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6 Visions of Weirdness About Me...

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

With all the madness of my FIL's death and funeral I have put off this meme that the Fat Lady Sings challenged me (among others) to do...Six Weird Things About Myself. Sadly 6 won't really get me too far into the nitty-gritty of my particular brand of weirdness. But with these kinds of limitations...thank goodness for your sakes...I'll take a stab at it and see what I can come up with...for purely entertainment value of course...I wouldn't want to give the real me away...I'd never see hide not hair of you all again!

I never go bare footed. I have never liked it unless I was walking at the beach in the sand...once I hit pavement...some sort of covering must go on the feet. I have very soft and what I consider to be nice little feet that take me generally where I'd like to go...with shoes.

I have owned a very old and rare Porsche from 1955 that I purchased in the 80's. The weird thing that comes into this picture is that Mr. Sumo talked me into selling it because he didn't want to bother with it's upkeep...so I complied (not very willingly mind you). The next day he informed me that upon reflection I probably shouldn't have sold it. Could you hazard a guess as to the look I gave him?

Growing up in Los Angeles I had many opportunities to see and sometimes meet movie stars. Went to school with a few of them turns out. I was standing by the sound man's station during "Oliver" and as the cast came out from their dressing room area to go to the stage...one of the actor's took me by the arm and dragged me to the stage...but just happened to stop short and let me go just before the lights were turned up...and I retreated very quickly. The actor was in "Bonnie and Clyde."

I am very insecure and introverted in crowds of people...or anything for that matter. I am not sociable at all. I dread being around lots of people...maybe because I am an only child. I was raised to speak when spoken to. That's the great thing about having one's own blog...you can act the fool on it...and no one knows who the heck you are.

I can smell BS a mile away. When someone starts with the beauty compliments and just in general makes over me too much...I know that something is wrong. Too many people think quiet people are dumb and a few stupid complimentary comments will make that person (me) believe it's true...they couldn't be more wrong! I'm very suspicious of a person's sanity when they tell me how wonderful and cutsey poo I am. I'm not senile yet you morons!

I have to have everything straight. Pictures on walls adjusted if askew...rugs set right if out of place...in general anything that would need straightening...I'm the person for the job. I'll organize any desk or shelf without being asked...it must be done...you cannot stop me.

Part of this Meme was to reach out and tag 6 other people. I know pbs likes to do these things...so if she chooses to do so she is welcome.

I know I've been a disappointment...I'm really quite dull...but I'm happy being me...most of the time.

You'd better straighten up your act Clowney Guy...or I'll have to straighten it for you...you know I can't abide a messed up outfit...now don't make me slap the crap out of you with that hat hanging funny on your pointy little head...you know I'll hurt you if you get dirty too!

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Spiders On Drugs

Why is it that Canada has all the good stuff. Such instructional YouTubes. America is always behind in the innovative stuff. I'd like to pop a few caps myself! Oh, and thanks to Divajood for finding this little gem for me.

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Whatever It Takes For A Rally...

Monday, January 29, 2007

Silence Is Not An Option...

See Jane Rally...Run Jane Run...See Jane Rally Washington...

Jane Fonda, who was criticized for her opposition to the Vietnam War, drew huge cheers when she spoke to the crowd in Washington, D.C. She admitted that she had not spoken at an anti-war rally in 34 years.

"Silence is no longer an option," she said. "I'm so sad we have to do this...that we did not learn from the lessons of the Vietnam War."

How well I remember those dire days...point well taken. For pictures and other links about the rally go to Dusty's place it will send you to other great locations and pictures.

More rallies to help stop this stuff in its tracks...

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You Never Know...

Saturday, January 27, 2007

I just want you to know...those of you that visit here...that if this happens and we have no tommorrow...I have really enjoyed your friendly company. Dub & Co. won't be happy until they get off on that mushroom cloud...so I wanted to say my goodbyes before and not after. Heh heh! Enjoy your weekend if you can...in fact...I dare you to have some fun. But...I expect all the dirty details though.

Oh yes...the State of Denial syndrome...

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Enforcing The Dick...Or...What It Means To Go All In...

Friday, January 26, 2007

Go all in...in Iraq that is!

So, the Dick says..."It won't stop us." Who is it and who is us? A little more clarity if you don't mind you fat windbag. So our man Dick was defiant (big surprise) in his reaction to the Senate resolution opposing Dub's decision to send more troops to Iraq. I guess the whole White House was awash with the mopes over this little set-back. Boo hoo!

