Thanks to Kaffy, natch, who linked to an article about making money off blog advertising in the Chicago Trib, I wandered over to an old blog I used to read fairly often when I worked downtown and wanted to pretend I was fancy and well-read, especially after 9/11: The Talking Points Memo by Josh Micah Marshall. (Interesting sidenote: On our way home from Vegas in June 2001, I sat next to Josh's half brother, Steve (I think was his name) on the plane. Nice guy. He and his woman were in Vegas to catch Cirque du Soleil's O. But I digress.) So I'm scanning through to try to remember whether Josh was liberal or conservative when I came across this, which got me to read this about how Pakistan is getting the screws turned on it to produce bin Laden by -- wait for it -- at LEAST the Democratic Convention, and if not then, before the elections, but DEFINITELY before DURING the Democratic Convention at the end of the month.

I, too, echo the authors' sentiments: If going after Al Qaeda in Pakistan is a good idea, it's been a good idea for at least the last two years. So what's with the sense of urgency NOW, Shrub? Shoot me an e-mail and lemeno, homey.