"People do not fear truth, they fear the arbitrary use of power for reasons they don't understand." - Keith Reinhard, DDB.

People pop in and out of our lives all the time

Some stay- whether for good or ill, who can say?

Others, they're there one moment, then they're gone - most times, you don't even notice....
Sometimes, sometimes, though, you wonder why they didn't stay longer,
And it's them you miss the most

"Already, the Kay report identified dozens of weapons-of-mass-destruction related program activities and significant amounts of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations." - George W. Bush, during his State of the Union Address

"I don't think they existed." - David kay, U.S. Special Adviser in charge of the hunt for Iraqi WMD commenting on the existence of such weapons in Iraq.

So, who's lying thru his teeth?

I know who... the question is does anyone else?

And will enough people realize it before November?

But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. They kept going because they were holding on to something. There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for. - Sam, The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers

So, Paul O Neil's finally said what everybody pretty much knows anyway
(Ok, maybe not Rummy and Co. and certainly not Ann Coulter... I agree with Huey, she's actually a he - that damn adam's apple to big to miss)
Yep, for GWB and Co. invading was always part of the playbook
A reason was the only thing they needed and if you can't find one
well, heck, manufacture it!

Which leads me to a rant....

For my money, me thinks what GWB cares about is revenge

Saddam tried to kill his dad
Not only that! Saddam didn't have the good grace to wallow in defeat!
Nope, he couldn't keep his trap shut, kept claiming a great victory against the Good Old US of A

Now, for a good ole' frat boy from Yale, such a thing couldn't be allowed to stand
No fuckin' way
So, how do you shut him up?

Well, I got this whole huge army at my beck and call and I AM the President of the United States....
The rest is history

That's it, ladies and gents
The REAL BASIS for this whole sorry mess

A FRAT BOY WHO JUST HAD TO HAVE HIS REVENGE

I was on my way home from work when I saw it,
a cute little Mercedes Benz A class,
you know the two seater that looks like a moped on steroids?
I've never seen one before, not on streets dominated by Toyotas, Hondas and all that Japanese flotsam, so that was a change of pace

and to top it off, what do I see on the side?
"Super Bowl of China" and a delivery number...

They're using an A Class Benz for delivery?!

Hey, Cool!

I actually have nothing to say...
I'm tapped out, empty
not one original thought's percolating

oh, well, it's not like the whole world's waiting in bathed breath for what I have to say

Hey, is anybody out there? Or am I writing to the void?

Writing just for yourself, sure its fun... cathartic even
but, still

hello?!?

All these cancelled flights
Paris, London, Mexico
It feels like a feint
As if Al Qaeda's using a variation of the Hail Mary tactic
(a.k.a the one Collin Powell used in the first Gulf War)
A bait and switch if you like
Get them focused in one place
then, BAM!!!, strike in another

I hope to God I'm wrong

Happy New Year !!