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...harmful heavy metals, and perhaps confirm contemporary reports that Schiller died of tuberculosis - thereby disappointing conspiracy theorists who claim he may have been poisoned by Freemasons. The poet himself probably wouldn't have cared what fate befell his remains. "The Weavers of the Web - the Fates - but sway/ The matter and the things of clay," he wrote in his philosophical lyric The Ideal and Life. "Safe from each change that Time to Matter gives/ ... The form, the archetype, serenely lives." And so it will, whichever skull takes the crown...
Democrats have simply lived by Abraham Lincoln's creed that one's religion is a personal matter and not an indicator of political capability. Our nation's faithful have never been ignored. They just didn't realize it because no one ever used their religion as a litmus test to get elected...
...Specter later circled back to Gonzales on the matter, warning him: "My suggestion to you is you review your testimony to find out if your credibility has been breached to the point of being actionable," Specter said. The maximum penalty for being caught lying to Congress is five years in prison and a fine of $250,000 per count. Specter wryly noted to reporters during a break that there is a jail in the Capitol complex...
...House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten - the House Judiciary Committee tomorrow is expected to issue two contempt citations for their refusal, citing executive privilege, to comply with subpoenas to testify - Gonzales had a short lawyerly response. "I am recused of speaking on that matter due to the ongoing investigation," he said...
...some within government ranks have been more than willing to denounce fellow Chavez allies in recent months. Pro-Chavez lawmaker Luis Tascon suggested there was corrupt behavior afoot at the state oil company and last week summoned company president and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez to shed light on the matter in front of the national Assembly. Also last week, outgoing Defense Minister Gen. Raul Isaias Baduel said, in his farewell speech, that Chavez's beloved "socialism of the 21st century" was a vague model that was generating unease...