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I believe humans get a lot done, not because we’re smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee. ~ Flash Rosenberg

The latest fallout from the 2006 mid-terms:
Unable to win Senate confirmation, U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will step down when his temporary appointment expires within weeks, the White House said Monday.
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President Bush, in a statement, said he was “deeply disappointed that a handful of United States senators prevented Ambassador Bolton from receiving the up or down [...]

Although this item has been missing for quite some time, it wasn’t lost last night. Mr. President, please look around the Oval Office. It’s probably just stuck in the back of a drawer behind some sticky notes and that half a box of staple refills.
Find it. Use it.
Thank you.

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The drink that comforteth the brain and heart and helpeth digestion. ~ Sir Francis Bacon
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The headline on the AP story reads: Bush braces for fight if GOP loses House
Everything I’ve seen over the past week or two indicates that the president is upbeat and optimistic about the mid-term elections. What could he have said that generated such a headline?
The only quotes from President Bush in the article are these:
“Every [...]

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Who wasn’t expecting this?
Democrats assail Bush’s N. Korea policy
Democrats seized on North Korea’s brazen act to criticize President Bush’s record in confronting the communist regime, contending the administration’s focus on Iraq ignored legitimate threats.
Democratic Sen. John Kerry, the president’s rival in 2004 and a potential 2008 candidate, assailed Bush’s policy as a “shocking failure,” and [...]

Well, let’s have some coffee and then take a swim. ~ Johnny Weissmuller
Right Wing News (John Hawkins) Big Government Republicans Are Part Of The Problem, Not The Solution — “The hot issues of the day? They come and go. But, getting control over spending is a conservative principle and eventually, if a Republican ignores that [...]

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odour to the nostrils. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
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Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) New Iran Policy Toughens Sanctions — “Condoleezza Rice will have a new tool in her pocket in the showdown with [...]

Over a year ago, following the recess apointment of John Bolton to be ambasador to the United Nations, I wrote a post that described how our legislative left were having a collective hisse fit. I quoted Harry Reid, Edward M. Kennedy, Barbara Mikulski, and Barack Obama. John Kerry’s words were also examined:
And finally, John (why [...]

Thank you for your coffee seignor. I’ll shall miss that when we leave Casablanca.~ Ingrid Bergman
In The Bullpen (Chad Evans) NYT: Now Gitmo has ‘Real’ Terrorists — “Thanks to the New York Times crack editorial staff we now know what Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility is for. It’s not for the lower level Al Qaida [...]

The drink that comforteth the brain and heart and helpeth digestion. ~ Sir Francis Bacon