God bless this great land

"Federal officials declined to disclose the location of the facility or the number of actual detainees.
In Cache County, minorities make up 12 percent - Latinos are 8 percent - of the population of 98,000 people.
Women were crying as they were handcuffed with plastic ties and put on the buses. Some weren't allowed to get their belongings from their lockers. Maria, who declined to use her last name, argued with an agent because she was getting the coat for her 34-year-old niece, Blanca, who was arrested.
''She [the agent] told me, 'Do you think it's going to be cold in Mexico?' '' Maria said, holding back tears. ''I've never seen people get treated como animales.''"

Those with the dough make the calls

Looks like we won't be leaving Iraq anytime soon since Cheney's superiors have told him we need to stay put.