Yes, let's write another broken Obama promise up on the chalkboard. This time, just a few months after saying he wanted more pressure from the left, he says, on behalf of Democratic moderates in the Senate, he didn't really mean that on national healthcare, telling advocacy groups they need to shut down their ads against Nelson, Feinstein, Landrieu, etc.

BUT... that's not all. He's also threatening to throw around some muscle.

And, it is rather convenient to do this at the Fourth, a la BushCo news dumps. Plus, if you follow my link, you'll also see who was chosen... and I use that word deliberately... to write this up.

An American expatriate in Honduras, who started there with the Peace Corps several years ago, has this to say:

The Ex president had said several times that it did not matter to him what the Supreme Court and the Congress thought He was going to carry through his referendum, even went to the extreme of robbing funds from other ministries to pay for the referendum. Most people are extremely confused by the Response of Obama, Obama was extremely popular down here, and for him to denounce this action without researching it seems like a betrayal to them. Chavez and the OAS are seen as leftest enteties who are or were trying to illegally influence Honduras's internal politics. (sic per e-mail)

More at my personal blog, including a gander at why, as well as how, Obama has mishandled this. And, I've asked my correspondent to weigh in with further details as he wishes.

Police brutality and possible gay targeting days before the 40th anniversary of Stonewall?  Sad but true, as I detail on my blog, as the Fort Worth Police Department claims it was just doing its job. But, investigating claims of serving intoxicated patrons does NOT need a level of force that leads to one person getting a fractured skull.

Fort Worth has one openly gay city councilman, which will help in efforts to get to the bottom of this, but it still won't be easy. And, the FWPD has looked pretty clueless in its PR so far.

And, BurnedOut in comments, the link shows it's OK now.

Via CNET, it's clear that the anti-science wing of the GOP is going to try to make hay out of an allegedly suppressed report by career EPA staffer Alan Carlin, cited by Smokey Joe Barton last week on the House floor during Waxman-Markey debate.

But, look at Carlin's own Googlepages site, and you'll see some political angles and ax-grinding positions.

Look at my blog for a more detailed analysis on things like cost-benefit analysis, aerosols and more, from Carlin's own words.