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Weekend trips

Guess I didn’t mention it – Kevin and I decided to fly away to Philadelphia for Labor Day weekend. Why you might ask – damn fine question. Because neither of us had ever been and we both needed to escape from life for a few days. Gotta say though. Given the chance again, we’d probably skip. Town was interesting for a day or two but thats about it. We got bored enough that we drove out to some town called Intercourse (I kid you not) to see Amish people in their buggies (and the countryside which was beautiful). Probable were inspired by Amish in the City.

Anyway – was nice to get away for the weekend but can’t say as I can recommend Philly but who knows. Maybe we just needed a good guide! 😉

So he didn’t fly

Ok folks… c’mon… give it a rest… We KNOW already.. Bush wasn’t a war hero. He didn’t really even show up. I’ve got the message and its not the point. There is PLENTY about what the man is doing now for us to be scared shitless of. The fact that he was a flake in vietnam is only mildly relevant to me today – I think the media has beaten this dead horse..

😉

Zell Miller and the GOP

On the way in to work today my carpool buddy talked about a Democrat that spoke at the GOP convention this week.. I had missed that and was really interested to see what it was all about and what would cause a member of my party to support the President. So over lunch I did a little digging around and found out that the comments were those of Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia… Upon further digging I found this interesting article on Slate. Most interesting was this paragraph:

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Since then Miller has supported Bush on virtually every major Senate vote: No Child Left Behind, drilling for oil in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge, the Patriot Act, the GOP Homeland Security Department plan, the Iraq war, and a partial-birth abortion ban. Two years ago, he stopped caucusing with Democrats and now meets each week with Senate Republicans. More than that, Miller churns out more elaborate anti-liberal invective than most actual Republicans. Earlier this year he published A National Party No More, a long indictment of effete Democratic values and the party’s subservience to groups like NARAL and the trial lawyers. During the Democratic Convention last month, Miller agreed to be a member of a Republican National Committee “truth squad.” And while just three years ago Miller praised John Kerry as “one of this nation’s most authentic heroes, one of this party’s best-known and greatest leaders, and a good friend,” today he belittles Kerry as “so out of touch with the average American it would be comical if it were not so dangerous.”
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I also found this interesting tidbit on Vote-Smart.org:

All very interesting… And, quite frankly, if the party has drifted away from the ‘middle’ that Zell referrs to toward a more ‘Dean-Gore-Pelosi-Sharpton-Kerry’ bent then THANK GOD for that… And if he still wants to be a part of a party that has drifted away from his ideals as a political tool more power to him – the party is open to any American who chooses to join. I just hope that when he speaks at events like this as a representative of the Democratic Party that people see him for who he is.

Disabled email addys

I’ve disabled my comments sections from displaying people’s email addresses… I had the ‘protect spam’ setting set before but a buddy got a strange email to his email referencing my blog which caused me to worry. Upon poking around I realized the protect against spam setting in MT didn’t do much that a novice engineer couldn’t code around… So now i’ll display a link to your blog if you post but not to your email address.. I still require email addresses (just as a basic level of security against the fucking blog spammers) but I don’t show ’em..

happy monday! 🙂

Terry Gross

Is a rock star in my mind… If you want to hear her at her best check out this interview with Bill O’Reilly. It is a little stressful to listen to but still very good! 🙂

Shocking as it is

The defense department is covering its ass:

Army Report on Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Faults Military Interrogators

U.S. media are reporting that a new Army report on abuse at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison cites misconduct by military interrogators, but clears high-ranking Pentagon officials.

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Its kind of funny how the defense department manages to use the chain of command as a tool when it suits their purposes but when it comes to taking responsibility when bad things happen they’re more than happy to hang the leaf nodes out to dry. What ever happened to officers tacking responsibility for the attitudes and behaviors they instill within their organizations?

I’m sorry.. Im just not buying it..