Weekend Update - November 24th

• "No Music Day." Music, music, music, whether you want it or not! Kevin Berger expounds on one of my pet peeves. (Uncle Bob)
• As Uncle Bob tries to virtually take over Weekend Update, he implores all of us to read this next one, even though he knows "it's really long." I concur. It's worth reading. "America's History of Bungled Spying."
• Ricks of 'Wash Post': Don't Celebrate Turnaround in Iraq Just Yet. Thomas Ricks of The Washington Post has been one of the level-headed, and accurate, reporters on the Iraq war since its inception. His book "Fiasco" was one of the best on the subject.
• Conservative Prime Minister John Howard, one of the Bush administration's staunchest allies, suffered a humiliating election defeat Saturday at the hands of an opposition leader who has vowed to pull troops out of Iraq.
• Sit down. Think for a moment what would have happened if George Bush was in office during the Cuban missle crisis. Now calm down.
• When Harold Washington, Chicago’s first black mayor, died on Nov. 25, 1987, many of us understood that his death marked the passing of a great man. But while we lamented the negative impact of his loss, few of us had any inkling of the vast political vacuum he would leave behind.
• Impeachment: IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
• Mike Huckabee is not a sane man.