tropical storm rugby, the booze fairy, & the return of old villains
Tropical storm Hanna came and went in a day. When I woke up Saturday morning to get ready for the rugby match that I was sure was going to be cancelled, I looked out the window and said, "Ain't gonna happen." But it did and we had a good time. Nice and muddy, it rained the whole time we were playing, and I have really clear skin now due to the mud exfoliation treatment. And we won, which was cool. I played well and was high as a kite on testo the rest of the day. Today I am sore and tired, however.
Last week I made a little wish in someone else's blog comment area, and The Booze Fairy paid me a visit! The Booze Fairy drops off various alcohol products on your doorstep when you're not home if you are a good citizen. If you wish very hard, The Booze Fairy may visit your doorstep too!
The U.S. is picking fights with Russia in a desperate attempt to maintain the GOP presidency another term, and to secure oil export from Texas and Alaska - think of the two states as separate countries with their own political affairs. It is no coincidence that the Republican party wants an Alaska governor for President (Palin is a feeble heartbeat away from the position if they get elected). There are still a lot of old people who vote who still buy into, or want to continue to believe that the Cold War continues - Russia is a convenient and readily accessible boogeyman to scare voters. Since we still can't find bin Laden, and they're losing the culture wars here over gays, Republicans need a new boogeyman to scare us with. I assure you we'll hear about the horrible Russians again as the spin continues. And as good sci-fi writers know, there's nothing better than the return of an old villain in a storyline to spice up the show.
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I'm sure that they will also crank the terror alert level up to orange to set the mood music.
McCain as Dr. Who and Palin as the companion? Yuck.
We Don't get me wrong, I'm all about funding for the DoD.
Its only to my benefit.
However, 1 x Enemy at a time is a enough. I already got a concept (Terrorism) to fight. I think adding on the GIGANTOness that is Russia might be a bit much.
I'm sure we can handle it, I believe in my fellow American's capability to flex. (Semper Gumbi).
But do I really wanna . . naaaah.
McCain is more like The Master than The Doctor.
Oh you know we are going to have a good "thwarted" terror threat here in about a month or so. AND we'll somehow miraculously catch Bin Laden.
Jimbo! Glad rugby went well and you know I love you - but I'm with my favorite gasbag on this one ... Chris the Hitch ...Hitchens
http://www.slate.com/id/2197704/
... "If it matters, I agree with the critics who say that the Bush administration garnered the worst of both worlds by giving the Georgians the impression of U.S. support and then defaulting at the push-comes-to-shove moment. The Clintonoids made exactly that mistake with Serbian aggression a decade and more ago, giving the Bosnians hope and then letting them be slaughtered until the position became untenable—and then astoundingly, and even after the Dayton Accords, repeating the same series of dithering errors in the case of Kosovo. The longer the moment of truth was postponed, the worse things became. But this in itself argues quite convincingly that there was no deliberate imperial design involved. Will anyone say the same about Putin's undisguised plan for the forcible restoration of Russian hegemony all around his empire's periphery? It would be nice to think that there was a consistent response to this from Washington, but I would not even bet someone else's house on the idea, which is what President Bush has given the strong impression of doing in the low farce and frivolity of the last two weeks.
That Booze Fairy totally sucks. I rushed home after doing humanitarian non-proft good work all day and there was nothing on my porch!