"We are moving forward. The Congress has control over the purse strings. They have the right, obviously, if they want, to cut off funding," Dickboy said Wednesday in a rather testy interview with the CNN people. You know who it was...that little wimp (WB) spoke up for a change.

"But in terms of this effort, the president has made his decision. We've consulted extensively with them. We'll continue to consult with the Congress. But the fact of the matter is, we need to get the job done." You need to get the job done that you shouldn't have started in the first place you pig's bladder! Sometimes I wonder if the job you are referring to is killing more American soldiers...rather than setting the Iraqis on a freedom based democracy plan that you touted so much. Such a lot of blathering...signifying nothing now.

So our Dick...the Enforcer...dismissed suggestions that the administration's credibility is on the line because of mistakes in Iraq as...ladies and germs..."hogwash." There you have it...a man with his privileged education using a word like hogwash...you know he wanted to say Bullshit!

These guys on the right of the isle are always yapping about the other side coming up with a plan of their own for Iraq. That really chaps my ass. There have been numerous attempts (if you will) to do just that...yet they throw it out there that nothing is being suggested whatsoever. The fact is...they aren't open to anything other than they want to keep playing war games. It doesn't matter how those war games are managed...just so long as they can play them with complete disregard for anyone or anything. They're safe in the White House after all...maybe if they suited up in army gear and got their slow asses out there doing what they send the young people to do (inappropriately armored and weaponed btw) they might feel a tinkle different in the morning after not sleeping all night for fear of the following days duty.

"The critics have not suggested a policy — they haven't put anything in place," Cheney said. "All they've recommended is to redeploy or to withdraw our forces. The fact is, we can complete the task in Iraq. We're going to do it. We've got (Lt. Gen. David) Petraeus — Gen. Petraeus taking over. It is a good strategy. It will work. But we have to have the stomach to finish the task."

He's lying when he says the critics have not suggested a policy or haven't put anything in place pure and simple. What a lying liar...these people have really become very good at what they do.

Cheney acknowledged the situation in Iraq was very unstable but said toppling Saddam Hussein had been the right thing to do. He said he trusted Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who he said had demonstrated a willingness to take on lawbreakers regardless of their religious or ethnic affiliations. More lies!

The vice president said the biggest mistake the United States has made in the war was underestimating the psychological effect Saddam's regime had on Iraqi citizens. This made me snort hard when I heard it.

"I think we underestimated the extent to which 30 years of Saddam's rule had really hammered the population, especially the Shia population, into submissiveness," he said. "It was very hard for them to stand up and take responsibility in part because anybody who had done that in the past had had their heads chopped off." I could think of a few more deserving heads.

Asked about Osama bin Laden's whereabouts, Cheney said he believes bin Laden is alive, but would not speculate about whether he might be hiding in Afghanistan, Pakistan or along their shared border. "I don't want to be that precise," Cheney said. Yeah right!

This is what the White House wants...especially our Dickboy. Maybe we should just call him Uncle Dick from now on...I think he should be the new Uncle Sam portrait boy.

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I Came...I Saw...I Didn't Blog...

Thursday, January 25, 2007

I was trying to catch up on your blogs and that took some time. Lots of interesting takes on the Dub Speech...and Webb's too. Seems Jim Webb is the hero of the day...and I'm okay with that. Mr. John Kerry backed out of 08...as he should have...I felt sorry for him though. He was robbed just like Gore was...by corrupt people with an agenda willing to ruin our country for their own gain. I guess that makes them whores in my book.

Anyway...it's late and not much to see or say here for now...so I'll say toodles and hopefully I'll have something more interesting to post next. But...I will leave you with this...I don't think the right is sleeping so well anymore...so...for those about to rock...I salute you!

This certainly turned out to be a powerful piece of commercialism if ever there was one. I thought Laura looked older somehow...or maybe she was just cranky...been around Cheney too much.

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SOTUA...Or...Why Jim Webb Looked Presidential...

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

You think this face looks pained...you should have seen the look on the face of Condi Rice...the Secretary of State no less...midway through his speech. She could see it and feel it...the Congress wasn't buying his rhetoric about Iraq...not even some of those on the right of the aisle. In fact they didn't buy into a lot of his speech...even though they tried to put a good face on it by jumping for standing ovations as if they had invented that. Some of the most important words were spoken by Senator Jim Webb of Virginia in a democratic rebuttal which I found his presence to be very Presidential...something that we Americans have lacked for 6 years.

