Late Night Update

It's been a long day spent mainly by watching TV, listening to music, and watching Chaos and Creation in Abbey Road.

Anyway, in case you didn't know, the United States Olympic Team finished up with 25 medals.

I agree with HRC on this one. They should be shunned.

Clinton also said U.S. policy on Iran should be "clear and unequivocal: We cannot allow Iran to build nuclear weapons." Clinton, who is rumored to be considering a run for president in 2008, also tried to link security concerns with domestic issues. "It’s a false choice" to separate security issues and "our mutual commitment" to help the poor and needy, she said to the approximately 250 people in attendance.

Speaker after speaker at the event, including Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and several members of New York’s congressional delegation, also spoke about the need to contain Hamas and Iran.

I may be a fan of London the city but not London's Mayor Ken Livingstone.

Karl Rove obsesses with HRC? No wonder she is leading the 2008 polls at this point.

Reacting to a new book quoting Karl Rove as saying she will be the 2008 Democratic nominee for president, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that President Bush's chief political strategist "spends a lot of time obsessing about me."

The former first lady also said she believed Rove, national GOP Chairman Ken Mehlman and other Republicans are using her to divert attention from Republican problems as the 2006 congressional elections approach.

"Karl Rove is a brilliant strategist. So, if I were thinking about this," she told WROW-AM radio in Albany, "I'd say, why are they spending so much time talking about me?"

Oh, if anyone was wondering Walk the Line comes out tomorrow on DVD. I have to buy that some day.

Jack Carter, a candidate for US Senate in Nevada, is doing some serious fundraising. President Jimmy Carter may be attending one in NYC.

Senator Harry Reid sent the following email out today:

Three times this week the Republican culture of corruption will come to a head before a federal judge.

Tuesday: David Safavian, George Bush's top procurement officer (responsible for billions of dollars in federal spending), will be in court for pretrial motions in his case involving lying to investigators about his dealings with Jack Abramoff.

Wednesday: Michael Scanlon, Abramoff's associate, who pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, will be in court for a status conference on his sentencing.

Friday: Former Republican Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham who pled guilty on November 28th, will be sentenced.

Jon Stewart and the Night Visitor is an interesting read and is a script. I don't know if it's a sketch that's been filmed or a joke. But a good read nonetheless. It's definitely a satirical script.

Will the president support the bill in South Dakota?

At a news conference Monday, White House spokesman Scott McClellan suggested that President Bush does not support a South Dakota bill that would ban nearly all abortions in the state.

McClellan did not say that Bush opposes the state bill, but reiterated the president's long-standing position on abortion. Bush is "pro-life with three exceptions," McClellan said.

Those exceptions are rape, incest or when a woman's life is endangered. The South Dakota bill only allows abortion in the last case.

Most people support abortions in those instances.

Bill Nighbert will stand trial. I am not surprised at all.

John Mellencamp will headline the first concert in Bloomington's new U.S. Cellular Coliseum.