lowercase thought.

...is Alberto Gonzalez a consultant to Iraqi police as well?

Sure seems like his views on torture are shared by the Iraqis in charge of their prison system, according to today's article in the Times of London.

Now, let's think about this for a second. It's been quite sometime since we've heard anyone from the Bush Administration utter the phrase, "win the hearts and minds". The reason? It's not working. But then again, how could it? After the images of Abu Ghraib and the continued torture of Iraqis under the current American-backed regime (much like the former American-backed regime), it's likely that Sunni Iraqis have decided that this form of government is no better than the previous form--except that now the electricity and water don't work for more than 8 hours per day.

The answer from Bush? Stay the course, stay the course...

Ed Markey's requested report from the CRS just came out today about the vulnerability of large populations to attacks on chemical facilities, and it's shocking. 23 states were cited as having a facility at risk that could affect more than a million residents in the event of an attack. FYI--Maryland is one of those states with "3 to 6" facilities meeting the criteria.

Makes you wonder why we're spending exorbitant amounts of time, manpower and money fighting the War on Terror "over there", when we have so many chinks in the armor "over here".