I'm betting on that report as the subject of the next post. But I'm virtually always wrong in my predictions. Greenwald ( for some reason, I'm trying to imagine an interview w/ GG and Ali G, and wondering how Ali G would mangle Glenn's name) never talks about what I want to talk about.

I sent two emails to your salon addie you might find mildly interesting.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/BushLegacy/Story?id=6460837&page=2

Raddatz: Let's talk about this trip. Your last trip to the region as president. Your last trip to Iraq. Surely your legacy will be largely about this war. Talk to me about how that feels being here? The last trip and what you really think that legacy will be.

Bush: Well, first of all I think a president's legacy is going to take time. We've accomplished a lot in my administration. Like No Child Left Behind; 52 months of uninterrupted job growth; PEPFAR, which is the AIDS initiative in Africa; fighting malaria, where there's poverty; faith based; I mean there a lot that people will be able to judge this administration on.

Clearly, one of the most important parts of my job because of 9/11 was to defend the security of the American people. There have been no attacks since I have been president, since 9/11. One of the major theaters against al Qaeda turns out to have been Iraq. This is where al Qaeda said they were going to take their stand. This is where al Qaeda was hoping to take ...

Raddatz: But not until after the U.S. invaded.

Bush: Yeah, that's right. So what? The point is that al Qaeda said they're going to take a stand. Well, first of all in the post-9/11 environment Saddam Hussein posed a threat. And then upon removal, al Qaeda decides to take a stand. And they're becoming defeated and I think history will say, one, the world was better off without Saddam, two, along with the Iraqi troops we have denied al Qaeda a safe haven because a young democracy is beginning to grow, which will be an important sign for people in the Middle East.

OS answers the single most popular question he received:

http://change.gov/newsroom/blog/

Q: "Will you consider legalizing marijuana so that the government can regulate it, tax it, put age limits on it, and create millions of new jobs and create a billion dollar industry right here in the U.S.?" S. Man, Denton

A: President-elect Obama is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pellicano16-2008dec16,0,6208677.story

Pellicano gets 15 years in wiretapping case

The private investigator's sentence was longer than the five-year, 10-month term recommended by the Probation Department. Four co-defendants are scheduled to be sentenced

Former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for running an illegal wiretapping operation that gathered information for a list of well-to-do clients, including celebrities, attorneys and business executives.

U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer condemned the once-famed investigator for "reprehensible" conduct that went on for many years as she handed down a sentence that significantly exceeded the five-year, 10-month term recommended by probation officials. "He did this eagerly, sometimes maliciously, and with pride," she said.

"He did this eagerly, sometimes maliciously, and with pride,". Remind you of anyone?

I not-so-secretly harbor hopes you'll revert back to clownsense. ;)

For the life of me, I cannot fathom why anybody wastes their time w/ that execrable bit of excrement.

I can understand the inclination to engage/refute an actual argument. Shartstain offers nothing other than talking points. It is reason/reality proof.

And I overstated my position. I understand that some might take a small bit of satisfaction in debunking the inanity, perhaps for the benefit of the lurkers. But T3 has been around for more than a day. So I find his "like hitting my head against a wall" comment a little surprising. No offense, T3.

And I'm obviously in no position to serve as the comments arbiter. But the absolute, immutable, DENSITY of the shartstain, I find extremely annoying.

Now I'll just pull a 'bop, and refrain from additional commentary for a little while.

"No crimes were committed" say the utterly inhuman and totally deranged.

What's most striking is not that we have zero intention of prosecuting the serious crimes committed by our leading establishment figures. It's that we don't even recognize them as crimes -- or even serious transgressions -- at all.

Dennis Perrin makes a similar point while contrasting the reaction to Muntathar al-Zaidi's (the shoe-thrower) "crime" (assault on a World Leader!) vs. the War Crimes of Bush.

http://dennisperrin.blogspot.com/

and don't even click Perrin's linky to the story about Canadian soldiers traumatized by the ongoing rape of Afghan boys.

But don't worry. No crimes have occurred.

WTF is wrong w/ you people? YOU'RE DOING THE EXACT GODDAMN THING GLENN IS TALKING ABOUT!! (Feel the unbridled wrath of the CAP LOCK)

You're worrying about prostitution (victimless or not? Discuss) instead of effing War Crimes!

A Defender of the Rule of Law Waits in Legal Jeopardy, While Abusers are Doing Well

Brian Tamanaha

Mr. Thomas Tamm, a former employee of the Department of Justice, has lost everything and lives under the threat of criminal charges. He is in trouble for defending the rule of law.

http://balkin.blogspot.com/2008/12/defender-of-rule-of-law-waits-in-legal.html

Are you suggesting we ought to apply to the U.S. Gov't standards of morality, legality, acceptability, JUSTICE, that are identical to those we purport to apply to others?

That's just...

UNAMERICAN!

This typo?

Scarlett "A's

made ME think of Scarlett Johannsen. MMmmmmm. Shows how my mind works.

Thanks for puttin' up the new post. Hopefully the sex-police will stay down here.