250 [censored] days worth of [censored] oil!!! On Thursday the Senate voted 51 to 48 to allow drilling in the (Alaskan National Wildlife) refuge as part of a massive budget package; this week the House is expected to take up its version, probably with identical wording. The House vote remains too close to call, but […]
Getting in the spirit early, here or late, according to the store displays. I saw my first simulated-snow globe before Halloween. Last time we were at the grocery store, Hope was fascinated by a singing Santa who shook his booty. Early or late, it’s something I do have to think about in advance. Can’t let the munchkin
“Nearly two years ago, President George W. Bush told NASA to help finish the International Space Station, return to the moon and then prepare for a manned space flight to Mars. “But that vision is crumbling as the U.S. space agency realizes it does not have the money it needs for the job. “NASA Administrator
If I were held for three years with no lawyer, no charges, no trial, and no hope, I’d be doing just about anything to get media attention myself. Quoting from this site: CNN.com “…Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said earlier this week that the prisoners (at Guantanomo Bay–me) were on hunger strikes to get media attention…”
Have you seen the bumper sticker/t-shirt/coffee mug that says if you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention? “Vice President Dick Cheney made an unusual personal appeal to Republican senators this week to allow CIA exemptions to a proposed ban on the torture of terror suspects in U.S. custody, according to participants in a closed-door session.
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And so is this damn blog page. Oh wait, there’s something there now. 😉 Yeah, sometimes you just gotta start writing. So what if you throw away that first sentence, that first paragraph, the first fifty pages? You’ll still be keeping more than you would have if you never started. It’s only paper (or–photons? I
“Justice ought to be fair.” —George W. Bush, speaking at the White House Economic Conference, Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 2004 But only for certain people. Did you think Guantanamo Bay was bad? Or the stupid and horrible things done at Abu Ghraib? Then imagine what happened here: Secret CIA Prisons That’s right, folks, your president
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