White House Outside The Law: Bush Breaks Scooter Out Of Jail

White House says it’s fine to break the law, as long as it’s to protect the Vice President...PLUS: Quaint Czechs who hate the New Cold War...Eat Fritos and Twinkies and still look hot...The private musings of top journalist Sy Hersh...Will you be one of the billion murdered by smokes?..Babies having babies, literally...How to know when an eggplant a terrorist attack...and did you ever figure out who *was* on first? It’s Tuesday July 3 and this is Mic Check. Rebel outside the law.

Celebration Excuse

American Potatoes, Couch Jumpers and the Baseball Hall of Fame. It’s Tuesday, July 3 and we *still* have no idea who’s on first.

1863

In the turning point of the Civil War, Gen. Robert E. Lee loses the Battle of Gettysburg

1890

Welcome, Idaho! The Land of the Spuds becomes America’s 43rd State.

1930

Congress creates the Veterans Administration

1940

We still don’t know Who’s on Third: The legendary comedy team of Abbott and Costello have their first radio show

1962

Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

1971

The Doors shut with the death of lead singer Jim Morrison from an overdose

1986

Legendary dancer (and later, Carrie Bradshaw’s love interest) Mikhail Baryshnikov becomes a U.S. citizen. Hooray, immigration!

EAT MORE CAKE

1883: Franz Kafka

1956: Montel Williams

1962: Tom Cruise

Daybook

POTUS

Bush and Putin spend another day playing outside and maybe talking about deteriorating U.S.-Russian relations at the Bush family home in Kennebunkport, Maine.

STUMPIN’

Senator Barack Obama is all over the Hawkeye State, with events in Keokuk, Mt.Pleasant and and Fairfield, Iowa.

Senator Christopher Dodd has events in Davenport, Burlington, and in Ottumwa, Iowa and joins Independence Day festivities in West Des Moines.

Senator Sam Brownback and Mitt Romney march in the West Des Moines Independence Day Parade. Brownback later tours businesses in Mason City and Story City, Iowa.

Senator Joe Biden holds events in Cedar Rapids, Grinnell, and Creston and attends a fundraiser for a state representative in Ames, Iowa.

Former President Bill and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton hold “Ready for Change events” in Iowa City and Davenport, Iowa.

Gov. Bill Richardson speaks to the National Education Association in Philadelphia and marches in the Greenville, N.H. Pots and Pans Parade

ON THE HILL

Yeah right. They’re all on vacation-we mean, attending to the needs of constituents.

TV TIME

Tune In At Work

Oprah: The Best Life weight-loss challenge with Bob Greene.

Regis & Kelly: Josh Duhamel

Ellen: (Repeat) Robin Williams

The View: Judge Judy

Stay Up Late

Letterman: Nicole Richie

Leno: Lucinda Williams, Jessica Alba

Kimmel: Dana Gould

Conan: (Repeat) George Lucas, Chris Isaak

Stewart: (Repeat) Angelina Jolie

Colbert: (Repeat) Toby Keith

 

Eavesdrop

STEAL THIS AUDIO: SEYMOUR HERSH

Who: Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker journalist Seymour Hersh puts in his two cents on the Bush presidency.

Where: The Campus Progress 2007 National Student Conference in Washington, D.C.

Why You Should Care: Hersh has been around the block a few times; he broke the story of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam in 1969, exposed torture at Abu Ghraib, and has been one of the few journalists to hold the administration’s feet to the fire on Iraq.

  • Hersh explains why those with power should be held to a higher standard
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  • Hersh reveals Bush’s inner thoughts regarding his legacy
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  • Hersh says we shouldn’t make the mistake of believing that Cheney acts alone
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  • Hersh warns of the dangers of Bush’s radical agenda
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  • Hersh blasts the Administration’s false claim that Iraq and 9-11were related
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  • Hersh compares Bush’s ideology to that of Vladimir Lenin
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