Politics

. . . or a fun night at a San Fransisco nightclub? > United States interrogators at Guantanamo Bay subjected a suspected terrorist to abusive and degrading treatment, forcing him to wear a bra, dance with another man and behave like a dog, military investigators said yesterday. Link [http://news.scotsman.com/international.

We're not a political blog. Moreover, we've never been big fans of the Iraqi War. But please indulge this observation: If Madrid and London were bombed because they supported the United States, what is France concerned about? > Tight security in Paris for Bastille Day parade

It's not like Santorum mentioned booze, womanizing, and poor driving. > In a rare personal attack on the Senate floor, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy accused Sen. Rick Santorum on Wednesday of being self-righteous and insensitive for a column he wrote three years ago linking Boston'

Have even the Irish have succumbed to the paranoid/humorless-thinskinned crowd? Link [http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=52074]. Excerpt: > Democratic candidate for mayor C. Virginia Fields is apologizing for using the term "paddy wagon" in an interview with NY1

We weren't going to cover the Supreme Court battles here, but we suspect they're going to get too bizarre to ignore. Round one of weirdness: Specter wants Bush to appoint O'Connor as Chief Justice. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/11/politics/

Joe Sobran on impeachment: > If you'll read the Constitution in question, you'll notice that it provides for impeachment. This was meant to be used – not rarely, but always. Every government official should be constantly aware that he can lose his job if he abuses his