News Item 05/18/07 – The White House and a bipartisan group of Senators reached a deal on immigration reform...

...part of which involves a 700 mile fence along the Mexico – United States border. So now we have George W. Bush, 43^rd President of the United States as much as saying Mr. Chertoff, build that fence, almost ten years to the day, on 06/12/87, when Ronald W. Regan, 40^th President of the United States admonished those pesky Communists by saying, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Ironic, ain't it?

News Item 05/17/07 – With Whitehouse support (and that’s surprising because?) Wolfowitz wants to negotiate the terms of World Bank misconduct!

Wolfowitz wants to negotiate the terms of his World Bank misconduct (like I’ll quit if you give me a big severance package and say I’m a really good guy and didn’t do anything wrong—I mean who does he think he is, a CEO of an American company?).

Let’s see. He was one of the leading proponents of going to war in Iraq. Now he’s further besmirched the world’s view of all things American by skirting ethics rules of the World Bank by giving his girlfriend a raise in pay and a promotion and generally bullying his way around amongst his peers. What’s next? Surely a Presidential Medal of Freedom—at least that’s what Bush seems to do when his aides royally screw up. Remember Bremer and Tenet? And can a professorship at a leading Republican university be far behind? Wolfowitz is surely the type of person we need at the helm of an institution of higher learning, even a notorious neo-con one. Say, do you suppose if he converts to Christianity, he can fill in for dearly departed Jerry at that misnomer known as Liberty University. Allan McLeod, May 2007– posted Extra Wry 5-17-07

News Item 05/16/07 – Bush Appoints WAR CZAR.

Wouldn’t we be better off with a PEACE CZAR? Allan McLeod, May 2007

News Item 05/15/07 – Jerry Falwell dies.

God’s going to catch hell now. Allan McLeod, May 2007– posted Extra Wry 5-15-07