Let freedom What?

Condi sends Bush a handwritten note saying "Mr. President, Iraq is sovereign. Letter was passed from Bremer at 10:26 am Iraq time. - Condi."

Bush scrawls over it in crayon magic marker, "Let freedom Reign!" I dunno call me hypercritical but isn't the phrase usually "Let freedom ring!"

God, how does this guy keep his day job?

Like A thief In The Night

US Czar Administrator Paul Bremer slunk out of Baghdad after handing over "control" of the Iraqi government to the interim Iraqi government.

"As recognized in U.N. Security Council resolution 1546, the Coalition Provisional Authority will cease to exist on June 28th, at which point the occupation will end and the Iraqi interim government will assume and exercise full sovereign authority on behalf of the Iraqi people. I welcome Iraq's steps to take its rightful place of equality and honor among the free nations of the world. Sincerely, L. Paul Bremer, ex-administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority."

So all you soldiers there in Iraq who are putting your lives on the line every day-the occupation has ended! Woo hoo, don't you feel better?

Nothing has ended and nothing has changed until the U.N. takes over complete control in the entire country. And after Bush's dismal track record with the U.N. I don't imagine this will happen anytime soon.

In other news...who saw Farenheit 9/11 last weekend? I didn't as they don't have a movie theater in Port Aransas but I will be first in line on Saturday.

According to CNN this has now become the "first documentary ever to debut as Hollywood's top weekend film."

Bush, can you hear that big sucking sound? It's your chance at a second term being sucked down the drain.

Don't Miss Me Too Much...

I'm gonna just hang out my "Gone Fishing" sign. I will be kicking it at the beach for a well deserved weekend vacation.

Sipping some margaritas, eating some fine dinners prepared by my gourmet cook of a father and pondering the age old question, "Thongs, why bother covering anything up at all if that's all the fabric you're gonna use?" Now, I'm not complaining but just wondering.

Wanna see the view from my window? Ok, I'll stop now. It's not fair for those of you working Thursday and Friday.

My New Bumber Sticker

"Nobody Died When Clinton Lied."

Enough said.

Speaking of lying and dying, the 9/11 Commission reports "no credible evidence" that al Qaeda and Iraq cooperated in 9/11 attacks on United States. Details soon on CNN.com

I think most of us bloggers have been saying this all along.

Forgive me if I left anyone out. It's early in the morning.

Hey, What About Me?

Am I the only person left on this planet that Courtney Love has not assaulted? I guess I could claim her obnoxious behavior is a form of assault to me.

Gotta go call a lawyer...

Maybe we could send her to Iraq. After a couple of days in Fallujah the insurgents would have no more interest in fighting our soldiers. They would just pity us.

He's No Reagan But It Ain't For Not Trying

Let's forget for a moment that Reagan was involved in some of the most shady dealings in the history of US presidental abuses then later he didn't seem to recall he was even in the room much less the White House. Let's forget he funded, armed, and manned a guerilla war against a legally elected government. Let's forget about the death squads that roamed El Salvador with US dollars in their pockets. Let's forget he presided over an economy with crushing deficits.
Awww hell, even forgetting all of that I can't get weepy about Reagan's passing.

Bush can't be happy that Reagan's passing completely pushes his D-Day rememberance ceromonies to page 9 of the newspaper. He really wanted us to see him as the war president solemnly recognizing the deaths of US soldiers on June 4th, 1944. I would like to see him attend even one of the 814 and counting funerals we've had since his Iraqi invasion.

The Pledge To Resist

We believe that as people living in the United States
it is our responsibility to resist the injustices
done by our government,
in our names


Not in our name
will you wage endless war
there can be no more deaths
no more transfusions of blood for oil

Not in our name
will you invade countries
bomb civilians, kill more children
letting history take its course
over the graves of the nameless

Not in our name
will you erode the very freedoms
you have claimed to fight for

Not by our hands
will we supply weapons and funding
for the annihilation of families
on foreign soil

Not by our mouths
will we let fear silence us

Not by our hearts
will we allow whole peoples
or countries to be deemed
evil

Not By Our Will
and Not In Our Name

We pledge resistance
We pledge alliance with those
who have come under attack
for voicing opposition to the war
or for their religion or ethnicity

We pledge to make common cause
with the people of the world
to bring about justice freedom and peace

Another world is possible
and we pledge to make it real

For What It's Worth

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down