skippy the bush kangaroo: set your tivo's

Friday, February 22, 2008

set your tivo's

forget part of the oscars...you have watch 60 minutes this sunday.

a former republican campaign worker claims that president bush's top political adviser, karl rove, asked her to find evidence that the democratic governor of alabama at the time was cheating on his wife, according to an upcoming broadcast of "60 minutes." - tpm

..according to simpson's statement, william canary, a senior gop political operative and riley adviser who was on the conference call, said " not to worry about don siegelman" because "'his girls' would take care of" the governor. canary then made clear that " his girls" was a reference to his wife, leura canary, the u.s. attorney for the middle district of alabama, and alice martin, the u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama. - newsweek story quoted on demcat's diary over at the great orange one's site.

and in september, on hbo, another must see

taxi to the dark side, a documentary about an innocent afghan taxi driver tortured to death by u.s. officials at bagram air base, has received wide critical acclaim since its debut in april at the tribeca film festival. the new york times’s a.o. scott said, “if recent american history is ever going to be discussed with the necessary clarity and ethical rigor, this film will be essential.”

...in a press release on thursday, hbo announced that it has bought the rights to taxi and will show the film in september 2008. - think progress

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