The response came via Jim Webb with the sentiments of the Congressional majority...made up of Democrats and dissenting Republicans whose numbers are growing...and he said in part...

"The President took us into this war recklessly. He disregarded warnings from the national security adviser during the first Gulf War, the Chief of Staff of the Army, two former commanding generals of the Central Command, whose jurisdiction includes Iraq, the director of operations on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and many, many others with great integrity and long experience in national security affairs. We are now, as a nation, held hostage to the predictable--and predicted--disarray that has followed," the Reagan Republican turned Democratic Senator explained.

"The war's costs to our nation have been staggering. Financially. The damage to our reputation around the world. The lost opportunities to defeat the forces of international terrorism. And especially the precious blood of our citizens who have stepped forward to serve.

"The majority of the nation no longer supports the way this war is being fought; nor does the majority of our military. We need a new direction. Not one step back from the war against international terrorism. Not a precipitous withdrawal that ignores the possibility of further chaos. But an immediate shift toward strong regionally based diplomacy, a policy that takes our soldiers off the streets of Iraq's cities, and a formula that will in short order allow our combat forces to leave Iraq."

This is what most Americans want to hear...not just from one Senator...but from a Congress that is prepared to restore the system of checks and balances and force a change from this President to a different course of action. Jim Webb rocked!

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To Watch...Or Not To Watch...Some Question That Is!

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

The funeral is over...it was this morning (22nd). So now we move on with our lives and look to my MIL's failing health. But moving on...I am blogging now and also watching "A Man For All Seasons"...which puts me in mind of Dub's speechifying for Tuesday. I am going to watch him. I am at this moment comparing him to Sir Thomas More. If ever a man was possessed of high principles of body and conscience...Thomas More was that man.

It would do the Dub well to learn of this man and his brilliant history. The shame is that Henry the Eighth had him beheaded for his unbending principles...and we have a leader that has none. More's head was hung from the Tower gate for a month until his daughter Margaret took it down. And while our Dub lives...cannot see the light of day...yet his head is not removed...and is not placed upon a pike on a Tower wall. Thomas More knowingly went to his death not bending to the will of the King...for such a thing as a whim.

So too...we are in Iraq on a whim...and we also know that people are going to their assured deaths in some cases for a madman's insane whim that can no longer be explained. The words written on this subject must be in reality uncountable to say the least...yet we keep trying to figure this guy out. This kind of madness has no explanation...no order...no meaning and certainly no sense...it only carries sadness on its back...and it carries it for endless miles that shall know no sleep.

Thanks to all of you that made your condolences known...they were much appreciated. I will say again...that the world of the blog is possessed of many great hearts and minds...and their kindness when needed shall not be forgotten. May peace be upon us all.

To vote...or not to vote...

This is the question I want to know about...

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Friday, January 19, 2007

friends

Sweetness!

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Gone Fishin' A Few Days...

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Mr. Sumo's father passed away this morning. We live next door so his mother called saying she thought he was gone. She asked for me to come check him for her to make sure before she called the Hospice people. I confirmed it so she called and someone showed up quickly. I cannot recommend Hospice enough for anyone...it truly is a worthy experience if one has to go through it with family.

That said...I'll be busy for a while. I'll see you regulars on the other side when this is over. I already know that you wish me well and I thank you for your kind wishes and thoughts. There are many wonderful people to be found on the blog-highway of life and I am fortunate to have found you people. I bid you toodles for a few days until this is over. Thanks again gang...

Theta

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A Bowl Of Lifesavers...

A teacher was doing a study testing the senses of first graders, using a
bowl of Lifesavers.

The children began to say:
"Red.............cherry,"
"Yellow.........lemon,"
"Green.........lime,"
"Orange.......orange,"

Finally the teacher gave them all honey Lifesavers.

After eating them none of the children could identify the taste.

"Well," he said, "I'll give you all a clue; It's what your mother may
sometimes call your father."

One little girl looked up in horror, spit her Lifesaver out and
yelled:

"Oh My God!!!! They're assholes!

