Too much material

The whole presidential pretzel thing just provides too much material.

The difference between Bush and Clinton? Clinton had problems with other people swallowing.

Do you suppose Osama is cursing a faulty pretzel plan?

Remember that movie ad from the mid-90's, "chew, chew, chew, good food is good for you."

What was he really watching by himself that got him so excited he choked? Did he find that secret tape that fell under the oval office desk, the one of Hillary in leather flogging Bill

I knew someday there had to be justice for uttering the phrase "evil one".

Balance of Power?

So it has been highly publicized that we're sending ummm... detainees to Guantanamo Bay. Of all the places to send them why fly them halfway around the globe and then stick them in Cuba?

Well, it wasn't by mistake. The base at Guantanamo is not part of US territory, nor is it part of the territory of any US ally. It is a perpetual lease from Cuba to the US military. That means legally anyone there is outside the jurisdiction of all US Federal courts.

Part of the balance of powers is that the Federal Courts can declare things unconstitutional. But only if they have jurisdiction.

"We're on the train to Auschwitz,
aboard the SS Express."
Not Rush "A Passage to Auschwitz"
(not to compare to the holocaust but to point out what happens when people allow governments to go unchecked)

Now there may be no ill intention here. But when you're trying to take the moral high ground compared to the Taliban and Al Queda, wouldn't it be best to make everything above board? Maybe a public trial according to US law or a trial for crimes against humanity in The Hague. But we can act unilaterally and risk alienating a good percentage of one billion Muslims in the world. I'm sure that will help the fight against terrorism. Maybe Mr. Bush wants to make sure this war lasts long enough for him to get re-elected.