Stupidest Idea I have heard today

From Digby

Does any of this remotely seem like a good idea? The mere fact that the US is so obviously running this thing automatically makes it an enormous mistake. And it's not just because it's so transparent that there can be no doubt that Allawi will be seen as a puppet. It's a huge mistake because aside from looting the treasury and stealing elections, everything the Bush administration touches turns to shit. Aside from the embarrassingly blatant hypocrisy, does anyone believe they could pull this off and make it work?

No.

Boston Blackie

I am completely addicted to Old Time Radio, especially Boston Blackie.

Just saying...

Partial Presidential Platform for '08

How about this for a few bullet points...

1. Extend Medicare to all legal US residents beginning January 1, 2010.
2. Hand over the new US Embassy in Iraq to the Iraqi government to do with as they see fit
3. Make the continued presence of US troops in Iraq dependent upon a vote of the Iraqi Parliament as well as a vote of both houses of the US Congress, to be repeated each 6 months.
4. An end to no-bid government contracts in excess of $100,000 that have a term of more than 90 days.
5. Allow two adults that love each other and freely commit to spending their lives together to share in all of the benefits and responsibilities that we have come to expect of marriage the USA.
6. Commit to enforcing laws that require employers to check that their employees are actually allowed to work in the USA. When a company is found to be ignoring those laws, toss the responsible executives of that company in jail.

Sadly, I am Canadian (legally working in the USA thank you very much) so I cannot run.

hillary... Barack ... John .... anyone......

Well, it is an idea anyway ...

The always thoughtful The Hon. Dr. St. Rev. Bradley S. Rocket, Esq, PhD, MD has an idea that might just have a chance...

I suggest a bold new strategy: we begin bribing insurgents not to kill people. For every week an insurgent goes without setting up a roadside bomb or opening fire in a crowded marketplace, that insurgent will receive $15,000 and a box of ho-hos. Given that there are roughly 70,000 or so insurgents in Iraq right now, I calculate that this plan will cost us $1,050,000,000 per week, or roughly half of what we’re paying to occupy Iraq right now.

GI Bill update

From the wonderful folks at Crooks and Liars. Someone remind me how the White House is "supporting the troops".

Your Next Toilet Seat?

How can anyone say no to one of these?

CatBlogging

Just because MaX and Athena were being cute today.