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Good Riddance To Them All by Joseph L. Galloway There was little for the unindicted co-conspirators of the Bush administration to give thanks for this week as the clock winds down on the 14 months they have left in power. With former White House press secretary Scott McClellan spilling the beans on who told him to lie to the American people and cover up the White House’s responsibility for the criminal act of revealing the identity of a covert CIA officer, it clearly was time for some folks to begin drafting their requests for presidential pardons. McClellan, in a forthcoming book that will tell some, if not all, reveals that his 2003 statements absolving top White House aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby of any involvement in leaking the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame were untrue - and that the orders to make those statements came from President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, White House chief of staff Andrew Card, Rove and Libby. McClellan’s revelation makes it ab...

FUNDAMENTAL BETRAYAL ACCORDING TO THE 'JERK AT THE PODIUM' Is this news to anyone? Really? If it is than either you are in total denial or have been confined to a cave since 2000. I hope Valerie Plame-Wilson will finally get some justice, too. Scott McClellan in Upcoming Book Ties Bush to CIA Leak Case -- Dodd Calls for Probe To no one's surprise in a world where top White House aides with any president eventually write a book about it, former Press Secretary Scott McClellan will be coming out with his volume in April. It's called "What Happened" and its publisher, Public Affairs, at its Web site now carries this brief excerpt -- which set off a media firestorm on Tuesday. It also led to a call for a full probe by a top U.S. senator and condemnation from former CIA agent Valerie Plame. E&P was first mainstream news outlet to report on Monday night that the McClellan excerpt reads: "The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on ...

THE CHIMP COMMUTES SENTENCE OF THE CHUMP WHY am I not surprised? I guess Dubya figures now that he's seriously circling the bowl, why give a hoot what anyone thinks of the Worst President ever? MORE HERE HAT TIP TO IDDYBUD PLEASE CLICK HERE TO JBLOG ME

MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH My two picks (so far) for women to be honored this month: MELANIE SLOAN “It's ridiculous,” says 41-year-old Melanie Sloan from her modest office in Washington , D.C. “I do not control the Justice Department. If you believe the right-wing media, I'm all-powerful.” THE ENTIRE ARTICLE HERE MELANIE SLOAN & C.R.E.W. VALERIE PLAME WILSON "My name is Valerie Plame Wilson, and I am honored to have been invited to testify under oath before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the critical issue of safeguarding classified information. "I am grateful for this opportunity to set the record straight." PLAME'S TESTIMONY PLAME SAYS ADMINISTRATION "RECKLESS" PLAME SUES RICHARD ARMITAGE NEIL CAVUTO MAKES SNIDE REMARKS ABOUT PLAME ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Long Island League of Wo men Voters Honors. . . The 22nd Annual Women’s History Celebration sponsored by the League of Women Voters on March 20, 2007 at the George ...