Embargoed: State of the Union Text  —  We'll start respecting White House embargoes when they start telling the truth.  —  Embargoed Until Delivery of the State of the Union Address at 9:01 PM EST  —  January 23, 2007  —  STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS  —  As Prepared For Delivery

BREAKING: Libby Destroyed Evidence Prior To Testifying, Cheney 'Deeply Involved'  —  Under oath, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff Scooter Libby told a grand jury that he first learned that Joe Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was a CIA agent from conversations with the media.

From the President, a Two-Letter Jab at the Democrats  —  President Bush departed from the prepared text of his State of the Union address to graciously congratulate Nancy Pelosi on her history-making selection as the first female Speaker of the House.  Then he departed from the prepared text …

Hizbullah, Aoun unleash terror on Lebanon — continuous updates  —  Hundreds of masked men are setting fire to tires and dumpsters after filling them with fuel in Beirut and other areas.  Eyewitnesses told me that they saw bulldozers assisting the protestors by shoveling dirt and dumping it on some of the roads.

Iran: Israel, US will soon die  —  Ahmadinejad: Be assured that the US and Israel will soon end lives  —  Israel and the United States will soon be destroyed, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a meeting with Syria's foreign minister, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website said in a report.

CRACKDOWN: Iraqi PM Locks Down Official Media Access to Key Government Ministries  —  An anonymous source from within Baghdad's Green Zone has provided me with a copy of a document issued from the office of Iraqi Prime Minster Nouri Al-Malki, ordering the shutdown of contacts with the world press on …

WON'T SHIP TO IRAQ?  —  "We would NEVER ship to Iraq.  If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq."  - Bargain Suppliers employee to SGT Hess, 1st Cav (Iraq)  —  "If you look at the polls, his opinion is reflected by a majority of Americans now."  - Othman Atta,, Islamic Society of Milwaukee

Re: The Clinton Playbook  —  Amazingly, some Swampland readers seem to think my earlier post about President Bush's State of the Union address was too sympathetic to Bush, which proves nothing but that the left is as full of unthinking Ditto-heads as Limbaugh-land.