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March 21, 2007

U.S. Attorney: 'Why I Was Fired'; 18-day gap in WH emails; Tom Paxton updates LBJ song for GWB; Best 2006 books

Why I Was Fired by David C. Iglesias, former United States attorney for the District of New Mexico.

Josh Marshall reports there's an 18-day gap in the released White House emails on the firings, discovered by one of his army of citizen readers calling himself DonP in this thread dated March 20, 2007 02:19 AM.

The email of Nov 15 ends with "Who will determine if this requires the President's attention" and Meiers says it will take a while as he is gone. The plan attached (page 15) to that says to begin making calls on Nov 15. Sampson had also recommended informing Karl.

The next email is dated Dec 4! From William Kelley at 4:48 pm it says:
"We're a go for the US atty plan. WH leg, political, and communications have signed off and acknowledged that we will have to be committed to following through once the pressure comes."

Comparison to Rosemary Woods was swift and inevitable.

Going through these things twice: Once upon a time, a fok singer named Tom Paxton wrote a song called, "Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation," (lyrics) whose chorus was,

Lyndon Johnson told the nation,
"Have no fear of escalation.
I am trying everyone to please.
Though it isn't really war,
We're sending fifty thousand more,
To help save Vietnam from the Viet Namese."

Now he's updated it: Here's George W. Told The Nation (download)
Chorus:

George W. told the nation,
"This is not an escalation;
This is just a surge toward victory.
Just to win my little war,
I'm sending 20,000 more,
To help me save Iraq from the Iraqis.

Blogs together: We have a clean new index of all the Projo blogs, with headline links to each blog's three latest posts.

Book lists: Best of 2006: Reading lists for adults and children via Rebecca Blood.

I read these, plug a promising title on Amazon, then click my Library bookmarklet (you can get one over there on the right side of the page) and go right to the library catalogue. If they have the book, I request it. Eventually, a phone call tells me it's waiting at my branch.

Posted by Sheila Lennon at 10:38 AM | Permalink

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The library bookmarklet has changed my life. I now only spend money on books I know I want to own, and I'm reading more than I have in years! If a book is a dud, I have no remorse about stopping in the middle and just returning it. Once in a while I'm overdue, and when I walk in there to pay my fine, I always feel like that's the best nickel I've spent all month.

Now, if I could just get the San Francisco Public Library to improve a few things on their website....sd

Posted by: Rebecca Blood on March 21, 2007 1:31 PM

I also use the bookmarklet as an easy way into my patron record at the library site to find out how many books I have out, and which ones, so I know if I have to keep looking, and what to look for. Sometimes just seeing the title reminds me where I last saw it. (We read in every room.)

It's too bad we have this childhood fear of fines. I cheerfully confess to my fines and tell the librarian that these are my donation to the library, and I'm happy to pay them. Without fines, I might not think to support the library. It's a fine trade for the convenience of being late sometimes.

Posted by: Sheila Lennon on March 21, 2007 9:49 PM