Weekend Special - Sautéed Cloves 16 July 2006

After being stunned by President Bush with a hearty belly kiss last week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has now made it a policy, when meeting with world leaders to be seated and have a third-party between her and the other leader


Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT?) said that if he had known in advance, he would have eschewed kissing President Bush after the State of the Union speech and waited for a good, wet belly kiss from Bush

Recently retired/resigned/fired "The View" co-host Star Jones Reynolds has come out and called for the resignation or firing of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

Jones said of Rumsfeld handing of the Iraq War and the Global War on Terrorism, or her own firing, "It just isn't fair"

New MSNBC Chief Dan Abrams defended his decision not to send any MSNBC reporters or hosts to the escalating conflict in the Middle East, saying that he can pull content from NBC and that "we'll have a ton of documentaries on this over the next few months"

Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of State Karen Hughes has launched a new program to help promote the United States to other countries. Hughes is planning the Lady Liberty Tour, where Lady Liberty will attend sporting events and promote America and American values to sports fans during the game and matches.

No word from the State Department if Lady Liberty will have a role in Hughes’ flagship program, the International Tupperware Parties

Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) has called a press conference for Monday, to announce the discovery of two American Legion members in Iraq, but stopped short of saying they were Weapons of Mass Destruction, or the reason the Bush Administration manipulated the intelligence to invade and occupy Iraq