But wait - there's more

One of the really neat things about the internet is that news articles are available from years ago, searchable, and linkable. The really good bloggers can come up with a theme, and then construct points of view based on information in various news publications. Left bloggers will reference reputable news outlets, such as the N.Y. Times and the Washingto Post, and so on. Right wing bloggers usually reference "news" organization such as NewsMax, which are basically just Republican PR outlets that nobody but other hardcore Republican's take seriously.

I, on the other hand, basically just read the current news and post my point of view on it. Sometimes, like right now, I'll find nice work that other bloggers have done and rehash it with my own take.

So, that leads to a perfect example, involving Tom DeLay. Now, this may seem a little hard core, but remember, everything is sourced, and you can follow the links to the original sources of information.

From Mark Kleiman's blog

Kevin recalls correctly that DeLay was on Milosevich's side against Bill Clinton. He doesn't mention the extraordinary maneuver by which DeLay managed to send an encouraging message to the enemy while our men and women in uniform were in harm's way, by promising Clinton a resolution of support for the air war and then arranging for it to come to the floor and fail. (Of course, DeLay wasn't alone among Republicans, back then, in hating the President more than he hated the mass murderer the President was trying to rein in.)

And now we know, as Kevin points out, that DeLay was doing all of this as the beneficiary of largesse from the Russian security services. Taking an expensive vacation at the expense of the military of a foreign power to support America's enemies probably doesn't amount to treason under the Constitutional definition, but it comes close.

The debate on the motion to consider immediate expulsion should be well worth listening to: once Nancy Pelosi offers it, that is.

Go read the original post if you want to follow the links to original source material. It's all quite amazing if you ask me.