memeorandum: Praise Be — I May be a Punk, But I Try Not to be an Ingrate (Steve H./Hog On Ice)

5:00 AM ET, February 27, 2007

Top Items:

Al Gore's Personal Energy Use Is His Own "Inconvenient Truth" — Al Gore's Personal Energy Use Is His Own "Inconvenient Truth" — Gore's home uses more than 20 times the national average — Last night, Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar …

Think Progress:

Gore Responds To Drudge's Latest Hysterics — The right-wing is angry that Al Gore has won so much public attention and goodwill for his work on global warming. Determined to smear his efforts, Drudge writes in a screaming headline: — Responding to Drudge's attack, Vice President Gore's office told ThinkProgress:

Discussion: Reason Magazine, Riehl World View, The Sundries Shack and Tennessee Guerilla Women

Dave Johnson / Seeing the Forest:

A Far Too Convenient $mear: Part One — Did you honestly think that the Right Wing $mear machine was going to let Al Gore stand up with the terrific team who created and direct the movie and receive an Oscar for "An Inconvenient Truth?" — Did you really believe they would stand by and watch …

Discussion: The Peking Duck, Oliver Willis and The Politico

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Mote And The Beam Of Global Warming (Updated: Gore Responds)

Discussion: tennesseepolicy.org

John Hinderaker / News Bloggers Blog:
Get Out A Cross and a Clove of Garlic

Discussion: Power Line

Dirty Harry / LIBERTAS: Astonishing Hypocrisy

Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog:

Laura Bush: Iraq is mostly stable, it's just that "one bombing a day that discourages everyone" — Laura Bush, Iraq expert, just now on Larry King Live: … Yeah, it's such a great place that Iraq. So stable, well, except for that pesky "one bombing a day."

Discussion: Think Progress and Crooked Timber

Alisa Tang / Associated Press:

Cheney OK After Afghan Blast; 19 Killed — BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber killed 19 people and wounded 11 outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said Cheney was the target.

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
What was that Laura? Better ask Cheney

Discussion: Associated Press

Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Associated Press:

Democrats back away from Iraq plan — WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders backed away from aggressive plans to limit President Bush's war authority, the latest sign of divisions within their ranks over how to proceed. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Monday he wanted …

Discussion: Think Progress, Sirotablog, Blue Crab Boulevard and Jules Crittenden

Carrie Budoff / The Politico:

A Democrat on Everything but Iraq — The not-so-nice words for Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman keep coming. — Evil incarnate, according to the liberal blogosphere. — Barely a Democrat, concludes conservative columnist Robert Novak. — Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction," a taunting lunatic who will …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Nico / Think Progress:
Lieberman Seeks To Block Iraq Provisions From 9/11 Bill

Discussion: Hullabaloo, QandO, The Strata-Sphere, Pundit Review, State of the Day, My Left Nutmeg, The Carpetbagger Report, Sirotablog, neo-neocon, Daily Kos and CorrenteWire

Fox News:

ONE JUROR DISMISSED IN CIA LEAK TRIAL, 11-MEMBER JURY CONTINUES DELIBERATION — WASHINGTON — One of the CIA leak trial jurors was dismissed Monday because of media exposure to the case, and the jury will continue with 11 members as it determines whether former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby lied to federal investigators.

Discussion: The Gun Toting Liberal ™ and Pajamas Media

E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Smearing Like It's 2003 — Even as jurors pondered whether …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Norwegianity and New York Times

Mark Silva / Chicago Tribune:
While abroad, Cheney makes waves defending U.S. policies

Discussion: dnaindia.com and The Washington Note

SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:

Special Comment: Secretary Rice, Get Your Facts Straight! — In tonight's Special Comment, Keith took Condi to task for making the following ridiculous and historically inaccurate analogy on FOX News Sunday yesterday: … Download (3302) | Play (2427) Download (1722) | Play (1657)

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!

Countdown / TheNewsHole: Special Comment: Condi Goes Too Far

This Is London:

SCORN POURED ON JAMES CAMERON'S 'COFFIN OF CHRIST' THEORY — Archaeologists and biblical scholars have poured scorn on a Hollywood film director's sensational claim that he has discovered the coffin of Jesus Christ. — Oscar-winning 'Titanic' director James Cameron's assertion that the bones …

Discussion: One Hand Clapping, Macsmind, The Strata-Sphere, Neocon Express, Associated Press, The Moderate Voice, Polimom Says, Blue Crab Boulevard, Wizbang, Winds of Change.NET and Discovery News

Edward Wong / New York Times:

Iraqi Cabinet Approves Draft of Oil Law — The Iraqi cabinet approved a draft of a law today that would set guidelines for countrywide distribution of oil revenues and foreign investment in the immense oil industry. — The endorsement marked a major agreement among the country's ethnic …

Discussion: On Deadline and Blue Crab Boulevard

Sheila Burke / Tennessean.com:

Man hit by cab after driver made anti-Semitic comments, witnesses say — Driver said he hitler was trying to "cleanse" world of the Jews — A Nashville cabbie made anti-Semitic statements and praised Adolph Hitler's campaign against Jews during a religious argument that culminated when he ran …

Discussion: theneweditor.com

Zogby:

Hillary Holds On; Giuliani Expands Lead in National Primary Tests Obama advances, but McCain fades in partisan contests; Obama, Giuliani do best in general election match-ups — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton clings to a shrinking lead over Illinois Senator Barack Obama in a national test …

Discussion: MyDD, Decision '08, Pollster, The Daily Dish and Taegan Goddard's …

Natalie Obiko Pearson / Associated Press:

Venezuela to Seize Foreign Oil Projects — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez ordered by decree on Monday the takeover of oil projects run by foreign oil companies in Venezuela's Orinoco River region. — Chavez had previously announced the government's intention …

Associated Press:

West 'humiliating' Iran, says Hans Blix — Former UN weapons inspector slams US and Europe over 'humiliating neo-colonial' attitude to Iran. 'People have their own pride whether you like them or don't,' he adds, urging use of economic incentives for better diplomacy

Discussion: Jules Crittenden

Associated Press:

Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession — Alan Greenspan Warns That U.S. Economy May Slip Into Recession by End of Year — HONG KONG (AP) — Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Monday that the American economy might slip into recession by year's end.

Discussion: SCSUScholars, QandO, Outside The Beltway and Bob Krumm