the daily spill

What is Danger? John McCain needs a refresher course.

2008-10-14T22:33:00.003-04:00

What is danger? Danger is going too far with extremes and lies. Danger is inciting your base into acting like a mob. Danger is abuse of free speech to the point of using it as a weapon. Is this what makes John McCain proud to be a United States Senator? If you're an undecided voter, is this the type of person you want making decisions on your behalf? Think about it people. After all that has happened, would you rather have someone in the White House who creates a climate of mistrust and hate among his constituents, or someone who actually speaks on the issues and the possibility of what can be done in a positive way.

John McCain and Sarah Palin are the dangerous ones. Vote Obama/Biden.

For the good. For the possible. For the country. For the world.

I've Had It! a.k.a. You have GOT to be kidding me with this shit.

2008-09-22T23:28:00.006-04:00

Ok, I'd like to think that I'm somewhat of a reasonable human being. I'd like to think that I'm a citizen who stays informed to some degree (ok, I'm an NPR junkie). I'd like to think I'm a pragmatic and progressive thinker. I'd like to think that there would be no way this administration could be any more corrupt and irresponsible than it already has been. I was wrong.

The bail out bill on the table basically GIVES the right to ONE PERSON, who has NOT been elected by the public to have TOTAL and COMPLETE control, with the FULL BACKING of the EXECUTIVE BRANCH to be in charge of the nearly ONE TRILLION dollars that is about to be fleeced from our pockets. Does anyone else see a problem with this?

Are you with me? If not, wait, there's more. Do you people out there in bloggerland realize that this also means that since there will be a new administration in just over 3 months (Think Obama!!!), that we're basically giving carte blanche to, hmmmm, um, well gee, WE DON'T KNOW! Think about it people. Right now, the carte blanche is going to Henry Paulsen, who most likely won't be kept on the payroll, so to speak.

The other thing that should scare you silly is that this is happening SO fast, that they don't have a PLAN for down the road. SOUND FAMILIAR???? An administration going in no holds barred, under the guise of an emergency, with no plan for later on. Hmmmm.....are you thinking what I'm thinking? Are their memories that freakin' short, about what can happen with that kind of strategy?!!

I do agree that there is an extreme urgency, but if you personally were planning on spending nearly a trillion dollars of your family and friends hard earned money, don't you think you would take just a teeny tiny bit MORE TIME to research and develop the bill!!!???

Ok, I'm almost done. Let me see if I've got this right.
The people bailing out the investment banks include all of those people that have gone into foreclosure, are living paycheck to paycheck, and/or are hard working people barely able to pay their mortgage that shouldn't have been given to them in the first place. The people being bailed out are mostly giant entities that should have known better, are PRIVATE companies, run by people that make a bajillion dollars a year, and have no business being rescued to the tune of a trillion dollars. The employees of said companies have all lost their jobs, and are now in the same trillion dollar boat as the rest of us. How about we take the trillion, pay off all the mortgages (plus buying me a nice little house free and clear, cuz I love earmarks), and we'll be done with the whole thing. People's houses will be paid off, leaving them plenty of money to invest in the market, which will turn this whole thing around. That's it. I'm running for President.

This administration has taken unscrupulous to a whole new level. And it's not the bargain basement.

PINS?!!? Did somebody say PINS!???!!

2008-04-20T11:49:00.003-04:00

ok ok, maybe I'm biased. So they mentioned pins in the big debate between Hillary and Obama. 'Why doesn't he wear a flag pin' to paraphrase. Well, I've been making pins for causes for 20 years, and I can honestly tell you, it does make a difference. The ol' "wearing your heart on your sleeve" (or on your lapel in this case) phrase comes to mind. Wearing a pins with a symbolic reference can be an unspoken representation of how one is feeling, and the message one wants to impart. However, and it's a big however, having said this, it's a ridiculous argument to think, assume, or anything otherwise that someone ISN'T patriotic if they AREN'T wearing a flag pin. I mean, c'mon people. Oh and by the way, I'd be willing to bet that a good number of AMERICAN FLAG pins aren't made in America. Go put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Hey Barack, Hillary, and anyone else in this fair land.....want some pins that will really make a statement!? Visit my website! www.lisabethweber.com where you will find pins for every cause under the sun, and more to come.

Is anyone surprised, part two.

