Tips of icebergs

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Well, as you might suspect, the plot thickens, and thickens, and thickens. In an article posted on Antiwar.com, Christopher Deliso (I do not know who he is but he seems to speak with some authority) outlines some of the people and events linked to the Plame outing. Among other things it is said that the call to Libby that alerted him to Valerie Plame definitely came from the office of John Bolton. The article goes on to name four people, all affiliated with Bolton in some way, who were most probably involved in the Plame affair: David Wurmser, Frederick Fleitz, Mark Grossman, and Eric Edelman. If there is any truth in Deliso's article it proves that the Libby indictment is truly just the tip of an iceberg, not only in terms of who were involved in the scheme to out Plame, but also in the meaning of that outing. It goes far, far beyond merely trying to punish Wilson for challenging the claims of the Bush/Cheney administration. Indeed, it might well lead into things that one would ordinarily think unthinkable.

The other iceberg-sized scandal floating around in Washington has to do with the Abramhof mess. With Scanlon agreeing to cooperate with the investigators this will surely lead eventually to Tom DeLay, Ralph Reed, and many others. And again, it may lead to things we would not believe (unless you, like me, are now prepared to believe anything of this scurrilous administration led by the greatest pack of liars ever assembled in our nation's capital).

As you may have already heard, it seems that our far from illustrious self-proclaimed "war president" apparently wanted to bomb al-Jazeera, the main Muslim news/television organization. Tony Blair talked him out of it fearing there might be too much revenge. This comes from a leaked British memo about which there is some controversy. Some claim Bush was joking (yuk yuk) but others say he was serious. As the U.S. already attacked al-Jazeera elsewhere, and an inordinate number of newspersons have apparently died at the hands of U.S. troops in Iraq, I believe Bush could well have been serious. The British government has now taken the position that if any news source prints this memo they will go to jail. Wouldn't want to make Bush look bad would we?

In another attempt to protect our fake Texas president it appears the city of Crawford (maybe the county?) hurriedly passed a new law making it illegal to camp along the roadway (for some distance, maybe 5 miles?). This law is being challenged as an infringement of free speech but it is not clear how far that might go. In the meanwhile some have already been arrrested and Cindy Sheehan hasn't even arrived there yet.

I cannot see how this administration can possibly last for another three years, nor can I see how anyone would want it to. It is just disaster as far as the eye can see.