Some News of the Day

Here's some news of the day that I found interesting (from various sources):

The marine that Jean Schmidt quoted in her rant on the House floor against John Murtha (which she later retracted) says he didn't say the things Jean Schmidt quoted him as saying. So, where does that leave Jean? My guess is that her constituents are rueing the day they voted for her.

The Iraqi government has semi-officially ordered the U.S. to leave Iraq and has stated that insurgents are justified in attacking U.S. troops there. Seems to me that this is a pretty big story, particularly when Bush and Cheney are labeling the Dems who want us to withdraw as traitors.

Fox News has refused to air an anti-Alito ad on the grounds that it is factually inaccurate. Others who have looked at it don't find any major inaccuracies. Funny that Fox now finds the need to fact check ads. Think of all the Bush-Cheney ads that Fox did air that were riddled with factual inaccuracies. Seems to me we need to think about legislation requiring the media to air paid advertising without regard to its political content.