I really enjoy the "phony news shows" on Comedy Central. I've been watching John Stewart for a couple years and when Stephen Colbert spun off with his Colbert report I really appreciated the nightly bitch slap he represented to the "Wing Nut News" broadcasts and the Unfair and Unbalanced Nitwits like O'Reilly and Hannity.

A good deal of what transpires on both Stewart and Colbert's shows is far from phony, and mixed in with the humor and satirical treatments of the day's events are often found pearls of information not seen in the main stream media.

Such was the case last night with the appearance of Public Citizen's Tyson Slocum. In promos from Public Citizen it was mentioned that Slocum had five points that he wanted to make with his appearance about Big Oil. Slocum's five points:

I really enjoy the "phony news shows" on Comedy Central. I've been watching John Stewart for a couple years and when Stephen Colbert spun off with his Colbert report I really appreciated the nightly bitch slap he represented to the "Wing Nut News" broadcasts and the Unfair and Unbalanced Nitwits like O'Reilly and Hannity.

Short and sour.  You can get the report from CNN's website.

The following document articulates the broad strategy the President set forth in 2003  and provides an update on our progress as well as the challenges remaining.          

"The United States has no intention of determining the precise form of Iraq's new  government.  That choice belongs to the Iraqi people.  Yet, we will ensure that one  brutal dictator is not replaced by another.  All Iraqis must have a voice in the new  government, and all citizens must have their rights protected.    

Rebuilding Iraq will require a sustained commitment from many nations, including  our own: we will remain in Iraq as long as necessary, and not a day more."    - President George W. Bush, February 26, 2003

Read it and weep.