Well, looks like we have to invade Iran now.

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Updated 2/19/2004, 7:30ish a.m.: This post bothered me when I was writing it. I awoke intermittently through the four hours after writing it continuing to be bothered. Dragging myself into day preceded by too-little sleep, I find it still bothers me. My wife also notes that it surprised her; she says she’s not used to […]

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In an attempt to offset criticism about his “jobless recovery,” the President of the United States had been arguing that “the economy will add 2.6 million new jobs before the end of this year.”

The White House has begun to recognize that this is probably not going to happen.

But just as when he was wrong about weapons of mass destruction and just as he is so often wrong on his proclamations about the impact of oil drilling in Alaska, the President is prepared to wave this mistake off, as well. “I’m not a statistician. I’m not a predictor,” Bush says.

It’s about time Americans started to wake up. Come this November, we need to give him the ability to say — without needing to change his story ever again — “I’m not a President.”

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Looks like at least one other country is thinking it’s time to re-start the Arms Race…for defensive purposes, only, of course. Like the United States, they have “no imperial ambitions or hegemonist strivings.” And…

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You think you had a bad day? I was going to file this under “Humor”, but that seemed a little crass; so it’s filed under “Miscellany” instead. I suppose I could create a new category: “Bird Photos.” As my wife would say, “Poor birdie!” The outline of the bird appears to have been made by […]

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They want the Federal government controlling Social Security like it’s some kind of federal program. – George W. Bush (while campaigning in 2000). …but he’s doing his part to make sure it won’t exist much longer as any kind of program — federal or otherwise. No real surprise there, since after he learned that it […]

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I’m not sure, but I’m beginning to think this could possibly be one of the largest-looming social issues of our time. In Philadelphia, Comcast not only owns the hometown basketball team, but owns its stadium, owns the cable sports channel televising the games as well as owning the line that brings the signal into Philadelphians’ […]

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This blog entry is stacked with facts about government spending under both the Republicans and the Democrats. Many of the most important facts are taken directly from the government’s own official United States National Archives & Records Administration. (You can click the links in this blog article to find the news reports from both so-called “liberal” and so-called “conservative” sources, as well.)

The question is, how do we get people to read it?

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I’ve been cruising the Internet today reading other people’s blogs. (Hmmm…that would be a good name for a side blog.) A couple of posts I’ve read over on Slacktivist are just too funny. I heartily recommend adding this to the list of blogs you read. Two of my favorites this morning were the one about […]

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Not much to say about this. It pretty much says it all.

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