Wow. Democrats almost don't sound like Republicans all the sudden. Kind of. This Daschle remark is something else:

“the Senate has officially acted, we acted last fall. I think to act again is redundant. But I also believe senators ought to have the opportunity to express themselves on the record if they wish to do so.”

What better way to "express themselves on the record" than to "act again"? What a mucky message, Tom.

I found this hilarious. The folks at this board are re-captioning the cheap clip-art graphics at the new Ready.gov web site. Recently I needed a new "Fire Exit" sign for my apartment. This is what I ended up with:

If only I had done this when I was a drug dealer...I think I want to marry this woman.

By the way Terry, two things:
1.) I don't think the world is ready for nude photos of me.
2.) Only got about two inches of snow, which is good, I might've missed Dirty Detroit (SFW?)

Here's a gem: Saddam Hussein Bans Weapons of Mass Destruction. Now if we could just get President Bush to do the same.....

One of the coolest things about the web for awhile was that it was a boundary-less international realm of free communication. Especially poignant, since it was originally "Arpanet" Guess it was inevitable that one day it would be a new battleground. As GWB would have it, it's "do as I say, not do as I do..."

This country sure spends a lot of time figuring out how we'll use weapons we'll never use.

Favorite Quotes For The Day:

"What are these blue-helmeted U.N. forces going to do, shoot their way into Iraqi compounds?"
Secretary of State Colin Powell (More Here)
"Because of their actions, NATO is now facing a crisis of credibility"
U.S. ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns (More Here)

So, if you don't agree with the U.S., you lack credibility?
Guess the new U.S. Foreign Policy is "My way or the highway"

"...I myself feel that our country, for whose Constitution I fought in a just war, might as well have been invaded by Martians and body snatchers...."

"If you're some unhappy kid from the Bronx who can't control his raging appetite, don't order Big Macs, because they'll turn your arteries into lead pipes, make your hair fall out, and give you strangely dimpled fatty tissue that won't go away no matter how much you exercise." Story here.

Speaking of killers, ever heard of Richard Mellon Scaife? Apparently he's a Liberal Killer

How about you? Do you like paying ten dollars for a movie and then being subjected to a flurry of poorly produced ads?

If you'd like to speak up, one of the larger companies behind this is National Cinema Network. Drop them a line here. Or Share your thoughts with echopraxia here.

Here's a refreshing pitch from their main page:

"Reach up to 54 million captive consumers monthly when your brand is seen Hollywood-style in top markets in the U.S. and Canada"

and.... A follow-up on the anti-war stuff:

Wired News had a couple of interesting pieces today, one on the Internet's impact on the protests and another on the corruption of the Military Industrial Complex

My favorites:

"Ok, now you're stupidity is starting to piss me off."
(That wuz they're speling knot mine - I.G.)

And some dork named Frank Black saying:

"Spewing threats at the rest of the world from the pages of a comic book does not make you tough. But who really cares about Bush because the truth is it's his admininstration that is running things, not him"

Why don't you invite some of these Poly-Sci/Film wonks over to idioglossia? I could eat morons like this for breakfast, and maybe help them locate remedial spelling classes too...

But even crazier....this thread on Metafilter made me realize that CNN, Reuters, The New York Times, and virtually all mainstream news organisations in the U.S. gave scant attention to (and in fact understated numbers for) the peace marches over the weekend. C'mon....even if you accept the lower figures of 200,000-300,000, that's more citizens protesting in one day than the number of troups dispatched to the Persian Gulf Region (about 120,000 military personnel so far) in the past year. Who's telling whom to play this down like this? It's maddening.

Terry - I've archived the recent posts. How about a new set of rules?
No posts about, Bush, War, Personal Rights, or Terrorism?
Er...never mind.
Heard any good new music lately?
I just re-discovered the genius of Talking Heads' Fear of Music.