So...tonight CNN had a clip

So...tonight CNN had a clip on the USS Abraham Lincoln, where Bush is to give a speech tomorrow. Seems that he is to fly in in an F14 or some other combat aircraft, not the Marine helicopter usually used. Not that I wish any harm, but there are so many ways this could go wrong (at least they are not trying it at night).

Chris Allbritton closes out his

Chris Allbritton closes out his back-to-Iraq weblog with: Epilogue: A Question of Truth

We’ll see to what degree democracy really does come to the new Iraq. But I know this: The American people, in whose name this war was waged, need to hold this administration’s feet to the fire. It’s obviously too late to stop this war, but we as a democratic nation still have a responsibility to make the aftermath as beneficial to the Iraqi people as possible now that it’s over. That means that corporate cronyism that seems to be the preferred method for awarding lucrative rebuilding contracts needs to be protested — loudly. Any backsliding on democratic actions or a disconnect between administration actions and rhetoric have to be combatted as vigorously possible.