2008-03-10T23:41:00.000-04:00

Y'know, surprised isn't really the word for it. Son of a bitch is more like it when it comes to Elliot Spitzer. I'm not saying that I don't understand the concept of "those in glass houses not throwing stones" but come on Governor/former prosecutor, what in the hell were you thinking?! Oh yeah, I guess another part of your anatomy was doing the thinking for you. What really pisses me off is how this may affect other people in the ripple factor. It can hurt the whole party, and we desperately need our democratic party to be cohesive, strong, and ABOVE WATER. This is not a lot to ask.

Is anyone surprised?

2007-07-02T23:50:00.001-04:00

Ok, so if you've read any of my posts, you may realize that most of my blogs are when I can't take it anymore and just have to VENT. Bush commuted Scooter's sentence today. Most of us expected this would happen but figured it would be when Bush left office. But no. Instead, an explanation was put out trying to claim that it's not the same as a pardon, that Scooter would still be on probation and that that was a serious punishment.

GIVE ME A BREAK.
GIVE JOE WILSON AND VALERIE PLAME A BREAK.
GIVE THE SOLDIERS AND MILITARY FAMILIES A BREAK.
GIVE ALL VICTIMS OF WAR A BREAK.

Can you say salt in the wound????!!!!!
IMPEACH THE KING.

The ongoing ramblings of King George

2007-04-24T22:33:00.000-04:00

Unbelievable. George on Charlie Rose. The rhetoric is so redundant, how does he even believe his own words? He says that the General's say it's NOT a civil war in Iraq. He says "what does it say about us if we put a timetable on the war"? He says, "I will not accept micro-managing General's decisions."And with all due respect to anyone with a legitimate speech challenge, he actually said, and I quote, "GIVE MY CHANCE A PLAN TO WORK". If I thought he was dyslexic, I would have all the empathy in the world. But he's not, he's the (so-called) President and he's supposed to be able to speak well.

Re: sectarian violence...."It's significantly lower than it was a coupla months ago". He DARES say this the day after 9 American soldiers were killed, the most in a single day since the war began.
He's truly delusional.

He's busy defending Alberto Gonzales, "Al did nothing wrong"
Did I mention he's delusional?

He ONCE AGAIN brought up 9/11 in relation to the war in Iraq.

King George. The king of delusions.

Thank God They Weren't Ready To Make Nice

2007-02-11T21:57:00.000-05:00

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DIXIE CHICKS ON WINNING THE GRAMMY'S!!!

If music has the power, then the Dixie Chicks have the engine.
How DARE could anyone have treated them the way they did "back then". It was more than embarrassing to be part of a nation that could be so narrow-minded. Are our memories that short? Are the lies that the Bush administration spoke so loudly and proudly, enough to make people think twice the next time they decide to vilify people for SPEAKING OUT the way that our Constitution protects? How embarrassing that we have such hypocrisy in a country that's supposed to be the great example of freedom. And don't even get me started on how so many of the people who blacklisted the Dixie Chicks were religious Church going folk. Believe me, I would defend anyone's right to practice religion openly and honestly, but don't pretend to be the truth sayers of all things, when your so-called truths are based on lies. And perhaps, just perhaps, you could be following a leader called Bush, who has less than no concept of how to lead.
http://www.dixiechicks.com/

Clinton campaigns for Patrick Murphy!!

2006-10-13T12:08:00.000-04:00

Y'know, they say a picture speaks a thousand words, so I'll save the other 900-something words and just say it was incredible to be invited to sing at the Clinton rally (October 11, 2006), and GO PATRICK!!!!!!!! www.murphy06.com . Please visit Patrick's website to see how you can HELP HIM WIN THIS CONGRESSIONAL RACE HERE IN BUCKS COUNTY-PA, AND BRING A CHANGE TO WASHINGTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's what Bill Clinton said at the rally....
"Start thinking. We've been through 2 elections now where they got us to stop thinking...because we were frightened and insecure. When you are frightened and insecure, that is the most important time to think. When you are in crisis, it is the most important time to think. Tell people to take a deep breath. Be brave. Be big, and put your thinking cap on. Bring Patrick Murphy home to victory."
(photo credits: Lori Barstow, and unknown.)

Election Day Reasonable Doubt: Digital Cameras vs. Danaher

2006-09-30T20:45:00.000-04:00

So I had this idea.....

Since we won't have a paper ballot/receipt on election day, and there is great concern about voter tampering, computer viruses, undercounts, the Danaher voting machines, etc., I've decided that my personal statement will be to bring my digital camera into the voting area and take a picture of the screen with my choices in full view. If the powers that be won't provide proof and verification for me, I'll create my own.

Who's with me?

