Friday Morning News & Notes

TGIF

-Ari Fleischer ups the ante and says he'd be more than willing to testify on water boarding. I'm starting to really hope the Dems chase the "torture" issue and they do get Cheney and others on the stand. The American people will get the real facts and the House and Senate will look more inane than ever.

-Remember when W called himself The Decided and was always so sure of himself? Remember that people got on his case because he wasn't nuanced enough and was always so sure in his position? He was ridiculed. Obama makes Bush seem wishy-washy by comparison.

-ABC outs the men who developed the water boarding strategy. Our intelligence-gathering capabilities take another hit thanks to the media.

-Gates says it's too late on Iran and nukes regardless of what we do. Thank you IAEA and the UN for protecting the world.

-The media have greatly over-hyped the swine flu. I'm not surprised but it has caused almost as much panic as the photo op last week in NYC by Obama's plane.

-Pakistani singer murdered in honor killing in Taliban-controlled region.