The TGIFF ‘BushWhack’ing

Yes, today’s ‘Daily’ is short… but in my defense, it IS Friday after all…

• HouseGate continues… and continues… and continues… and continues… let’s not let it die.
• The VP selection race is almost done for the Dems as there are reports that Sen. Obama has called the ones NOT selected. Stay tuned…
• The government’s terror watch list system is one of the administration’s primary ways to deal with terrorism… but the system is “hobbled by technology challenges” and the program, the $500 million program, created to upgrade the system is itself on the verge of collapse. Why does it need to be fixed you ask? Well, the system has problems “identifying true potential terrorists”… (wait, isn’t that what it’s designed for? So it’s designed to ID potential terrorists, but it can’t do it? Wow, perfect metaphor for this administration isn’t it?)
• And have we mentioned? That the lovely art of irony is not lost on Condi Rice? Earlier this week Ms. Rice signed a missile shield deal with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski… a deal that is not being looked upon favorably by Russia. To celebrate the signing, the duo had a toast… with Georgian wine. Sure, Poland tried to maintain that the choice of wine was “not meant as a slight to Russia”, but we know better don’t we…