A direct correlation to the White House if you ask me! So right now I am dealing with another sinus headache...this time worse...because even the hard prescription drugs aren't helping as well as I'd like. But hey...it's taken the edge off at least and I forced myself to make an easy dinner at least. I used to have these and work at the same time and had such a hard time thinking through the pain...because I did very tedious things that required lots of memory and was on a time factor. I used to wonder how I managed to get through it all...but somehow did. I did have understanding bosses...because they realized I could have called in sick instead and really made it hard for them. I always wanted to be able to do my job and be appreciated for doing it no matter what...because I take very seriously everything I do so I'm a tad anal if you know what I mean...and that doesn't exactly endear one to others. So now I don't work...and they can all kiss my ass.

He could use a few lifesavers I think...

Some more lifesavers needed here...

No lifesavers here...

No lifesavers on Wall Street...

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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Crash Test Dummies - Mmmmm Mmmmm

Because sometimes you just have to say Mmmmmmm!

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Someone Got Up From Underneath The Rock...

Monday, January 15, 2007

On the January 12 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show -- in response to comments Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) made to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during Senate hearings on President Bush's Iraq troop increase that "[Rice is] not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family," Rush Limbaugh said: "Here you have a rich white chick with a huge, big mouth, trying to lynch this -- an African-American woman -- right before Martin Luther King Day, hitting below the ovaries here." Additionally, Limbaugh called the exchange "a great example of the anger and arrogance of [the Democrats]," and claimed that the "implosion" of the Democratic Party is happening "sooner" than he anticipated.

Fat Degenerate Fuck!
Rush says...according to Barbara Boxer, since Condoleezza Rice has nothing personal at stake in this, then her policy can't be trusted. Only if -- I guess the same thing would have to be said about Barbara Boxer, but see she's on the right side of this because she doesn't want any little, nasty, old war, she doesn't want people getting killed, she doesn't want victory, she doesn't want any of this. This is, I think, just a great illustration of the anger and the arrogance of who these people are, and I told you, it wouldn't take long. And this implosion is happening even sooner; I thought they'd at least get through their first 100 hours without this kind of mess.
Rush...take your own advice regarding the implosion...if you know what I mean!

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Blogger Finally Found Me...

Saturday, January 13, 2007

I just got the invitation to make the big plunge. Oh goody! This should be interesting since I don't know very much about messing with stuff like this. I may just have to start all over again.

But...I am dealing with my FIL in the last stages with hospice so I haven't been visiting or blogging as normal so please don't think I've stopped or don't want to come to your sites anymore. I'm doing a lot of errands for the family because I don't work...so naturally I would be the one to help out there. Doing some physical stuff for elderly folks can be very labor and muscle intensive let me tell you. Doesn't take much to tire my butt out.

I'm not the one that this will be hard on...my husband has never been to a funeral or even a wedding...except his own to me of course and it was just a justice of the peace. Mr. Sumo is very shy and doesn't like attention...so a regular wedding was out of the question. But the point I'm trying to make here is that he hasn't a clue to what any of it may be like. I've been to lots of funerals and an quite used to them. I touched my grandmother and kissed her goodbye...and when he found out he was appalled. To each his own.

My FIL was a big deal in the Fire Department...so he is going to have a ladidah funeral with uniforms kind of like cops do. Mr. Sumo and his brother who is exactly like him will have to stand in a receiving line to be consoled by the other old firemen and younger ones too...and I don't think he's going to be able to do it. I have that kind of gumption...I have enough for 50 people...but he doesn't. I won't be able to help him either...his mother insists that they do this. I personally wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't faint to speak the truth. When we had our son he said in the delivery room very scared and very squeaky..."I don't ever want to do this again!"...and we didn't. So...you don't have to worry about me getting through this...it is a natural thing in old age...but you might spare a thought for Mr. Sumo who has been sheltered from this sort of thing up until now. Odd isn't it? Everybody is so different in their approaches in life.

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I Tried To Get Ducking Frunk...But I Fell Asleep...Some Of That Speechorama Was A Snoozer!

Thursday, January 11, 2007

I started out sitting in rapt attention...but soon he had me nodding and blinking. I honestly think it was he demeanor more than anything...he certainly wasn't animated. Unless...of course he was brilliant and animated when I dozed off here and there. I also think he was afraid...I may be wrong on that score...because I really feel he thinks he's on God's mission regarding this war. I am being ironic and also over-simplifying now I know...but that's the beauty of it...you can get away with lots of things that way...unless of course someone calls you on it...and I think that rude. Alllrightyy then!

