The New York Times: Until Successor Is Confirmed, Powell Pledges to Work Hard:

"'It has always been my intention that I would serve one term,' Mr. Powell told reporters in a televised briefing from the State Department early this afternoon.

'In recent weeks and months, President Bush and I have talked about foreign policy and we've talked about what to do at the end of the first term,' Mr. Powell said. 'After we had had a chance to have good and fulsome discussions on it, we came to mutual agreement that it would be appropriate for me to leave at this time.'"

I'd say this was all a rather "interesting" way to phrase is leaving. Hmmm.

Thank You Notes to Margaret Marshall

Margaret Marshall, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, did more than anyone in America to assure a Bush victory. Despite the wishes of voters in the Commonwealth, Justice Marshall changed thousands of years of human history by asserting that the concept of "marriage" included men who lived with men, and women who lived with women. This issue became a rallying cry across the nation for the many millions of ordinary folks that hold traditional values and reject the idea that a handful of elites can change our culture solely on the concept of political correctness.

Thank you Justice Marshall for reminding us how dangerous you elites are and for reminding us right before an election. Please send your kind and respectful thank your notes to:

Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
One Beacon Street, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02108