I think this is original, too:

The RNC is apparently going to have the 2008 Convention in Minneapolis.

Huh.

I didn't know they had a prison big enough to hold 10000+ Republicans at the same time.

Republican Liberal-someone who gives their tax break to charity.


That's original, I think.

"From keeping our country safe from terrorists to securing our borders to reforming the tax code to make it fairer and cutting wasteful government spending, Republicans are working for a better future for America."

From a Republican fund raising email.

Seriously, now-have they done even one of those things?

Fatalities from terrorist attacks, 2005: 8,076

(http://www.thisiswhatdemocracylookslike.com/node/121)

Tell me again how we're winning the war?

"I guess I'm not alone at being alone."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Police

(http://tinyurl.com/f2v52)

"Who's gonna love ya when your looks are gone?"

The President of the United States says that Article 3 of the Geneva Convention, which states that signatories will not participate in “outrages against human decency”, is “vague”. He says it is “open to interpretation.”

The continued existence of George W. Bush is an outrage against human decency.

The fact that this man claims to be a Christian nauseates me.

“Ye have heard that it hath been said, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil;but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek,
turn to him the other also.” (Matthew 5:38-39)

++++

You know when you make a jerk of yourself at a counter? When you’re rude, uncouth, insulting or arrogant? Do you ever wonder if the employees are talking about you?

They are. They’re probably insulting you scatologically, too.

++++

From The New Republic this week: “Incompetence is something they (military retirees) [have] been conditioned to measure in lost lives.”

Exactly. No military person, active or retired, should vote for a Republican for exactly that reason. The current administration has shown, time and time again, that competence is no longer the test for government employment.

++++

"You are agents of Iran and Zionism. We will crush your heads!"
-Saddam Hussein
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=283896&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/

I didn't know he was a Kids In The Hall fan.

What's with the obscure AC/DC tunes? First, there's "Have A Drink On Me" for the movie Beerfest, and now there's "Give The Dog A Bone" on AFV?

Currently offline. I don’t know when I’m going to get this posted, but c’est le guerre.

It is really frustrating the way that big companies like Verizon and Comcast can just shit all over you, give you crappy service and treat you like nothing, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it. I have had Verizon DSL, sort of, since Thursday, and it hasn’t worked for 24 hours yet. It is really frustrating. Of course, I can’t fail to pay-but they can fail to deliver the service, and that’s just fine.

I’ve been reading a lot of fiction, and thinking, and wanting to write. I’m not sure if I’m ever going to do it. I don’t know if I’m ever going to be the person I wanted to be.

I feel lost, trapped, alone, and bereft. Hopeless.

Cable doesn’t work either, so I can’t even watch football.

I don’t want to be this person, yet I don’t see any way to change.

"WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is drawing a parallel between the Iraq war and the U.S. Civil War. Both had their critics but both were justified, she says.
In both cases, it was the right decision to fight and see the wars through, Rice said in an interview with Essence magazine.
Asked whether she still thought the decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 was right, considering the cost in lives and treasure, Rice said, "Absolutely."
Rice, an African-American from Alabama, then offered a parallel between critics of the administration's Iraq policies and "people who thought it was a mistake to fight the Civil War to its end and to insist that the emancipation of slaves would hold."
"I'm sure that there were people who said, `Why don't we get out of this now, take a peace with the South, but leave the South with slaves,"' Rice said."

( http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0609060238sep06,1,4210361.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed )

Dr. Rice-

There are a few differences between the US Civil War and the War In Iraq.

-The US Civil War was fought for one, very clearly defined, reason-to end the rebellion and bring the Union together. Lincoln said this repeatedly throughout the entire war.

-When a general was behaving incompetently during the US Civil War, he was replaced.

-The citizenry were asked to sacrifice both blood and treasure to their government so that the war could be won.

-Abraham Lincoln was pained by the loss of life during his war.

"If you're flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit."
-Mitch Hedberg

Been in a semi serious sort of funk lately.

Had to make some serious decisions at work, which I hate. Being in a friendly, congenial workplace environment is very pleasant, and it sometimes blurs the concept that it is a WORKPLACE, and the generation of profit is, and can be, the only priority for work. Henry was right-you don't have friends at work, you have coworkers. You socialize with friends, you work with coworkers.

Been listening to Rollins' spoken word stuff, and standup, and music, and reading fiction. Read another book by Paul Auster, which was, of course, awesome. Oracle Night this time, which I think I tried to read once before, and couldn't get into. I remember the very beginning of it, but nothing else.

Now reading: Timbuktu, by Paul Auster. Not as good as the last two I read, but not bad.

Now listening: Jesus Christ Superstar, London cast recording. I also own the movie soundtrack, the 20th anniversary revival soundtrack, and the indie rock version with the Indigo Girls in the lead roles. Needless to say, I'm a fan.

Feel fragile, sensitive. Like my carapace has worn down.

Had an epiphany-every where you go, that is someone's workplace. Try to treat them as you would like to be treated at work. I have taken far too much abuse at my work to feel otherwise.

JCS, even though it is literally as old as I am, exposes the central question for Modern Christians-the word is to drive the moneychangers from the temple, to put the welfare of others above one's own. To do to the least of God's creatures what you would do to God. So, therefore, logically, we all (we Christians) consume the bare minimum, and give the rest to charity. Right?

Please note I'm typing this on an ancient laptop, albeit one that would probably fetch 100-200 bucks at a minimum. There are $40 of CDS to my left, and a $12 paperback to my right. So I'm not saying I'm any better.

But still...we don't do it, do we?

"Take this cup away from me, for I don't want to taste its poison..."

Tom Cruise has been fired at Paramount.

About goddamn time. No one disputes your right to have views, but there is no reason for you to go around disparaging others. I’m glad someone in this world, other than Chick Fil A, is able to say, “No, it’s not about the money. I don’t care how much money I could make by not doing this, I’m just going to do it because it’s the right thing to do.”

There have been 40000 desertions from the Army since 9/11. Forty freaking thousand. That tells you something, doesn’t it?

Impeachment. Now.

www.freewayblogger.com

Awful, awful, awful news. Pena, Ramirez hurt, and Ortiz and Lester hospitalized with potentially fatal illnesses. We can’t even rent a break now.

Ortiz and Lester, but especially Ortiz, have given me more joy than I can possibly express. The fact that their very lives could be threatened brings me up short. I hope fervently that both men make full recoveries, and, secondarily, return to the field.

Schilling got 3000 K, too-I had no idea he was at all close to that. His Hall candidacy may be less questionable than I thought.

I can’t believe I was able to snag Delmon Young for my fantasy team-I was sure he wouldn’t be available. I may go fishing for Scott Baker, too, since Brad Radke just went down too. Now Thome is hurt again, so I have to deal with that, too. I probably won’t win, but maybe I can cause some headaches for the leaders.