Great, how long do you think it will take until your wall is filled with off topic news posts and childish bickering?

'Cheney challenges Rice on multiple fronts.
"A NEWSWEEK investigation shows that Cheney's national-security team has been actively challenging Rice's Iran strategy in recent months. ... Officials from the veep's office have been openly dismissive of the nuclear negotiations in think-tank meetings with Middle East analysts in Washington, according to a high-level administration official." But it's not just Iran:

In the last few weeks, Cheney's staff have unexpectedly become more active participants in an interagency group that steers policy on Afghanistan, according to an official familiar with the internal deliberations. During weekly meetings of the committee, known as the Afghanistan Interagency Operating Group, Cheney staffers have been intensely interested in a single issue: recent intelligence reports alleging that Iran is supplying weapons to Afghanistan's resurgent Islamist militia, the Taliban, according to two administration officials...

Rice has more directly clashed with Cheney's office on issues like Mideast peace, where...she's found herself stymied in efforts to push for more engagement with Syria and the Palestinian radical group Hamas. A senior White House official concedes that even on what should be the simplest-to-achieve deal-a new relationship with Syria that would help stabilize Iraq-Cheney's office is blocking Rice's efforts to bring Bush around. The secretary has also fought with the veep's office in seeking to soften detention policies at Guantánamo.'

Rice is following bush's directives -- is this a hostile takeover by the VP? An insurrection, an act of treason by the VP? does anyone know of a previous instance where a VP directly challenged a potus?

'ROME (Reuters) - Russia will once again aim its missiles at targets in Europe if U.S. plans to build a missile defence shield near Russia's borders go ahead, President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying on Sunday.

In an interview reported in Italy's Corriere della Sera, Putin acknowledged Russia's response risked restarting an arms race but he said Moscow would not be responsible for the consequences because Washington had started it.'

looks like republicans are gonna get the new cold war they've been longing for. thousands of nuclear warheads aimed at american cities. transnational weapons makers are wetting their pants in glee -- oh the big fat contracts and the billions of taxpayers dollars awaiting them! we get to pay for the our own destruction! how lucky are we.

'Businesses are gearing up to fight portion of immigration law they say will complicate hiring.'

And the National Review and the Wall Street Journal are having a duel over it. I am just enjoying the crackup of the nutty rightwingers so much. The corporatists vs. the kkk base. Their hatred and bigotry and greed are tearing them apart. Go for it!

Yep, definitely a good idea. O'Keefe invited me the other day--I was happy to see it.

Thanks Chris, this is a great idea. I just joined and look forward to announcements and such from the group to keep me informed with political happenings.