Soooo...the Decider is sinking faster than the HMS Titanic now. He's so out of the ballpark on this, but it certainly isn't a home run he can take any credit for. Today on MSNBC there were panels of speakers up the woodeehoo talking about it from every angle they could squeeze another drop of body fluid out of their comments. But I learned several things from all the diverse "speak"...like how his numbers are REALLY going into the dumper. Many of the "right" were abandoning him because they didn't want to be caught up with his unpopularity coming into 08. After all...they have campaigns to look to...and since he and his ideas are so not in right now distancing themselves works really well for them. Some loyalty there.

But best of all now...we wait and see or hear what hits the fan today...and it will in one way or another...hit the fan! This may even be better than anticipating his speech...now that it is over...it can be hashed and rehashed for days...and we'll probably get fairly bored by it...but we may also come away with learning some new fun things. I know I'll have happy feet over it!

Hanging in the balance:

The cost:

The washing of hands:

Well...you get the picture...this is just some of the "stuff" they've put
us through these last 4 years...what's a little more blood eh Dub and
Dick?!!

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Way To Go Nancy...!

Monday, January 08, 2007

"If the president wants to add to this mission, he is going to have to justify it," said Pelosi, speaking to host Bob Schieffer. "And this is new for him because up until now the Republican Congress has given him a blank check with no oversight, no standards, no conditions. And we’ve gone into this situation, which is a war without end, which the American people have rejected."

"If the president chooses to escalate the war, in his budget request we want to see a distinction between what is there to support the troops who are there now. The American people and the Congress support those troops. We will not abandon them."

"The president wants to escalate a war where his generals are telling him that the additional troops will not be effective... and then again, ignoring the strong message of the American people."

More than anything, Pelosi's strong words underscore an ugly truth that the White House is now going to have to deal with: The days of Bush's absolute rule under a Republican Congress are over. Pelosi tells Bush to justify any Iraq escalation.

I wonder what smarmy thing he'll try and fawn off on us all? What excuses? This will be one news conference that I'll want to see that's for sure. I want to see the look on his face...and the tone of his voice when he tries to get all cowboy on us. I expect it will be tantrum like. What do you think he'll throw at us besides monkey poo? Do we really think the ass will bray? Maybe Ma Babs will have to take the podium for him...heh heh heh!

Will Bush provoke a Constitutional crisis?

For those for in Congress and the public whom acquiescence is not an option, there remains an indirect route to challenging Presidential war-making power and force withdrawal from Iraq. That is to so discredit the Administration in the eyes of the public that neither Republican politicians nor the military, the intelligence agencies, the foreign policy establishment, or the corporate elite will allow it to continue on its catastrophic course. That requires a devastating exposure of the criminality, corruption, stupidity, and false premises of those who are making the decisions. Well...la de f*cking da!

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Israel Plans To Strike At Irans Nukes...

Sunday, January 07, 2007

ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons.

Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an Iranian facility using low-yield nuclear “bunker-busters”, according to several Israeli military sources.

The attack would be the first with nuclear weapons since 1945, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Israeli weapons would each have a force equivalent to one-fifteenth of the Hiroshima bomb. More here...

Do they really have the stomach for this sort of thing? And the US has been in talks with them about it...what is wrong with these people? The ramifications of this is sooo far reaching that it makes my head spin and any minute the pea soup is going to spew. I honestly think we should all be very afraid...afraid that the Decider has managed to really stir things up to this extent. He has indeed become the fall of the Middle East...and I saw it coming...but really didn't believe one man could be soooo stupid to enter into such a world tribulation like this...I honestly thought sanity would prevail by those around him.

He cannot see...he cannot hear...he is hopeless...and we are all so very f*cked! I saw it coming...yet I didn't. I know that is convoluted...but I trully thought we could tether his ass in the end. This is madness...and if they nuke Iran...the trees won't be filled with pork...it will be lamb...and innocent children, and old folks just trying to get along with their lives each day, it will be talented young people that won't get to finish their educations and go on to do better things for their country to pass into the end of this century. There won't be anymore centuries for any of us to think about...much less look forward to.

I wish I could believe in God and pray for something good to happen...but Dub said he talked to God and this is what God wants him to do. God is dead or this couldn't be happening...it wouldn't have happened in the past either. So the God that Dub believes that talks to him (delusions) is responsible for all the murder...all the wars that some people seem to think is holy. This is all God's will then. Strange...because I thought people believed God was about love...you know...love they neighbor...what a crock of lies God has set before man to feast upon.

