""I think the thing that makes some people suspicious about this ...(is the fact that) there were people in this administration and some of the people who are associated with them who had a thing about Iraq before any of this started. They had their agenda on Iraq. They tried to push their agenda on us at the end of our term and they are people who felt that way during the first Bush administration. So it makes you a little suspicious about what they are doing. And it is hard to tell. I am sure Saddam Hussein supports terrorists, there is no question in my mind. I am sure Al Qaeda is doing everything it is doing. But I haven't seen the connection.""

Madeline Albright on the links the Bush Administration sees between Iraq and bin Laden

"The White House expressed support Saturday for embattled Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt, brushing aside pressure from Democrats and some Republicans for his removal.

"The president continues to have confidence in Harvey Pitt," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters. "

Bush is very serious about corporate reform!

This is an opening for the midterm elections.  If he acts this irresponsibly when he doesn't control all of Washington, how will he behave after Tuesday if the Democrats don't show up?

"Avoiding a catastrophic effect on climate from the burning of fossil fuels would require political will, international cooperation and huge resources, said the team from a group of American universities. But "no amount of regulation" could solve the problem, they said."

A group of American scientists say the world's power requirements could triple over the next 50 years, and our only hope lies in tremendous technical advances.

[via DrudgeReport]