Let me lay down a few links for you.

CNN: Trent Lott won’t step down. The Bush administration did a good job of distancing itself from him. Here’s the bottom line… if Bush/Rove wanted Lott to go, he’d be on the first Chevy Suburban out of town. All that’s come so far is brilliant political sidestepping. Keep that in mind the next time you blindly vote for a political party across the board – it’s your/our fault he’s in office in the first place.

dangerousmeta: Garret argues for zero tolerance and points to the latest unemployment rates. It’s damning. That’s what it is.

The Cardinal steps down. That’s not enough when this is as systematic as it appears. I’m surprised at how quiet the other Christian bloggers have been. Yes, statistically, the occurence of these crimes against humanity are similar to the population at large – but that is no excuse for the coverup. No excuse. No excuse. No excuse! It makes me sick, gets me angry, and depresses me all at the same time when I think about it.

In the cases of Law and Lott you have organizations that should have taken responsibility and done the right thing. Instead you have protection of the organization superceeding protection of those that are served by it.

In other, related news….

NYTimes: Kissinger Pulls Out of 9/11 Commision.

Oliver Willis: Whitman expected to resign from her EPA post. She was set up to fail IMHO. You can argue what you may about her, but she does inspire passion. Hopefully we will see her in the public service realm arena again.