Your Friday Reading

Thought I'd stumbled onto a promising new piece of software for blogging today. Spent the last hour trying to make it do what I wanted it to do and finally came back to my old freeware helper. The other thing was just too confusing and refused to handle my convenient copy and paste link lists. So, let's get right to it, shall we? Oh, make sure you scroll down and check the posts from last night. Particularly note the one about Limbaugh and the female CNN news anchor. It's getting a TON of blog attention today, with darn near everybody being critical.

• Arguing with Bush - Analyzing yesterday's speech from the left.


• And from the Right - President Bush Speaks Again on the War on Terror, But Is Anyone Listening?


• BBC chickening out on Bush god claim story


• And more on that Bush/god story - Dodging The Lightning Bolts


• Bush Approval Resumes Slide


• Bush is crushing the dreams of conservatives


• Well, not ALL of them. Hissy Fit Time is Over - Arkansas conservative says "don't give up"


• Same thing from a new NRCC Memo: We're Not Worried


• CBS' double standard: Network refuses to interview former Clinton administration officials for upcoming Freeh story


• Craig Crawford -- Is Press Cowed By Terror Warnings?


• DeLay Changed His Story


• How baseless are those charges now, Tom?


• Ominous signs and Genuine concerns


• Security Issues Plague E-Voting


• Three Years Ago Today, Bush Misled Us Into War - Very detailed dissection of the Ohio speech


• Who's Crying Now? Media critic explains why reporters are happy these days.


• FEMA's making it tough to do the autopsies. Bodies bound with red tape


How about a bit of Arkansas Media talk? Courtesy of the Arkansas Times. Appears somebody is trying to look all "presidential"


• Reporters not impressed


And, finally, from the ever-popular "you just can't make this stuff up" department - two bonus links:


• Youth swallow goldfish to learn faith


• We are thankful for -- readers


And, just for good measure and in case you missed it last night, Keith and Pat Buchanan sort through the current Presidential problems. Pat's not a happy camper these days.


• When Christians Collide


UPDATES:


• AP-Ipsos Poll: Bush losing his base


• Right-Wing House Twists Arms, Thwarts Democracy To Pass Oil Industy Windfall. Dems turn it into something that sounds like we're in London - shouting "Shame, Shame, Shame.
Pretty incredible scene. Video clip included. Watch it.