The Morning Quickie

Libby Judge Is Allowed To View Reporters' Notes. A judge that actually cares about preserving promises made to protect reporter's sources, a rarity these days.

Guard Vows 6,000 Troops for Border. Mission "please them all" was another huge Bush administration failure.

Bush Reinforces Friendship With Australia. Australian Prime Minister John Howard shows his appreciation by putting his knee pads back on, and well, you know the rest.

New Medicare Drug Plan Is Called a Success. I guess seniors being forced to sign up for a program they know nothing about and many medications not being covered is a success?

Abortion Foes Want RU-486 Pill Pulled. Attack on science and abortion in full-swing again.

Scientists Say Don't Blame The Plane for Blood Clots. Another well funded study by those who set to gain the most from it, the aviation industry.

U.S. Secretly Backing Warlords in Somalia. Propping up another oppressive leader. Didn't we (the U.S.) learn anything from giving Saddam all of those weapons and military support in the early 80's. Sidenote, current Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld was the guy who outfitted Saddam Hussein in the mid 80's to aid Iraq's defense from Iran. Kind of ironic if you ask me?

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