Screwball/SlamDunk

Iraqi made false WMD claim to bolster asylum bid: CBS - 1 Nov 2007 at 4:37pm - US television network CBS says it has identified a man known to intelligence agents as "curve ball," whose fake story of biological weapons drove the US argument for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Bush to Dems: Denial of war is dangerous - 1 Nov 2007 at 4:38pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush compared Congress' Democratic leaders Thursday to people who ignored the rise of Lenin and Hitler early in the last century, saying "the world paid a terrible price" then and risks similar consequences for inaction today.

I don't think Congress is ignoring the risks; on the contrary, I believe they're trying to do what they can to rein in Bush's & Cheney's power.

Gates: Contracting needs will be met - 1 Nov 2007 at 4:43pm - WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday the Pentagon intends to pursue a number of recommendations by a panel that said the Army needs another 2,000 military and civilian personnel to better manage contracts after years of waste, fraud and abuse.

In winning protest case, father vows to put church out of business - 1 Nov 2007 at 4:45pm - WASHINGTON — You can't falsely yell "fire" in a crowded theater. And if Albert Snyder gets his way, you won't be able to go to a military funeral and hold up a sign that says, "Thank God for dead soldiers."