Open Thread Monday

A new survey by an organization I've never heard of says there's more prattling on about impeaching the President over the Scooter Libby commutation. Read about the "American Research Group's" survey here. Yes, let's impeach a president for adhering to Article II, section 2 of the US Constitution (allowing a president to commute and pardon). Still beats Clinton's pardoning of CONVICTED PUERTO RICAN MURDERING TERRORISTS in the lead up to Hillary's senate race (for those of you who need the circle connected the Puerto Rican community in New York is, uh, big).
Here's a typical response by Oregon's astro turf libbies.
One of you lefties answer me this: how come you keep saying Scooter Libby dropped a dime on Plame when it was Bush hata Richard Armitage who did it?

The new surge/hold/diplomacy (ala Anbar Awakening) is working, just in time for Richard Lugar to want to pull out. For a dispassionate, non politically hewn take on what's going on in Iraq, you might want to read sources other than the NYT. Take for instance the Iraq Report here and the latest on what's worked and what's sucked so far here (if you can handle the truth). Before you gasp in mock incredulity at the fact the report is found in The Weekly Standard, maybe you should consider that they're the only ones willing to publish an outside look at the war. Yes, The Weekly Standard has been pro kill Saddam from the git go.

And finally, US authorities were able to prevent car bombing attacks by finding them before they exploded. In one case the car bomb was a dud.
Did this take place in the Al Anbar province of Iraq? Perhaps in the tribal areas outside of Kabul? No. LA. The car bombs were planted by ANIMAL RIGHTS TERRORISTS. Read here. Here's an exerpt:

The terrorists behind the American firebombs were not Islamic fanatics, but animal-rights jihadists bent on harming and intimidating scientists who conduct medical research on animals. They also have targeted employees of businesses that might work with researchers, as well as harassed the spouses and young children of researchers.
Last year, animal-rights activists went after another UCLA researcher by placing a firebomb at her doorstep -- except that they put the bomb at the wrong home. Fortunately, that bomb, too, failed to ignite.