A woman just needs love and reassurance sometimes; that’s why I read Glenn Greenwald at Salon.

That's not a commercial advertisement for Salon, just a statement of appreciation of Greenwald’s article this morning chiding Tom Friedman (and Fred Hiatt, Charles Krauthammer) and other Iraq war cheerleaders.

Chickenhawks seem incapable of realizing that American foreign policy under Bush-Cheney (including that Iraq War thing) is more serious than mere “mistakes,” deserving of a "thumbs-down," as Friedman writes this morning.

From Greenwald’s column this morning on the “befuddled” Tom Friedman:

Update: Contact Barack Obama.
Not nearly as compelling a visual as the Christie Brinkley divorce proceedings (at left), the votes in the U.S. Senate tomorrow on using the Nixon crimes-inspired FISA law to immunize unlawful presidential abuses that FISA was crafted to prevent ought draw the attention of every news organization and blog in the country.

But do not bet on saturation coverage of the FISA votes this week, no matter the advocacy of Russ Feingold, Chris Dodd and others. The Fourth Amendment is just not as sexy as Christie Brinkley, nor as powerful as the fear gripping too many supine Democratic U.S. Senators.

“... I hope that over the July 4th holiday, Senators will take a closer look at this deeply flawed legislation and understand how it threatens the civil liberties of the American people. It is possible to defend this country from terrorists while also protecting the rights and freedoms that define our nation,” said Feingold in late June, as he and others pursue a quest that we hope is not quixotic.