did he just say that?

"terminate terrorism" "The US, not the UN, is the best hope for democracy in the world" "don't be economic girlie-men" "despite of the recession they inhereted" this speech is head to toe nonsense. the crowd is chanting "USA-USA" like a pack of frat boys.

morning peeples's

"It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is impossible to make ourselves understood: our body." -Marcel Proust

an oldie but a goodie

scott ridder, former head of UN iraqi weapons inspections interviewed in 2002. Here's the abridged version: Time: What were you doing in Baghdad? Ritter: Waging peace. My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking. We're facing a critical moment in American history and I believe this is something that has to be more thoroughly looked at. Why go to Iraq? You're talking to me now because I went to Iraq. I've been saying the exact same thing for years and I didn't get the call from Time magazine. Some on the right call you the new Jane Fonda, and joke about what you'll call your exercise video. (Long pause?) Those on the right who say that disgrace the 12 years of service I gave to my country as a Marine. I love my country. I'll put my record of service up against anyone, bar none. If they want to have an exercise video then why don't they come here and say it to my face and I'll give'm an exercise video, which will be called, "Scott Ritter Kicking Their Ass."

relevant to the whole "how many medals did kerry REALLY earn" thing

Quote of the Day: I got a young man named George W. Bush in the National Guard when I was Lt. Gov. of Texas and I’m not necessarily proud of that. But I did it. And I got a lot of other people into the National Guard because I thought that was what people should do, when you're in office you helped a lot of rich people. And I walked through the Vietnam Memorial the other day and I looked at the names of the people that died in Vietnam and I became more ashamed of myself than I have ever been because it was the worst thing that I did was that I helped a lot of wealthy supporters and a lot of people who had family names of importance get into the National Guard and I’m very sorry about that and I’m very ashamed and I apologize to you as voters of Texas. --Ben Barnes, the former Speaker of the House in Texas

rnc post 1

ok, this convention is sick. the republican's are "the 9-11 party." i have heard the word "september" at least 20 times in the first hour of listening, and the GOP isn't talking about labor day. They just had family members talking about how thier jusband's and cousin's who died in the towers speaking. Let there be no doubt now as to why the party chose NYC for this convention-- to exploit 9-11 for partisan purposes, something Bush PROMISED not to do. Remember that? Yet they will accuse kerry over and over all week of being the one without integrity. Of course bush also PROMISED to take the invasion of iraq to a vote at the UN. Instead he withdrew the measure and invaded Iraq with what sad international support he could generate without the UN. ---------------------------------------------------- morning after: ---------------------------------------------------- scroll down at the image of the bush approval numbers... when were they high? 9/12, so that's the time rove, bush, and co want us to remember. When we as a nation rallied behind the president. what they want us to forget at the intermitennt 3 years where bush squandered international support abroad, trashed the constitution at home, and gotten into a war on false pretenses and with no clear plan. The classic quote from last night is Guliani: "Some call it stubbornness. I call it principled leadership." Well you would, sir. Some more from his, admitedly well done, speech: "My point about John Kerry being inconsistent is best described in his own words when he said, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it."Maybe this explains John Edwards' need for two Americas — one where John Kerry can vote for something and another where he can vote against the exact same thing." The line quoted from kerry is obviously a case where what he said is not what he meant to say. From a logical standpiont he said "A & not A." So we know that either Kerry is batshit insane OR he didn't get that sentence out right-- god forbit. From what I hear Bush does that from time too. This morning's daily howler has a different take on the same Guliani quote, certainly more informed than mine, but either way Guliani is putten polemics before politics. I know, I know, "DUH Jordan." But that attitude is why the good (or at least better) guys lose. We need to state the obvious loudly because the information war is at hand [my children]. some of MY unfair propaganda:

holy shit. so unhappy people are pretty much "smarter". ok, not really, there must be a cost to go along with the advantages of one mood or another... still, improved memory and critical thinking sound good. I guess I gotta get good and miserable so the blog can be better. Hopefully some comments to this post will really piss me off. the repub convention won't hurt either.

so who is lame in this scenario? the dude who plays this game? the company who makes it? the product itself? me for caring?

10 ways bush screwed new york (i havent read it yet, so this is a kinda note to self) READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

slant-0-meter also today i learned the difference between a hyphen and a dash. yesterday i shot a gun

People are whoring themselves to get bush out of office. Meanwhile when does Norath get to send folks to the olympics?

a highly recommended flash game

another way to spend 144 BILLION

MSNBC - Altercation

"45 percent of Americans say they think it's likely or at least possible that the Bush administration would manipulate a terrorist warning for political purposes."

britan found in prozac's water supply

Yahoo! News - Marine to Resign After Military Gag Order

Yahoo! News - Marine to Resign After Military Gag Order this story is interesting if you've seen control room. if you haven't, please do. its better than moore's latest.