my conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale, and every tale condemns me for a villian

Dr. Rice, for shame

Dr. Rice is a Pit Bull. Mean and scrappy, she is not the sort of Politico you want to run into in the back hallways of the White House.

I mention this tonight because I’ve been following, on the out skirts, the confirmation hearing for Dr. Rice to become our new Secretary of State. A position that has been held, loosely, by Colin Powell for the last four years. Dr. Rice has the job, the republicans have the votes to push her through. What had me watching was the possibility that Dr. Rice might be held accountable for just a couple of the things she has done to this world since she became the National Security Adviser.

An expert on the USSR, you know the country that imploded fifteen or so years ago, Dr. Rice has been invaluable in the war against Russia. Oh wait, we aren’t at war with Russia. Maybe that’s why she couldn’t foresee the boondoggle that Iraq has become. OR as National Security Adviser she couldn’t foresee the attacks on New York and Washington. Apparently complete access to the NSA, FBI, CIA, and military intelligence wasn’t enough to figure out what was going down.

Yesterday Dr. Rice stated, "Senator, we can have this discussion in any way that you would like. But I really hope that you will refrain from impugning my integrity."

This woman; a PhD, a scholar(I’ve heard) and a leader of our country, believed that her integrity would not come into question at a Senate hearing. Was she under a rock when Clarence Thomas sat in front of the Senate? What did she expect? Cocktails?

::White House, Four days ago::

::GWB -- Condy, we got this wrapped up like pig in a sombrero
::DCR -- Blanket
::GWB -- Whatever, who’s the King?
::DCR -- President
::GWB -- …
::DCR -- Mr. President what kind of questions should I expect?
::GWB -- The worse they could ask is, “What do you think of Washington so far?” They’re pushovers, we got 16 in our pockets already…

conjecture is fun(I’m sure he doesn’t call her Condy). but, Dr. Rice should have expected the senator’s to question a few of her dubious decisions over the last four years, and the questionable reasons for those decisions.

for that comment alone she should feel shame, and the fact that she does not makes me weep a little for this country.

but only %48 of the country, the other %52 can kiss off.

good on ya’ John

in connection to the story above, John Kerry voted against Dr. Rice for Secretary of State. some might say that he was a little petty, but in the end if John Kerry had felt Dr. Rice was right for the job of National Security Advisor he wouldn’t have run for president.

so good on John, and good on Senator Boxer

it is tennessee

defense attorney Leslie Ballin called it the "jury pool from hell." in the pools defense they are from Tennessee. I know I’m a little regionalist, but when it comes down to Tennessee is not the pinnacle of the american society.

the morphine addict was a hoot though.

good advice is hard to come by

last week I read this story, while I was waiting between calls at my day job. I laughed so hard I actually fell out of my chair. thankfully my boss didn’t see me, so I didn’t get in trouble. what struck me as funny was not the suggestion that the students choose stripping as a career, but that the principal wasn’t going to ask fried back next year.

when asked to clarify his position on the career choice, fried was honest to the students. stripping can be very profitable for young women, and a few men. other careers based on physical attributes and not on scholarly achievements are given much more respect. is a football or basketball player that much more respectable than a stripper? what about a grunt in the army? do you really think they send those guys to college before they send them to iraq?

besides we need strippers as much as we need politicians

how many taps does it take

to appease my multi-pet owning sister: what these kids did was wrong.

that said, how many taps does it take to cause brain damage to a hamster? three? a dozen? how many, and at what point does it become abuse? and how hard did they actually hit the hamster? I’ve disposed of more than a few mice in my time and those bastards go down easy with a head shot. so, unless hamster are radically better built creatures, I’m not sure the hamster is going to take more than one real hit.

that also said, this hamster was a real fighter. it held out to the aide station after chuck norris flew in with the helo extraction. now it didn’t make it but it never stopped fighting. the article isn’t clear on this, but I bet the hamster spit in the vet’s eye when the needle went into its arm

luke, I am your tatter

I have to own this, I hate star wars but I must own the tatter vader.

my desk screams for it.