• "Virtually all" of the National Security Agency's tips to the F.B.I. in the aftermath of 9/11 "led to dead ends or innocent Americans." Former prosecutor: "The information was so thin, and the connections were so remote, that they never led to anything." [
NYT]
• Speaker
Dennis Hastert is only now publicly addressing the recent scandals; he may be the next target of criticism and scrutiny. [
WP]
• Senate Judiciary Committee postpones vote on
Samuel Alito until next Tuesday. [
WP,
WT]
• New Orleans Mayor
Ray Nagin: "Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroyed and put stress on this country. . . Surely he doesn't approve of us being in Iraq under false pretenses. But surely he is upset at black America also. We're not taking care of ourselves." [
WP]
• Al Gore attacks
Bush for "breaking the law repeatedly and insistently." [
WP,
WT,
USAT]
• American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights plan suits over NSA eavesdropping. [
NYT]
• Rep.
Bob Ney is gaining recognition from the midst of the
Jack Abramoff scandal. [
NYT]
• Bush honors
Martin Luther King Jr. and
Rosa Parks, asks Americans to "remember the remaining work." [
NYT,
WT]
• Laura Bush defends Republican from corruption label, says some lobbying can be important. [
WT]
• Sandra Day O'Connor's unique voice and technique of questioning will be lost in the new court. [
USAT]
Ray Nagin, the crazy gun-toting mayor of New Orleans, told horrified reporters last Friday that he was "a vagina-friendly Mayor." Why the sudden revelation? He was promoting some sort of festival that includes Eve Ensler, the writer of one of the worst plays ever (we have not seen it) that features maybe a talking vagina.
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Is New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin threatening to kill Wonkette with his various automatic weapons? Check out this interview with a local New Orleans news station, where he yells at The Internet for making fun of that photo where he’s being silly, with firearms. He says that because he was criticized for this photo, the “blogs” are now putting his family at risk. Silly Ray, the blogs love you and your “rugged individual” approach towards governance. Besides, bloggers don’t have any weapons with which to inflict harm, since you own every weapon in the country. [WWLTV]
The above AP photo of America’s New Orleans Mayor, Ray Nagin, is very similar to a Times-Picayune photo that is causing huge controversy in New Orleans! Nagin and his Chief of Police were showing off the new police assault rifles, and it seems that this photo has been taken out of context. Says the mayor’s office, “The photo was taken out of context, was selected by our own local media and is now showcased across the nation as a mockery of all this city’s recovery efforts.” Yes, mayor’s office, that would be how photography works. Maybe next time don’t go flailing guns everywhere. [Fox News]
Bush stopped off in New Orleans to help pretend to rebuild crap (though we do think it’d be more effective if they just paid for professionals) — you pooler was there.
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President Bush spent part of today in New Orleans, providing some delightful strawberry sensibilities to go along with his photo-op companions, Governor Vanilla and Mayor McChocolate.
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