Daily Briefing: Real and Spectacular
* Senators refuse to confirmGeorge Caseyas Army chief until he tells them where he gets the good happy drugs. [ WP , NYT , LAT ]
* The "unpleasant but very detailed" 90-page National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq goes to Congress. The 2 pages you're allowed to see will be podcasted. [ WP ]
* If you give money to poor people you have to give it to rich people too, this is America, everything has to be equal. [ WP , NYT ]
* Yes, the Senate is still talking about their, "Mr. President, don't send more Americans into the middle of civil war!" resolution, letter, email whatever. [ NYT ]
* Only the brain-dead pay the death tax. [ WSJ ]
* New Iraq "casualty" count only reflects soldiers who were shot at, not who shoot themselves. [ NYT ]
* United Nations to world: Global warming, it's real. [ LAT ]
*President Bushto nation: no fatties. [ WP ]