For those of you that have faith...I apologize for offending...but I will speak my thoughts on this blog because I have that right. This is a serious subject...the US meeting with Israel to decide on a strategy to nuke another country...they may feel they have the right to willy nilly arbitrate things like this...I don't think they do have that right. This is a matter for having peace talks until they are sick to death of having peach talks...and then have some more. The UN should be involved with this...fat good the UN is to any country anymore. Countries will have to wing it...and that isn't necessarily a good thing. God like Dub isn't taking care of business correctly.

So...just substitute Iran on this page...it's in the works anyway. How could it not with a madman at the helm? May peace be upon us all...someday.

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Nancy Showed Us The Future...

Saturday, January 06, 2007

Or rather a hope for the future. I find it very fitting that she brought children to the podium to share in the knowledge and experience the importance of their futures. Several of them were her own grandchildren. These are the future law makers of our country possibly some day and I hope this country will have its shit together by then for them to inherit a decent society. But, with the Dub doing his level best to make it the opposite...we'll all just have to wait and see.

Now on to something a little more serious to play with. I cannot believe the military doesn't have it's act together better than this...uh...mistake. Where do these people get their training from...the sandbox? Just more ineptness in step with all the other baloney that is the daily doings in DC Dumbf*ckville.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army said Friday it would apologize to the families of about 275 officers killed or wounded in action who were mistakenly sent letters urging them to return to active duty.

The letters were sent a few days after Christmas to more than 5,100 Army officers who had recently left the service. Included were letters to about 75 officers killed in action and about 200 wounded in action.

"Army personnel officials are contacting those officers' families now to personally apologize for erroneously sending the letters," the Army said in a brief news release issued Friday night.

The Army did not say how or when the mistake was discovered. It said the database normally used for such correspondence with former officers had been "thoroughly reviewed" to remove the names of wounded or dead soldiers.

"But an earlier list was used inadvertently for the December mailings," the Army statement said, adding that the Army is apologizing to those officers and families affected and "regrets any confusion."

Oh...yeah...what's going to get me through a mistake like this is a regretful statement made by camo suit and boots. Just give me a break! But nothing is going to help this guy...

And then I came across this little gem and couldn't resist putting it up for a great laugh...at least it was for me. I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything at the time...because these church types really get my goat...emm...I mean my sneaky snakier side.

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This Just Says It All...Unfortunately...!

Friday, January 05, 2007

It's a sad commentary on a President's legacy to have this sort of thing hanging over his head...pun intended...and using President loosely of course. For the thing in a suit that alledgedly runs this country is not presidential. And I mean that with every fibre of my being.

I found it interesting today while I tortured myself watching "Tucker"...some of the different stupid things he said...that made me want to get up and slap the crap out of him...if the TV wasn't in my way. I think Bill O'Lielly has more going for him than (I don't wear bow-ties anymore Tucker). This guy is a smarmy worm...yet you are probably wondering why I put myself through his paces. I just didn't want to bother changing the channel...so I thought I'd just bear with him for awhile.

I forget whom was on his panel at the time...but he kept trying to take the conversation to the Dems and Iraq now that the Dems have taken over. Forget about the 100 hour thingie said he...I want to know if they are going to come up with something for Iraq after all this talk of going in the direction that the Americans voted them in for. One guy (probably a Dem) said that wouldn't be until after next week when the "guy occupying that suit" would tell the direction he wants to take there...you know...in Iraq.

So Mr. Guy who doesn't wear the bow-tie anymore just kept it up...and up...until I was ready to go for his throat...my hands poised...aching...pulsing in my veins to squeeze...really hard and make that dumb head pop like a bad pimple. I guess he figures that after they were all sworn in that they were supposed to get right down to business within minutes. Apparently there were celebrations of sorts taking place for the rest of the day for them. I see it this way...the right is trying oh so hard to throw this situation on the Dems very quickly...and I'm not sure if it is for blame getting there...or to try and tie the Dems to the failure of Iraq and make "the suit guy" look good. Any way you slice it...they are trying their hardest to pass that death and blood buck elsewhere. Jr. 43 started it...now he has to step up and play with the adults in the reality ring of fire...but...the rumor again being...he wants to escalate the numbers of the troops...and I think the pork will be in the trees come next week. I am prepared for the worst.