With apologies to Arlo Guthrie......If one person, just one person does it, they may think he's really sick and they won't let him vote. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, they may think they work for the government, and they won't let either of them vote. And if three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in, taking a picture of the computer screen with their digital camera, and walking out. They may think it's an organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people an hour, I said fifty people an hour, walking in, taking a picture of the computer screen with their digital camera, and walking out. And friends, they may thinks it's a movement. And that's what it is, the Bucks County and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Anti-Voter Fraud Movement, and all you got to do to join is snap your picture the next time it comes around on the memory card

best of luck to us all.........

LisaBeth

p.s. Don't be a chad. Learn everything you (hope) you need to know about working the new machines at: http://www.buckscounty.org/news/2006/2006-09-29-DemoSites.aspx

If the link doesn't work, go to www.buckscounty.org and look for the info about BUCKS VOTES. There are demonstrations throughout the month at various locations around the county. It's not that the machines are hard to use, but we all know what can happen...........

YOUR HEALTH CARE VS. YOUR POCKETBOOK:

2006-06-27T15:15:00.000-04:00

FULL DISCLOSURE, MEDICAL MANEUVERING, AND CONGRESS, ARE YOU LISTENING?
Why is it that one of the most important aspects of our daily lives is also the ONLY one I can think of that we don't comparison shop for? I'm talking about the ACTUAL costs of medical procedures, tests, hospital charges, and the like. THINK ABOUT IT. We comparison shop for everything from a car to a TV to a bag of groceries, but when it comes to any procedure our doctor prescribes, we don't bat an eye. What do you suppose this does to the cost of health care? You got it. This is a mockery. I was actually told one time by the HEAD OF A DEPARTMENT AT A MAJOR PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL that I was asking ridiculous questions when inquiring about how much certain procedures would cost that he prescribed, including a catscan. There is a mindset in this country that we don't need to know what everything ACTUALLY costs. People inquire about costs for virtually every other aspect of their outgoing budget, with reasons ranging from simple curiosity, to budget necessity, to wanting to be a smart consumer. SMART CONSUMER. Hmmmm.....seems to me the only area of our lives we cannot freely apply that notion is with health care costs. WHY ISN'T THERE FULL DISCLOSURE?

Call me naive, but to me it seems the writing is on the wall. For years, and thankfully, the majority of this country has had health care coverage through their job. However, WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING, THERE IS LESS TENDENCY TO ASK HOW MUCH IT COSTS. Think about it. If you never had to pay for a car again, would you bother to find out how much it cost, or worry about paying for it? Not likely. People can be like sheep and simply hand over their insurance card at the medical facility and leave it at that. There is a dark side to that. For years I had crappy insurance with an incredibly high premium, a $1000.00 deductible, and an 80/20 payout after that for the first $5000.00. Do the math, and you'll realize that the translation of that meant I had to pay $2000.00 out of pocket (besides the premiums) before I ever saw a dime. And NO, this was NOT a major medical policy. I'll never forget what it was like time and time again when a receptionist would ask for my health insurance card. Time and time again I would respond with various forms of eye-rolling, responses of saying I have BAD health insurance, and occasionally with palatable envy when another patient would simply hand over their insurance info and walk out the door.

This got me thinking; WHY IS HEALTH CARE THE ONLY THING YOU CAN'T FIND PRICES FOR? Why isn't there a SIMPLE LIST of how much things cost? I don't want to go so far as to say that it's a conspiracy, but my friends, wrap your head around this......If the medical world had to disclose how much procedures cost, don't you think there might be some reduction in those costs?!? I think there is a feeling in this country that if we create competition in health care procedures, it will drive the quality down. I have had this conversation with several people and I'm shocked at this response. There is a culture of fear in this country that if we started comparison shopping for our medical care, that we would be compromising that care. This is bullshit. Do I think Southwest Airlines is not going to work just as hard to keep me safe as another airline that costs 4 times as much for a plane ticket? THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE.

When do prices come down? When there is competition.
I don't know about you, but if I could know how much a procedure cost at 10 different facilities in my region, I'd be sure to triple check the quality of ANY place I went to, from the least expensive to the most expensive. Sure, you can call each individual facility and attempt to inquire about costs. Good luck. Have you heard about the needle in the haystack? You'd probably need some medical procedures yourself after you were finished trying to get through to the myriad of departments only to have someone tell you you're asking ridiculous questions. CONGRESS, ARE YOU LISTENING???????

HISTORY vs. HIS STORY. a.k.a. Why the hell is Rumsfeld still here??!!!!!

