You turn your back for a second...

...and the world goes wacky! Well at least a little wackier than usual.

After a well needed weekend getaway with my lovely fiancee, I come back to find that Chuck Hagel has announced that he'll announce his political future later this year, Alberto Gonzales is feeling his collar tighten (and Jack Cafferty calls him a weasel!), Karl Rove is implicated as being involved in the federal attorney firings and the White House admits it, Pappy Bush collapses on a golf course, Max Cleland bitchslaps Cheney and Bush in a TV interview with Wolf Blitzer, and General Kevin Kiley is the latest head to roll in the continuing Walter Reed scandal.

MAN! What a weekend! I'd love to continue because there's plenty more to cover, but alas, it's accountant appointment day to deal with my 2006 taxes. So hopefully I'll have time to comment on the above stories later.

But let me get an easy one out of the way now. What the hell is an 82 year old man doing playing golf in 94° heat?! Even I get faint after 18 holes in that kind of weather. What an idiot.

Alberto is Gonzo!

While I'm in the middle of trashing Alberto "Torture Boy" Gonzales, let us not forget that over the last few weeks, the Bush Administration has been firing federal prosecutors. Gonzales has been filling these positions with... you guessed it, more Bush cronies. And due to a provision in the Patriot Act, these interim attorneys are indefinite appointments. No confirmation process necessary. How convenient!

Here's Jack Cafferty on the subject.

Thanks to "psalm54" at YouTube for the video alert.

Cafferty on Iraq "Surge"

"...there's never been much of a market for reality in the Bush White House. It's all about the spin you know."