franken's victory: does useless harry intend to accomodate Coleman, or is it all over?

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

President-elect Barack Obama '91 has nominated Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan '86 to be the 44th solicitor general of the United States. The appointment was announced by the Obama Transition Team today.

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Kagan is currently the Dean of Harvard Law School and the Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law at the School. She first came to Harvard Law School as a visiting professor in 1999 and became Professor of Law in 2001. She has taught administrative law, constitutional law, civil procedure, and seminars on issues involving the separation of powers. She was appointed Dean of the Law School in 2003.

From 1995 to 1999, Kagan served in the White House, first as Associate Counsel to the President (1995-96) and then as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (1997-99). In those positions she played a key role in the executive branch's formulation, advocacy, and implementation of law and policy in areas ranging from education to crime to public health.

via law.harvard.edu

he's putting one hell of a legal team in place, perhaps in anticipation of things to come, eh.

the revolution will not be televised...

Panetta--why is important Lady Di. Fienstein approve?

Sen. Al Franken...Title says it all.

Of course, this is where reality shows up and nothing happens, but it would be nice.

More at Zandar vs. The Stupid.

This is about as bad as it gets.  They should turn in their pencils along with their resignations.  The rest of us can probably use the pencils to gouge out our eyes.  This will save us from having to read any more of this kind of drivel.  I wonder if I will ever cease to be amazed.

"I think generations pretty soon are going to start to thank this president for what he's done. This generation will."

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners -- Albert Camus

We finally got rid of our Miss Piggy, who was representing us here in Oregon and also showed the door to Herr Smith the pea picking and canning stooge.  I used to think the world of Daniel Inoye, but he has shown his true colors with his backing of his "Friend from AK"  Mr Fix My House For Free..

It's time to send some of these bastards to the long bar hotel for their nefarious dealings and their idea that they are above the law..

Just this old chief's 2¢

However, I would prefer an intel professional such as Steve Kappes.  I think the Director needs to know what a Case Officer and what a Station Chief face on a daily basis.

Kappes has been there & done it and knows from first hand experience.

It's Admiral Blair that is the unknown quantity we need to be interested in.

Here's a guy who betrayed his own civilian leadership in support of Indonesia's second pass at genocide on Timor. Yes, a direct order from Clinton to piss on an Indonesian general (Wiranto) for allowing/stoking murderous rampages in East Timor resulted instead in Blair inviting the General back to his house in Hawaii.

Indonesians might assume that we plan on aligning with old (pre-democratic) Indonesian elites, or at least using them for some purpose in the region. My presumption is that Obama will 'find' himself getting more involved in both Philippine and

I think the odds of our intervention against genocide just went down considerably.

Although the Admiral is a surfer, so in Hawaiian-think, he must be 'cool'?

'vini, vidi, excreti' - Joe the Plumber