2006-03-24T08:52:00.000-05:00

Ya know, sometimes the best time to blog is when you find yourself listening to NPR and hearing 2 stories, nearly in a row that are so unbelievable in their amazingness, that you simply find yourself laughing-in-disgust rather than the usual reaction of normal disbelief and unabashed outrage.

Story # 1.
MAJOR GENERAL PAUL D. EATON, who trained the Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004, called Rumsfeld INCOMPETENT. He wrote in the New York Times that Rumsfeld should be replaced. "He has shown himself incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically, and is far more than anyone else responsible for what has happened to our important mission in Iraq," said retired Maj. Gen. Paul D. Eaton in an op-ed column. "Mr. Rumsfeld must step down."

Dumbhead Rumsfeld. Claims he has attempted to turn in his resignation to Bush more than once, and that he serves "at the pleasure of the president". Bush responded by saying, "We go to war with the Secretary of Defense we have, not with the one we want." (Ok, I'm kidding about that part.) George, go have a drink, and let somebody else be president.

Story # 2.
Bush is cutting back one initiative in the AMERICORPS program. Which one? The one where people are going to KATRINA affected zones to help rebuild.
REASON? It's too costly.
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See? I'll bet you're laughing too. Not because it's what you want to do, but because it's what you have......oh never mind. Perhaps laughing is the only way to stay sane while observing the daily embarrassments of this alleged administration. So, when is the JON STEWART show going to hire me as one of their writers. JON, are you listening?!!

Where's Waldo?

2005-09-02T09:08:00.000-04:00

Gee, I'm so glad george bush cut his 35 day vacation short to hurry back to Washington and do nothing for people dying in the streets, starving in the convention center, and getting shot for offering the food in their store.

There are known to be poisonous snakes in the streets of New Orleans that have spilled over from the lake. I guess one of them got to Washington DC.

Where's Waldo? hell, Where's GEORGE.

Bush is a wonderful president; haven't you heard?

2005-09-01T14:31:00.000-04:00

Well, I guess I was wrong all along; I guess we have the best president ever, who's taking care of everyone, and we're all going to live happily ever after.
NOT.
Even with everything he's done up till now, I can't remember a time that I was as angry about our so called president as RIGHT NOW. He was just on Good Morning America and in response to Diane Sawyers question about receiving aid from other countries, he just said he doesn't expect help from other countries because we didn't ask for it. What a completely insane thing to say!!!!! Not only does it potentially alienate other countries from ever stepping up in the future, but we DO need EVERY BIT OF HELP we can get. What the hell is wrong with him!!!!! And now the BBC has just reported what this idiot has said. UNBELIEVEABLE. If there were EVER a time to reach out.......he is SO POMPOUS and ARROGANT, I can't take it any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He paints a picture of a hurricane aftermath through rose colored glasses, repeating everything we already know, and reciting those words, "HELP IS ON THE WAY" like a robot. The hurricane happened 72 hours ago, and I'd like to know what the people on the rooftops and swimming through dangerous water think about his words. I realize it can take some time for help to arrive but with the resources that Bush keeps saying we have plenty of, why the HELL is it taking days and not hours. If the media can get in with reporters and plenty of helicopters, why can't we get the military in quicker. Hmmmmm, perhaps because we're stretched so thin with so many deployed in Iraq!???

When asked about airdrops to deliver food, he said it's not the most efficient way to deliver food. I'd like to see him not eat for 3 days.

When asked about looting, he said there should be a zero tolerance policy, even for people getting lifesaving supplies. While I agree about zero tolerance for people stealing things like jewelry and tv's, especially when they're taking precious time away from police and rescue personnel, I do feel that there is a big difference between that and people getting food, water, diapers, medicine, etc. They're in a catch-22, while Bush is asking them to use their "civic responsibility" to behave properly. If he was watching the same news I've been, he'd realize this is about as bad as it gets. The mayor of New Orleans announced that he's moving 1500 police officers from search and rescue to going after looters. It makes me sick that people may die who aren't being rescued because someone is stealing a tv downtown. There was just a delivery of essential medical supplies that could not be delivered to a tarmac because there were hundreds of looters waiting with guns. We have sunk into a free for all.

Yet again, he admitted no wrongdoing. He sidestepped EVERY SINGLE QUESTION Sawyers asked by using placating words and actually saying things about all the GOOD work they're doing to keep gas prices down (!!!!!!!) by opening up the strategic oil reserves and suspending some EPA regulations on fuel. Are we so naive to believe that he's helping?!
Is he so psycho that he believes his own words? I'd have some shred of respect for him if he admitted that we DO need help.

