More evidence that we are living through Bush's third term

Remember this?



So that sixteen-month time frame has come and gone and now the AP reports today that the US is open to keeping troops in Iraq past the end of 2011 withdrawal deadline.

In other news, the Hill is reporting that a watchdog group is asking for a probe of Google's "unusually close" ties to Obama:

The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a group that advocates for a smaller and more ethical government, wrote to leaders of the House Oversight Committee this month urging them to investigate a major privacy breach by Google. It wants to know if the company's ties to the administration helped it dodge penalties after the incident.

The article continues:

"Like Halliburton in the previous administration, Google has an exceptionally close relationship with the current administration," the letter says.

Is it 2012 yet?