bjorn_skurj

I am not in favor of overthrowing the Chavez regime. To his credit, Chavez said he will step down when his term ends in 2013.

So, U.S. misdeeds excuse Chavez's?

Good.

Chavez at two times during his presidency has sought and achieved the power to rule by decree. How freedom-loving is that?

Yeah. F Hugo Chavez. Just another demagogue trying to be the next Castro.

I got an e-mail today that claimed Sarah Palin's media hype is spilling over to help the Canadian right wing.

He lives near me.

Van Pelt, I think it was, on SportsCenter mimicked the flat-tire victims in a way that if he had done something similar to any minority group, he would be getting Imus-ized to DEATH right now. Stuff like "I want to go home and watch the game on the tee-vee looky-box."

Benches have been warned.

The ESPN guy was totally racialist on Texas about this story last night.

I better save up for a 1969 Cleon Jones throwback. Team needs money!

Gee, I wonder what number K-Rod is gonna wear when he gets signed by the Mets. 57 is already taken.

Jay Bennett.

Heh.

"California Stars" - Billy Bragg & Wilco

I love this poem. 9/11 (With Allen Ginsberg in Mind) By Andrei Codrescu 9/11, I can barely remember you, they

Maybe if you start a massage therapy factory you can get an industrial development grant.

If he can't close games in the playoffs, what good is he?

Mine too.

Heh.

Maybe. He kinda looked fragile sometimes when he was debating Hillary, and a little shocked that she was not charmed by him.

Yeah. Obama really needs to get back on offense, with something as reverberatory as his speech about racism. Failing that, he is cooked. I don't know if Hillary would be faring any better at this point, but she is the only one who approaches the GOP in political skills.

"Don't Need a Reason" - Beth Orton

I would imagine Hitchens has given it a great deal of thought, come to his conclusions and wrote a best-selling book about them. The "great deal of thought" part raises it above simple close-mindedness. Maybe if Jesus strikes him blind on the road to Damascus, he will reconsider his conclusions.