life is looking better

I seem to have gotten over the stomach flu or the food poisoning or whatever it was that had me (details deleted) all of Friday night and Saturday morning, and then sleeping most of Saturday and Sunday in an attempt to recover.

And conservatives are savaging the president! I hope someone reruns the interview; if he was this bad, I'm sorry I missed it.

well, that's simple

Bush said critics, including conservatives, are "wrong" to say he has not kept control of the federal budget. "If you look at the appropriations bills that were passed under my watch, in the last year of President Clinton, discretionary spending was up 15 percent, and ours have steadily declined," he said.

Federal discretionary spending has grown by more than 25 percent in the past two fiscal years, following average annual increases of 2.4 percent in discretionary spending in the 1990s, according to figures from congressional budget panels.

He's either a fool or a liar, and I want neither on running my country

I love this kid!

"Oh my goodness, economics is awesome."

nothing ever seems to get better in Haiti

AP report from Salon

Hundreds of Haitians looted TV sets, mattresses and sacks of flour from shipping containers Sunday in this port town, one of several communities seized by rebels in a bloody uprising against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Using felled trees, flaming tires and car chassis, residents blocked streets throughout St. Marc a day after militants drove out police in gunbattles that killed two people. Many residents have formed neighborhood groups to back insurgents in their push to expel the president.

"After Aristide leaves, the country will return to normal," said Axel Philippe, 34, among dozens massed on the highway leading to St. Marc, a city of about 100,000 located some 45 miles northwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince.

At least 18 people have been killed since armed opponents of Aristide began their assault Thursday, setting police stations on fire and driving officers from the northwestern city of Gonaives -- Haiti's fourth-largest city -- and several smaller nearby towns.

A little sunlight is the best disinfectant

Facts, Mr. President, not lies.

Comparison courtesy of the Center for American Progress.