The Nighttime Quickie.

Media Matters reports about the LA Time's praise of Tony Snow for getting "unscheduled access" to Bush to help heal the White House's relationship with the press, and MM points out that Snow, himself, mentioned that he has the same amount of access as press secretaries before him.

The Senate is calling for a new agency to replace FEMA; of course, any new agency will be just as good as the old one if this government is handling it.

California's Senate approves of "May Day" walkout for immigrants; here comes more foaming at the mouth by Limbaugh, Drudge, and O'Reilly...where's my aspirin?

Sixteen-year-old Hispanic boy is beaten, sodomized, and left for dead after two boys catch him trying to kiss a white girl; it wasn't the fact that she is 12, no...because that isn't as important as the fact that she is white. Ah, misguided youth.

A British music producer gets the idea to get a lot of well-known recording artists together to sing a Spanish version of the Star-Spangled Banner, and suddenly, Americans are pissed off; oh noes!!! Heaven forbid a Spanish version of a song to which most Americans don't even remember the words! Pfft.

A Senate inquiry into the failures of Hurricane Katrina rips the White House anew asshole.

Liar, liar, pants on fire, Bill Frist: The Senate's willingness to support a veto reflects that we're not kidding about fiscal restraint and responsibility."

Pornstar's 5-year-old daughter's birthday at a country club comes to a halt when Secret Service tell Sophia Rossi that they "cannot have her shooting rockets at President Clinton"; isn't it usually Bill who's told to keep from firing his rocket?

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