Why isn't he calling for a national effort to conserve gas and fuel!!!!! He only just touched on it in response to one of Diane's questions by saying that he hopes people are conserving. Well, if there was any time to use his presidential muscle, he should be calling for everyone to cut back. I guess all of his cronies would lose money in Halliburton etc., if people did that in droves.

He also dodged the question about how we may not have enough National Guard since we're stretched so thin in Iraq. He reiterated that we have to win the war on terror, and that we will win the war on terror and that we have enough resources. He simply (with his simple mind) yet again painted a picture that "we're gonna take care of everything, and we're doing NOTHING wrong."

Where is the help; the people on the Gulf Coast need it NOW.
LisaBeth

www.fundraisingpins.com

Ridiculous Rick

2005-02-04T13:37:00.001-05:00

It is so unbelieveably pathetic that the sickening Senator from my own state of Pennsylvania, Santorum, is spending stupid amounts of time trying to "regulate" language in the media. What the hell is going on in this society? We are sending our soldiers to their most dangerous assignments, yet we have Senators STILL, (and I can't even BELIEVE this) freaking out about Janet Jackson's breast? I mean, who gives a fuck!? Shouldn't he be spending our hard earned tax dollars on more important things like protecting our soldiers, borders, and rights of free speech rather than on his own personal agenda? He was on NPR today babbling about his idiotic "Broadcast Decency Bill" in which fines can be up to THREE MILLION dollars per "offense"! Why is NO ONE asking WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT MONEY and why he or anyone else has a right to implement fines based on their own narrow minded analysis. I defy anyone to not admit hypocrisy in using "language" in every day life and then complaining about it. They're worried about "the children"? Jesus Christ, any kid over 5 years old has heard any and every word of "slang" ever invented. Get a life people. I have never seen anyone with their head in the sand more than Rick Santorum. We MUST MUST MUST give him his walking papers in the next election.

Social Insecurity

2005-02-03T16:15:00.000-05:00

DID YOU KNOW???
Chew on this......The President and anyone in his tax bracket and above only pay Social Security taxes on a SMALL portion of their income. Do people realize that the law exempts income over $90,000 from Social Security taxes. If that amount was shifted even a little bit, we souldn't even be talking about Social Security.

Ok, here's a good one, from AIR AMERICA yesterday.....(with apologies to Punxatawny Phil),
"Today is Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address. As Air America Radio pointed out, it is an ironic juxtaposition: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication and the other involves a groundhog."

The Fate of the Union

2005-02-03T11:21:00.000-05:00

How does he get away with being so cavalier and making everything seem so hunky-dorey? Do you feel hunky-dorey? Yeah, there were no cataclysmic events on election day in Iraq, not unless you count 260 attacks by insurgents. And what of Social Security. Do we really trust that there won't be rampant corruption, not to mention the very real fact that the stock market could tank just before a person of a certain "age" needs their hard earned cash. And that's not even talking about the fact that there isn't this so called crisis that Bush wants us to believe, unless of course he goes forward and spends over 2 TRILLION dollars to launch his evil plan. I think he is hoping that we just follow along like sheep and lemmings, to the Social Security slaughter. He said, "The money is yours and the government can never take it away. YEAH RIGHT! Isn't this the perfect ironic hypocrisy to what he is doing to Social Security?

As for other items he spoke about.....
Eliminating 150 governement programs.....hm, wonder which programs these are.
Getting rid of frivolous asbestos claims.....huh? have i been missing something. I would imagine that if someone was claiming asbestos poisoning, it would be legit.
More affordable health care? I'll believe it when I see it. Especially since one aspect of health care rarely spoken of are the huge numbers of people that are UNDERinsured. It was announced on world news that about 1/2 of the bankruptcies in this country are the result of medical problems. And 3/4 of those people HAD health insurance when they got sick.
Environmentally responsible energy......codeword for drilling in the the Arctic Region no doubt.
The marriage amendment....how dare he put his religious right values on people in this country?
Restraining the spending appetite of the federal government......I think the person getting the most out of this one was the speech writer!

In closing, I'll defer to Nancy Pelosi. She spoke for the democrats after the speech and once again stated quite emphatically how vulnerable we still are after 9/11 when it comes to security at the borders, etc. During his speech, Bush said, "Society is measured by how it treats the weak and vulnerable". I would say this speaks for itself where our so-called president is concerned.

