Wham, Bam, Thank You Sam

Plaidsters, Indeed it is a dark night with Stripsearch Sammy clearly heading to join Silent Clarence, "Duck Hunt with Dick" Antonio, .... If John Roberts is a bad as I fear then only one seat is left to have this cabal truly dug in. "Unitary executive" may very well be here. I continue to think that true conservatives (are there any really left that might lean toward the libertarian order of things?) will pull back. Maybe the GOP Big Mules and the right wing nut jobs in Jesus Land figure the White House and even Congress may be theirs long enough to make all these scary trends pay off. Still, there's hope for Progressives, along with some legitimate and unfettered angst, in the blogosphere. Despite cloture slipping by with several DLC Dems going to the dark side, likely making it so Bu$hCo can roll out their final "tool" on the evening of SOTU, Digby, challening RFK, tells us to rise to the occasion. Then we also have DHinMI over at Kos pulling out Churchill to echo a theme of taking the long view and doing the hard work of organizing to defeat tyranny. And Jane, still rolling after her battle with Little Debbie of the WaPo ombudsman from hell school of journalism, simply offers up a "Thanks". Lots on our plates for these next few weeks. Glenn Greenwald has picked up the ball on the illegal use of the NSA obscured by ReThug lies and talking points rather nicely and offers up a way to put the screws to Abu Gonzales. You've also got to check out the Martin Garbus post on HuffPo about how the Abramoff prosecutor Noel Hillman has been "rewarded" with a federal judge slot. Investigating the K-Street posterboy and yet meeting with Bu$hCo people long enough to swing a lifetime appointment. Sounds like " your doing a heck of a job Noellie". We all just know Abu Gonzales will appoint a zealous prosecutor since this Newsweek article clearly shows that DOJ is all about character. Tired and yet ready to do battle, I just close with "Peace ... or War!"