[May 30 2006] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: Raiding Congressional Offices As An Exercise In Police State-ism Or Is It A Tornado In A Septic Tank?

"All The News You Never Knew You Needed To Know ...Until Now." In The News: Segment 1, 7 AM PDT: FBI raid on Congressman Jefferson's office turns into a major 'separation of powers' dispute [More on this in the commentary] Java, Tonga and the Marianas - 6.3 Richter scale eathquake, the "Ring of Fire" is firing, Volcano goes active in vicinity of Java CBS TV crew embedded with the 4th infantry division in Bagdad hit by IED, correspondent seriously wounded, cameraman and sound technician killed, 71 journalists killed in Iraq so far, already surpassing the count from the Vietnam war Afghanistan - U.S. military Humvee loses brakes, causes accident, and full day of rioting and protest follows. The Taliban spring offensive is also cooking right along Goldman Sachs Hank Paulsen replaces John Snow as Treasury secretary Segment 2, 9 AM PDT: Hank Paulsen, Treasury secretary, recap: Judging by President Bush's comments, they have things already planned... Congressional office raid recap: [More in the commentary] Indonesia Quake: 5000 dead 100 - 150 thousand homeless 7.0 quake off of Tonga, Volcano near Java becomes active CBS TV crew recap: 71 journalists killed in Iraq so far, already surpassing the count from the Vietnam war Afghanistan rioting recap