Today's Must Read - Ray McGovern's "Bush League War Drums Beating Louder on Iran"

Now, I know, for the Dog Days of August, there's a lot going on ...

We have the continued prelude to the great and powerful Petraeus report with the Selling of Iraq ...

There's the new glamor boy on the scene, who dares to have the vision to go in and rescue Iraq ...

And just in case you forgot about the Iraqi connection to September 11th, Ari Fleischer is rolling out a new road show to bring that canard on-stage for another encore ...

However, there is a searing post today on Truthout that truly deserves your attention.

Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern's "Bush League War Drums Beating Louder on Iran".

I will only quote you one line from it: "Scary".

Get ready to be told to go out and do more shopping...

Bonus Links

Robert Baer: Prelude to an Attack on Iran

Cernig: Sanders Calls FOX News Out On Iran Warmongering

Think Progress - Bolton: I ‘Absolutely’ Hope The U.S. Will Attack Iran In The Next ‘Six Months’

Attytood: A prelude to war: What's really behind Bush's Iran move

They're singing McCain's song ...

Shoutout for Truthout!

Something Cool for a hot, summer's day ...

Hopefully, many of our readers are aware of the great resource site, Truthout.

If you click through any of the link-loaded Garlic posts, you'll find a good measure of those pointing back to a Truthout post.

Truthout, for those not in-the-know, is "a full-service news agency dedicated to establishing a powerful, stable voice for independent journalism, whose mission is one of education aimed at perpetuating and strengthening our American democracy. We are committed to making available a broad range of political news and editorial analysis."

It would be quite the gray day if they were not out there on the big, ole World Wide Web

And in case you missed it, with the Bush Grindhouse amping up the war rhetoric, take a look at a few of the folks battling the against that - The Truthout 2007 Freedom and Democracy Awards (And, no, I'm not going to spoil it for you, or make it easy ... You're going to have to click through to see who has been anointed in Truthout's inaugural awards).

So, get on over there, check'em out and give'em your support.

Visit and Bookmark Truthout

Truthout 2007: Freedom and Democracy Awards


And Speaking of Something Cool

Listen to a clip of the sultry-voiced June Christy singing 'Something Cool'

More Libby, Libby, Libby ... Bill Moyers' Begging His Pardon

Too tired tonight to write anything new on The Scooter ... You can visit yesterday's Libby, Libby, Libby ... It's A Scooterpalooza! to get a good hit on All Things Scooter.

Instead, we turn it over to a much better voice, and it's a good read

Bill Moyers: Begging His Pardon

Well worth clicking through and checking it out