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good guest today so short commentary:

first item: this morning travis t hipp lead story was the investigation in chicago of who outed cia agent Valerie plame, who knew, and that wash dc was awash with rumors that karl rove and perhaps dick cheney were due to testify before the grand jury, and most sensational, that indictments would soon be issued. The implication being that if indictments to prosecute were indeed issued, that could bring down the entire bush cabal. One might consider that an important story. According to this mornings npr news one would be wrong. Not a mention. Zip. Nada. If npr is an alternative news source, then im elvis preasley.

its an interesting question. One could posit that one reason if not the major reason for the us invasion of iraq was to send a clear message to all other oil producing nations that they’d better continue trading oil in dollars and that switching to euros might have very serious consequences, such as being invaded and taken over by the us.

Next item: I heard a news report, not sure from which radio station, that the mayor of new Orleans, ray nagin, was proposing plans to change the laws of new Orleans to allow hotels of over 500 beds to add casinos to their enterprises. I’m sure all the poor people of new Orleans who lost their homes, and possessions will be pleased at this innovative plan for urban improvement.