Until he meets the new Speaker of the House...and hopefully comes upon a brick wall...Nancy do not fail us now...you and your buddies are our only hope...and the death of hope is a terrible thing to endure. America awaits a new dawn...one that lasts as an example for generations to come...do not ever forget what the American people did for you...you were given a second chance...and it was not done lightly.

Congratulations Ms. Nancy Pelosi

Ya done good...girlfriend!

And behind this curtain is...

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Matthews Thinks He Knows It All...

Thursday, January 04, 2007

I watched some of the (Ford) funeral today and Chris Matthews practically laid down a bet that Jimmy Carter would bring up Iraq in his eulogy about Jerry. I thought what a tard for blabbing about that...at least wait and see before he predicts it as a certainty. Alas...I didn't get to see the Carter eulogy because I had to take my son to school. When I got back it was over...I missed Rummy too...and I admit a certain curiosity about what he would say. Later I got to see a tiny clip of Mr. Jimmy and what I saw was sweet...and at the end he got choked up. Apparently they had become great friends in later years.

Dick Cheney looked like a dick to me. My husband thought Mrs. Dick looked...and I quote..."She looked like a sour bitch with something up her ass!" They both looked bored and not too happy to be there...not that I am judging that correctly...just a feeling. Well...now it's over and we can all settle into the next few weeks of political hell as the Dems swear in and take over...and the Repubs can start...(or rather continue to take their shots) at the left. I heard some major whinning today from the right already...enough to make me talk back to the TV. Will these people never stop?

And...the BIG rumors are out there that the Dub has no intention of heeding anyone's advice about scaling back the War fiasco...not the genitals (generals), not the ISG, not daddy or mom Babs, anyone sane, not the servicemen's poll...not anyone that differs from his delusional outlook on Iraq. He has got to stop at some point killing people or he may find himself swinging in the breeze like a political friend his father and Rummy once had. In fact...several of his co-whorts could feel the ground beneath their feet unsteady if they don't wise up. There comes a time when the killing needs to stop...and that was nearly 4 years ago. They may find themselves on the ass end of a rope too...and they won't be roping cattle...if you know what I mean!

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2007 Prospects...

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

I certainly hope 2007 won't be bringing in the same old...same old...but if by chance it does, we'll have to get out and dust off our poison key boards and start the rants all over again. I'd like to think I am up to it again...but the prospect isn't a fun one. I think we are all tired a tad bit of condemning or defending what and whomever by now. We'll have to wait a few weeks to see where the new Congress takes us. I know they won't make immediate in-roads...that is impossible in this day and age...but I soooo want them to try...and please not let us down. I'll get back to visiting your blogs regularly...I've had some doozie sinus headaches lately and it has made me very tired. I'll be back with a vengeance...because...that is what women are for! Toodles!

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2007...Just Another Year With Dumbya At The Helm...

Monday, January 01, 2007

Looks like the administration reached their goal of 3000 war dead by the end of 2006. I know I look upon this with a jaundiced cynical eye...but that is a milestone number for that young man's family. This Christmas and New Years holiday time will take on a new meaning for these unfortunate people...and whatever heart I may have left goes out to them. I wonder if Jenna and Not Jenna are even aware of it.

And Riverbend at Baghdad Burning has more to say about their EID sacred holiday that puts the death of Saddam in perspective a little more. It will also clear up what was really said in the last moments of Saddam...and not what CNN managed to put forth. Although she concedes that a Judge may have deliberately said the wrong thing...and hecklers were placed among the spectators for the hangings. Something is up...the streets are not crawling with the angry mob as was thought would happen. Perhaps it is the observation of their holy days that holds them back...who really knows.

The world desires for this madness to be over...man's inhumanity to man...why our administration cannot see this is totally beyond me. But there is a part of me that does have hope for 2007...I don't know what possible shape it could come in...but nontheless I do hope for the best we can be...even if it is only as bloggers trying to get the truth out...seeking what truth may be out there in the corners of the world...we owe our human brothers that at least. We owe that to the troops...the truth to set them free of the bonds of madness that sent them into harms way. Edwards, Obama, Gore (?) even the Hills if we have to...elect one of them to get us out of that ancient land that Alexander the Great once road upon and thought so very beautiful. It is a culture that must not be forever destroyed...but time and progress may have a hand in something that we will be unable to stop...and that makes me sad that it had to come to this.

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