Bush already showing signs of alzheimers?

This from a recent Q&A with the President:

Q Mr. President, the Justice Department issued an advisory opinion last year declaring that as Commander-in-Chief you have the authority to order any kind of interrogation techniques that are necessary to pursue the war on terror. Were you aware of this advisory opinion? Do you agree with it? And did you issue any such authorization at any time?

THE PRESIDENT: No, the authorization I issued, David, was that anything we did would conform to U.S. law and would be consistent with international treaty obligations. That's the message I gave our people.

Q Have you seen the memos?

THE PRESIDENT: I can't remember if I've seen the memo or not, but I gave those instructions.

So either he can't remember a memo that authorized the military to use torture or he's lying through his teeth. Which one is it?

Big news this week

The Ray Charles funeral has obscured several key events this week:

1. The Washington Post reported that Pentagon officials ordered the use of dogs on prisoners in Iraq.
2. An internal White House memo provided evidence that the President was worried about the possible legal consequences of its use of torture in Iraq and elsewhere.
3. John McCain directly rebuffed Kerry's indirect VP invitation.
4. Pentagon officials admitted that they've failedin the training of an Iraqi police force.
5. The State Department was caught politically doctoring a document regarding world terrorism. The doctored document claimed that terrorism declined between 2001 and 2004. In reality, terrorism increased sharply during that period.

All in all a pretty busy week. Too bad all of the media attention is focused on Ray Charles...

Hitchens trashed Reagan

Christopher Hitchens writes the most disrespectful Reagan obit I've seen so far...

In fact, it's the most disrespectful obituary I've seen since his Mother Theresa obit.

Naturally, I enjoyed both.

Not a bad trailer

Check out the trailer for Michael Moore's new movie...