Pakistan

Nope. I don't know what the hell is going on. Yes, i do understand the forces at play, but what i mean is that i don't see any kind of sane, positive resolution for the people of Pakistan.

Musharraf is a dictator and has given aid to powers that have proven very dangerous. However, this doesn't mean Benazir Bhutto is innocent. In fact, she's a criminal.

So this is all Bush's fault... most people still reading this blog know just how much i loathe that bastard, and hold his administration responsible for many of the current foreign policy problems. Well, not entirely. This time, if the knee-jerk rightwing freaks want to scream, "It's Clinton fault!" they'd actually have a point. Entergy is involved. Oh, i loves me some Entergy...

Ugly.

White House Says Hill Can't Pursue Contempt Cases

My hopes were getting up with where Congress was going with the ignored subpoena of Harrient Miers. The pace seemed glacial, but it looked like a trap was being laid out carefully, with solid documented proof that the White House does not have a leg to stand on with all of its arrogant invocations of executive privilege. They were going to nail her and others for contempt. It was obvious.

Stupid, stupid me.

"A U.S. attorney would not be permitted to bring contempt charges or convene a grand jury in an executive privilege case."

The executive branch is now almost completely unchecked. This opinion will probably stand because if the matter goes to court, it probably go before the Supreme Court, and there, the question will already be decided.

This is causing severe depression. It's hard to be angry anymore, because once i let that emotion motivate me, I quickly become discouraged.

I sincerely doubt whether there will be a presidential election in 2008.

More here, but it's not cheering me up.