Still puzzled over Bush's joke.

At least none of the usual suspects have defended him as far as I can tell.

Ed Gillespie of course defended Bush's gaffe, but none of the Corporate Punditocracy.

It's too hot to handle, and really indefensible.

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Polls:

Lou Dobbs wants to know what you think the best measure of the strength of the U.S. economy is...

....while MSNBC wants to know who you'd vote for if the presidential election "were held this week."

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I've uploaded a short Chomsky piece from 03/21/2004. It's around 9MB. Short and a good listen. You can download it here

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Gotta feed. Give Noam a listen if you have the time.