Rep. Doolittle Resigns His Seat

  It seems that Dr. Doolittle ( Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif. ) has resigned from his House Appropriations Committee seat. The embarrassment of the F.B.I. raiding his home was probably the reason for Doolittle's  trip out the door.

    Here is a bit more from Roll Call

While Doolittle is expected to voluntarily take himself off the panel while the investigation continues, knowledgeable House sources said that Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and members of the Republican Steering Committee -- which determines committee assignments -- were prepared to remove him from his post if he would not do so himself.

   This makes it a lovely day in the neighborhood for some of us who disdain this administration. Hopefully when it is all over, Doolittle will be visiting the Federal Detention vacation center in an orange jumpsuit.

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Baghdad Has Another Booming Day

   So Thursday was another booming day in Baghdad as close to 200 people were killed in the capital. 140 people were killed in the Sadriya district at a food market by a car bomb.

   No need to point out that this was the worst day of violence since the U.S. crackdown began. 

  PM Nouri Maliki: "This monstrous attack today did not distinguish between the old and young, between men and women. It targeted the population in a way that reminds us of the massacres and genocide committed by the former dictatorship."        BBC

   But  things are looking promising. Right.

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