The Week In Review.

So what were the big stories of the week?

Monday:

May 1st was May Day, "A Day Without Immigrants"; thousands of people turned out for the boycott.

Colin Powell became Condi's newest critic, sending her into panic mode.

Samuel Bodman lets us know that we'll be paying an arm and a leg for gas for the next three years; it'll stop as soon as Bush is out of office...if he leaves office.

Al Gore tries to get us excited about global warming.

Rush Limbaugh must head for rehab.

Tuesday:

The Bush administration looks to continue WWIII in Iran by getting everyone on board to impose heavy sanctions.

In the years to come, will you remember where you were during the Colbert Blackout?

Mexico tries to legalize some drugs.

Ten states try to convince the Bush administration to force better mileage rules by through a lawsuit.

And we still haven't found out if Bush knows Spanish.

Wednesday:

There was a case of voter discrimination down in Mississippi...only black against white this time?

Our kids' kids' kids' kids will be paying off our deficit thanks to these damn tax cuts.

We learned that Valerie Plame was the spy we had tracking Iran's nuclear program, and now our intelligence on that is screwed.

Zacarias Moussaoui didn't get to become a martyr.

Democrats are corrupted, too.

Thursday:

Dick Cheney manages to piss off Russia.

FEMA closed its New Orleans office; New Orleans is probably screwed again this hurricane season.

Congress approved the $109 billion emergency funding bill against Bush's wishes.

Patrick Kennedy decided to carry on his father's legacy by crashing his car.

Friday:

Rumsfeld doesn't remember claiming he knew where the WMDs were in Iraq in 2003.

The military still makes war propaganda flicks a la SNAFU: tape of Zarqawi fumbling with a gun gets released to the public.

Valerie Plame gets a $2.5 million book deal.

Patrick Kennedy heads to rehab in Minnesota.

The neo-con/fundie dream is alive in Iraq: Iraqi police kill a boy for being gay.

Porter Goss resigns/is forced out/is fired from his job as CIA director, beginning a whole new Washington scandal.

Saturday:

Bush's approval rating falls to a staggering 33%.

Tony Blair starts having Cabinet shake-ups of his own.

Iraqis cheer helicopter crash which kills British servicemen; Bush was right about them being happy in Iraq...just for different reasons, as we found out.

Bush is now considering himself one of The Great War Presidents and starts calling the Iraq War WWIII.

Sunday:

The DeLay/Abramoff/Cunningham/Hookergate saga continues.

Democrats are finally confident again.

General Michael Hayden is likely to be Goss' successor.

And a lot of Congressmen/women don't like that.

Five people are detained at Newark Airport...for reading through the flight manuals.

[A Day Without Immigrants], [May Day boycott], [Colin Powell], [Colin Powell becomes Condi's newest critic], [Samuel Bodman], [extremely high gas prices for the next three years], [Al Gore], [global warming], [Bush administration], [Iran], [sanctions against Iran], [Colbert Blackout], [Stephen Colbert], [Mexico], [Mexico tries to legalize some drugs], [10 states sue government for better gas mileage rules], [Bush has sung national anthem in Spanish], [McClellan says Bush doesn't know Spanish], [voter discrimination in Mississippi], [blacks discriminating against whites in Mississippi?], [tax cut extension--$70 billion in the hole], [Zacarias Moussaoui], [Zacarias Moussaoui gets life in prison], [Kentuckian businessman pleads guilty to bribing La. representative], [Dick Cheney], [Russia], [Dick Cheney insults Russia], [FEMA closes New Orleans office], [Patrick Kennedy involved in car accident], [Rumsfeld], [Rumsfeld denies knowing where WMDs were], [tape shows Zarqawi fumbling with gun], [war propaganda], [Valerie Plame gets book deal], [Kennedy to rehab at Mayo clinic], [Iraqi police kill boy for being gay], [Porter Goss controversy], [Bush at 33%], [Tony Blair], [Blair has Cabinet shake-ups, too], [Iraqis cheer British helicopter crash], [DeLay office knew Abramoff arranged trip], [Democrats are confident again], [Michael Hayden to be Goss' successor], [Congress objects to Hayden as CIA director], [5 detained at Newark for reading in-flight manuals]