Oh Say Can You Blog

2005-01-31T22:45:00.000-05:00

According to the Associated Press and CNN, many high school students think government censorship of newspapers may not be a bad thing, and flag burning is hardly protected free speech. The first amendment is at serious risk, people. We had best be conscious of what is going on and that it is no small coincidence in a parallel universe to the current employees of the White House. So in honor of today's story, I offer the following take off on a well known song, with apologies to Francis Scott Key. Please visit these websites for more information. www.aclu.org and www.au.org
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Oh say can you blog, by the computer screen light
What so proudly we type all those words of great meaning
Whose broad fonts and bright colors, through the perilous viruses
O'er the comments we wrote were so gallantly streaming

And the bloggers great care, opinions bursting in air
Gave proof through the night FREEDOM OF SPEECH was still there

Oh say does that star studded blogger still write
O'er the land of the free, they'll be blogging tonight.
lyrics, c. 2005, LisaBeth Weber

Experience preferred, but not essential

2005-01-30T01:10:00.000-05:00

Regarding the Iraqi elections......It was announced today that White House officials are vague on what constitutes a successful election. Um, so, they're obviously talking from experience, no doubt.

the INAUGRAVATION.....notes from a reluctant observer

2005-01-29T00:46:00.000-05:00

Before we fly furiously into frozen February, I thought I'd post my excerpts from INAUGRAVATION day. This blog was started as a result of my e-mail rant on that bleak day. I received several e-mails of thanks from people who couldn't bring themselves to watch, and then a friend told me I oughta have a blog to share these thoughts with the ether. So if the ether is listening, here's some tangled thoughts from that dark moment in history......

Oh, and I assure you, my comments are about as fair and balanced as a FOX news show.

OK. Now I really wanna barf.
The pre-inauguration song was the one written by John Ashcroft at the request of Dick Cheney. ug. No wonder it's so hard to have a career as a songwriter. Look at what's getting chosen! Jeez, I woulda given them my song, "Bye Bye Bush" if only they had asked! I guess we should be thankful that Ashcroft didn't sing.

Did you see Scary Spector behind W? we MUST give him his walking papers in '06.

From "W"'s speech........ "......best hope for freedom in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world" (so I guess this is done by killing 150,000 innocent Iraqi citizens?)

More from the speech.... "Liberty will come to those who love it."
Does that mean those that would love it in the Darfur region (for example) get it automatically? Hey, remember when Ayad Allawi said, "14 out of the 18 provinces in Iraq are perfectly safe. There are no problems." ug.

And was it just me, or was the part of the speech about Sinai, the serpent on the mount, etc. his "inclusive" way of bringing faith into the white house under the auspices of his own personal beliefs. I'd be VERY cautious of this in the next 4 years. watch for subtle (and not so subtle) changes.....and in the same arena, seemed like every time there was a new part to the day, there was a new prayer. Yes, I'm grateful that we live in a country of freedom, but again it rides the fine line between separation of church and state.

And here's what REALLY burns my boat. He creates a war, goes in like a cowboy, ducks from responsibility, builds nothing less than a FORTRESS around Washington DC and then bases his whole inauguration address on FREEDOM while hiding the protesters behind a huge steel fence. THINK ABOUT THAT.

Rick Santorum was just on the 5:00 news defending the costs of the inauguration. saying how it will be broadcast around the world and the important image it would portray about America and what it stands for, "That is an important image and it is worth the price to pay." UNBELIEVABLE. I'd like to make sure the rest of the world knows that half of this country is embarrassed by what went on at the inauguration. Freakin' egomaniac homophobe is already working on his next campaign. Wouldn't it be really great if HE turned out to be GAY!?!

See? I told you it would be as fair and balanced as a FOX news show.

p.s. Next immediate fight MAY be Supreme Court. As a thyroid cancer survivor, I wish Rehnquist all the best for his health, but let's face it...retirement has got to be near.

Department of Homeland Scrutiny

2005-01-27T23:00:00.000-05:00

Well hi there.
Y'know, I don't know if it's the way these stories are reported or the sheer redundancy of overstating the obvious.
Today on the news it was reported that the Department of Homeland Security has declared that "Al Qaeda is fully capable of another full scale attack". Well DUH. And this is news? If the D.O.H.S. (ok, that's funnier than I'd realized till I wrote it out), really didn't believe this up until now, we're in more trouble than I thought. And if anyone thinks that we're safer now because "there haven't been any major attacks since 9/11" then we're living in the biggest naive bubble ever. Oh yeah, I forgot. george bush is keeping us safe.