Jonathan Singer:
"The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg and David E. Sanger reported on Friday that the Bush administration is poised to approve the sale of nine plants that make items vital to the American military to a government wholly owned by the government of the United Arab Emirates."

Tim Roemer:
"The administration said Iraqis would greet us with roses as liberators, yet our soldiers are attacked with homemade bombs ... The administration said it was prepared for a hurricane in New Orleans, yet our government's feeble response prompted Bangladesh to offer us $1 million in aid ... The administration said it would bring competency to our federal budget, yet our nation faces catastrophic deficits ... Had Enough?"

Larry Margasak:
"A GOP telemarketing firm implicated in two criminal prosecutions involving election dirty tricks got its startup money from (Republican) Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, financial records show.  Barbour's investment company arranged a quarter-million-dollar loan to GOP Marketplace in 2000 and also gave a promotional plug to the telemarketer several months later ..."

RIP John Kenneth Galbraith
Holcomb B. Noble and Douglas Martin:
"... he depicted a consumer culture gone wild, rich in goods but poor in the social services that make for community. He argued that America had become so obsessed with overproducing consumer goods that it ... damaged the quality of life in America by creating "private opulence and public squalor."