Twisting in the wind

Bush/Cheney campaign showing its true colors

I think some swift boat vets need a swift kick in the ass. Democratic Underground does a pretty good job of deconstructing the ad, but I, for one, am not done:

No one, ever, anywhere, can feel someone else's pain. This is elementary: if you did not sustain the injury, then you do not know how it felt. Period. And as if that weren't enough to shut anyone up: medals, even the purple heart, are not awarded on the basis of self-recommendation. Someone Not-John-Kerry had to tell a third, uninvolved party, that Kerry deserved recognition. To imply that his medals are undeserved, is either to imply that you were there in his skin when he was injured, or that the military system itself is the problem.

Good essay here

Never a dull moment in Turkmenistan

You can't un-see it!

Weird. Hard to believe, I know, but...


As if this wasn't bound to be the most-covered speech of the week anyway: Our president, George W. Bush, actually said,

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful - and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people - and neither do we."

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Ok, I'll be generous, and assume the best: He is simply not connecting the sound-bites that are given to him, as the rest of us connect our thoughts. He is a bad actor, playing a part he does not understand. That's still not good.

Harrison Bergeron is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. I think of it every time I read a reporter coddling our oratorially-handicapped president.

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It's just terribly interesting that the only time we catch 'terrorists' trying to get weapons, is when we're setting them up.

This is Gee Dubya's 'Mer'ka

This is disturbing. What does "freedom" mean to John Ashcroft, anyway? geez.

Fortean event: falling stones

Briefly, the Kerry economic platform. Also deals with his health-care plan.