Graffiti spied while walking back from work- "Bush Depresses Me."

Speaking of which, here's some quick takes on the news before we get back to the doom and gloom….


Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies

Oh, screw it. Let's just cut right to the chase and send the entire army to Syria first and then have it work it's way round from Lebanon, down to Palestine, to Egypt and Saudi Arabia then up north to Iran and Iraq. There, that'll take care of all of our problems.

There's a lot of talk in Academic Circles and Think Tanks about how we're an Empire and how, gosh darnit, empires are kind of cool. Which is the kind of fun argument you get in Think Tanks and Republican cocktail parties. And you know what? The argument does have some merit. Certainly, both the English and Roman Empires had their good points in "apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?" kind of way. On the other hand, I don't think anyone would consider the Spanish Empire, Babylonian Empire or Aztec Empire as something that advanced the cause of humanity. They did, however, kill lots of people. Either way, if we are gonna play Empire, sweeping through an entire continent is something Empires do. That's how they become Empires.

By the way, have you noticed that the people who are the most gung-ho about going into Iraq are either not of age to fight or never was actually in the military?

Leaks probe: FBI wants polygraphs for lawmakers

While I think this is just lame and unconstitutional and all that, especially for such a whatever type thing, it's not a bad idea when, say, it's used during an election. Or on one of those shows like Hardball where everyone's screaming at each other. In fact, during an election or on a TV show, whenever a politician speaks, not only should they hook him up to a lie detector, they should hook them up to one of those Behavior Modification type thingies You know, the thing that shocks people whenever they do something they're not supposed to do. That way, whenever a politician lies, they'll get shocked.

Just imagine how much fun a debate would be then.



Pistol fires accidentally at reception for Georgia's Rep. Bob Barr; no one injured

Damnit.


Simon's business savvy missing from deposition
He shows little grasp of deal's details

At this point, Gray Davis could be caught having an affair with an underage male intern and he'd still win the election. Yay?


By the way, I've argued here and elsewhere that one of my problems with the left is that they're too busy protesting and having Lady Fest's to actually do anything that'll lead to any sort of change. In other words, as the right uses the system to affect change, the left thinks it's wrong to use the system and so doesn't affect anything other than keeping patchouli vendors in business. Anyways, here's a long article pretty kind of arguing my point:

Dems' Fightin' Words
Democrats debate policy quite nicely. But until they embrace politics, become proud partisans and figure out who they are, they will be continually clobbered.