_2004_0717.html

GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election...

Spoonamore received the Diebold patch from a whistleblower close to the office of Cathy Cox, Georgia’s then-Secretary of State. In discussions with RAW STORY, the whistleblower -- who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation -- said that he became suspicious of Diebold's actions in Georgia for two reasons. The first red flag went up when the computer patch was installed in person by Diebold CEO Bob Urosevich, who flew in from Texas and applied it in just two counties, DeKalb and Fulton, both Democratic strongholds. The source states that Cox was not privy to these changes until after the election and that she became particularly concerned over the patch being installed in just those two counties.

The whistleblower said another flag went up when it became apparent that the patch installed by Urosevich had failed to fix a problem with the computer clock, which employees from Diebold and the Georgia Secretary of State’s office had been told the patch was designed specifically to address.

Some critics of electronic voting raised questions about the 2002 Georgia race even at the time. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Max Cleland, who was five percentage points ahead of Republican challenger Saxby Chambliss in polls taken a week before the vote, lost 53% to 46%. Incumbent Democratic Governor Roy Barnes, who led challenger Sonny Perdue in the polls by eleven points, lost 51% to 46%. However, because the Diebold machines used throughout the state provided no paper trail, it was impossible to ask for a recount in either case.

Concerned by the electoral outcome, the whistleblower approached Spoonamore because of his qualifications and asked him to examine the Diebold patch.

http://listproc.ucdavis.edu/archives/law-lib/law-lib.log0608/0160.html

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"Law without enforcement is only good advice."

Short answer: quote cannot be attributed to Lincoln.

I'm outta here. I was about to blow a gasket when I read about that Ford panel, and this post only makes it worse...

Frackin' politicians. Somebody should get all "Reign of Terror" on the lot.

"Law without enforcement is only good advice."

Short answer: quote cannot be attributed to Lincoln.

http://listproc.ucdavis.edu/archives/law-lib/law-lib.log0608/0160.html

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Frackin' politicians, somebody ought to pull a "Reign of Terror" on the lot.

Later, people. I was was about to blow a gasket reading about Ford's pronouncements @ NRN, and this post only makes it worse.

Accountability NOW!