Schwarzenegger: Tax Hike May Be Necessary
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) hinted that raising taxes may be unavoidable, acknowledging he is under extreme pressure to offset a $14 billion budget shortfall.
“I’m going through wishful thinking that I’ll never have to go there,” the Republican governor told reporters Tuesday in a series […]

It ends with a bang. Also, there is some question as to whether the notification times NORAD lists are correct and that my “took longer to get off it’s flight path” statement is kind of silly. And maybe the claims about Andrews. Eh, I’m not looking good. This seems to be […]

Bush Agrees to Let Rice Testify Publicly
WASHINGTON - President Bush agreed Tuesday to do what he had insisted for weeks he would not: allow National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to testify publicly and under oath before an independent panel investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
ANOTHER flip flop! Jesus, the guy has no moral principles. […]

FUCK THE RIAA
Study: File-Sharing No Threat to Music Sales
Internet music piracy has no negative effect on legitimate music sales, according to a study released today by two university researchers that contradicts the music industry’s assertion that the illegal downloading of music online is taking a big bite out of its bottom line.
Songs that were heavily […]

I was bored, so I was scanning through the GOP list of Kerry “flip flops” and this one stuck out:
Round 17: Flip-Flopped On Leaving Abortion Up To States
Kerry Used To Say Abortion Should Be Left Up To States. �I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the states […]

Mass. Lawmakers Agree on Gay Marriage Ban

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Legislature adopted a new version of a state constitutional amendment Monday that would ban gay marriage and legalize civil unions, eliminating consideration of any other proposed changes.
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Lawmakers had voted earlier this month in favor of a similar amendment. The revised version adopted Monday would ask […]

Spinsanity’s coming out with a book: All the President’s Spin. Spinsanity’s always been a great source and I expect the book will be based upon on their online material, so it should be good. Though I thought David Corn’s book did a decent job on critiquing only Bush’s rhetoric, not his policies. […]

This becoming a bad habit of mine - stealing the bandwidth of free accounts.

Via TPM:
�Mr. Clarke has told two entirely different stories under oath,� Frist said in a speech from the Senate floor, alleging that Clarke said in 2002 that the Bush administration actively sought to address the threat posed by al-Qaida before the attacks.
Frist later retreated from directly accusing Clarke of perjury, telling reporters that he personally […]

As we all know, no one seems to be able to disprove any of Clarke’s accusations. They’ve gone at his credibility. So what are these accusations, and are any of them actually substantive? We’ll see. (note: all these accusations (not that they originated there) are from RNS)
First, there’s this:
Richard Clarke is deeply […]