Jul
17
So we turned a corner, we were told, when Al-Qaida’s #1 man in Iraq was capture. And we turned a corner when the ‘unity’ government was installed. Bush’s recent ‘visit’ to Iraq was proof. Hmmm. Looks like maybe we turned a corner into the wrong neighboorhood.
We have trained and equipped a largely Shiite internal security [...]
Jun
26
we’ll soon be celebrating the little one’s 21st month. overall things have gone swimmingly as each day he grows into a determined, independant individual. i feel pretty passionate about him in a way that grows with each new development. his whims are my entertainment and i feel so lucky that i love shopping [...]
Jun
20
Is anyone surprised that our police state has a new, lower standard for taking military (or, you have to assume police) action? Here it is from the Dick’s lips: “‘Suspicion, not evidence, [is] the new threshold for action.” Gee I fee safer already.
Now this is reality - not science fiction, but nonetheless it really was [...]
Jun
07
Over the years, I have spent many hours reading or watching programs about 9/11: from the sad, official news accounts to alternative explainations of what happened, soties that ask hard questions as to how such a disaster could have unfolded. Articles, websites, and films that ponder the oddities, peculiarities, and downright suspicious events that just [...]