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After listening to an interview with Bernie today, I briefly considered moving to VT just so I'd feel better represented.

Maybe I should put my two shed tix, and we can buy Peter's and one more for the lawn.

My thoughts vary between "they drank the koolaid" and "so go to Afghanistan fuckwit"

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

when they get around to sending out draft notices, people should just avoid opening their mail.

The Project for a New American Century site has been down since May, which I find interesting in itself, but you can still find the central neocon philosophy doc "Rebuilding America's Defenses" here. And here's the House Oversight Committee's doc on Cheney's tactics to hide his activities. This is a neat little piece of work by Center for Public Integrity listing the contractors and the contract awards, with background on each, called Windfalls of War.

that describes his puppeteer to a T

Chris, the jury's still out on the Reichstag fire, and will remain out on 9/11 for a long time. What is certain is that the central policy document of the neoconservatives said that without a "second Pearl Harbor" they'd be hard pressed to implement their foreign policy goals. 911 fit that bill rather nicely, and while they may not have been directly complicit, there are certainly reasonable questions about why it wasn't prevented -- both with the forewarning they were granted, and on the day of the attacks when the F16s were stood down.

That's how it begins. Apparently we had a pretty good intelligence operation going in Afghanistan, but the Administration was dead-set on Iraq, and Defense wasn't cooperating with CIA to consolidate on their gains in Afghanistan. China and Russia are both supporting Iran's nuclear development (though Putin said he didn't support their nuclear weapons aims) and outfitting them with weapons systems. And Iran probably still has US weapons from the Iran-Contra clusterfuck stashed in a closet somewhere. I have nothing against the people of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan or any other -stan. I th

I doubt the Russians will sit idly by when we invade Iran. Or the Chinese, for that matter.

we had our Reichstag fire 7 years ago.

Ten steps to fascism. Has a familiar ring doesn't it: 1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy. 2. Create secret prisons where torture takes place. 3. Develop a thug caste or paramilitary force not answerable to citizens. 4. Set up an internal surveillance system. 5. Harass citizens' groups. 6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release. 7. Target key individuals. 8. Control the press. 9. Treat all political dissents to be traitors. 10. Suspend the rule of law. Hitler? yes. Bush/Cheney? Mission accomplished. And this list doesn't even address the

I just finished watching HBO's John Adams series from Netflix, and I was really disappointed that it ended. The best thing I've seen in a LONG time.

good vibrations, Loretty. And some for Paul Newman too.

If I had known they were coming around, I would have cleaned up my garage. Other than that, this has the potential to be creepy and scary.

a topical joke A man is driving down a deserted stretch of highway when he notices a sign out of the corner of his eye....It reads: SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION 10 MILES He thinks this is a figment of his imagination and drives on without a second thought. Soon he sees another sign which reads: SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION 5 MILES Suddenly he begins to realize that these signs are for real and drives past a third sign saying: SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION NEXT RIGHT His curiosity gets the best of him and he pulls into the drive.

any of you DC kids remember Ranger Hal?

old people represent!

that might be a chicken wing

I forgot about my fossils -- supposedly from the Rockies when they were undersea, whatever era that was. My house is from 1912-ish, as is most of it's wiring. I've inherited a beautiful cherry dresser from the 1920s, diamond wedding band from the 20s, and a walnut gate-leg dining room table from California circa the 30s I believe. My most cherished possessions may be my Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and Owl (Kanga and Roo got lost along the way) from about 1960. I wore all the fur off Pooh, he was my security blanket. It's been suggested that my Ark of the Covenant is a fake, but the li

I've got the Ark of the Covenant in the bottom of my linen closet.

New episodes start next week. Clean House and my stepdaughter are equally responsible for the flurry of purging/painting and general repairs going on at my house.

Ooooh girl! You know what Im gonna say! That's some foolishness. I'm a not-so-closet Clean House freak. Niecy Nash is my alter ego. MMMMM!

Unwelcome Pants Blood of the Pants (Cock of the Pants?) When You Wake Up Feeling Pants (Cock?)