A set of separate, shallow thoughts

• It seems to me that O'Reilly seems to be in some kind of flame out, end game mode. For a guy whose biggest priorities are O'Reilly, O'Reilly, followed by O'Reilly, he is choosing strange causes to champion. He seems to want to rally a certain set of people, telling the paranoids they are being victimized, but to what end?



• Senate Summons Pentagon to Explain Effort to Plant News Stories in Iraqi Media


"We're very concerned about the reports," the White House spokesman said. "We have asked the Department of Defense for more information."

Running that statement through the read-between-the-lines-translator, we get:

"We're very concerned about that the reports have been reported publicly," the White House spokesman said. "We have asked the Department of Defense for more information on who couldn't keep their damn mouth shut."

See also the twisted comments (and that's being generous) of General Lynch, the "top military spokesman in Baghdad," from the above article.


• Lobbyist's Role in Hiring Aides Is Investigated


These guys aren't satisfied with the legal-yet-scandalous stuff. They looked at the murky, gray legal waters, and said, "hell yeah, I'll jump in that pool." What kind of person does that?