This is sickening. The Bush administration is planning moon bases to help us forget about Iraq. Don't be fooled, they've been talking about "Space Control" at New American Century for ages:

....CONTROL THE NEW “INTERNATIONAL COMMONS” OF SPACE AND “CYBERSPACE,” and pave the way for the creation of a new military service – U.S. Space Forces – with the mission of
space control. ....

Read all about it in (right-click, save as, it's an Acrobat File) RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf available on ther web site.

Seems G-Dub is a little less than popular in the U.K. these days. There are a bunch of blogs promoting ways to protest his presence there. My favorite so far:

They offer advice like:
"If you hear of a visit to your part of town or happen to see George W Bush, bare your arse in his general direction. Don't be afraid to wiggle it about a bit and maybe even spread your cheeks; this is a political statement you're making and you don't want to do things by halves, now do you?"
They also have some cute posters:

Hey- added a primary poll on the main page. Game it as you wish. Invite friends. Add comments. Whoopee!

Jeez. If it weren't for all the drugs we did in high school, this site probably wouldn't be possible. Imagine a raid like this when we were in school...this country gets scarier all the time.

Those crazy Canadians. Keeping the September 11 paranoia alive on the CBC.

Hey Terry, Tom...you guys alive? I just added Terry's September book and DVD reviews. I'm working on a database-driven design for the site. Are we still go?

Elsewhere...did you know that nudity is a threat to national security?

Wow, it has been deadly quiet around here. Not for lack of things to talk about, I guess. Jeez, I go to Kenya for a month and America goes insane...
Arnold Schwarzenegger a politician? Yikes. Hillary Clinton's winning the primaries (scroll down) without actually running? After everyone already said so in 2002, Rumsfeld's finally noticing there's a guerilla war going on in Iraq? Could it be Paul Wolfowitz who suggested the idea to him? Hey everybody, is Ken Lay ever going to jail? Remember Enron? Well, wag my dog...California's quaking, burning, and sliding away... Terry, Tom, got any good news???

What do...

...Edie Bukewihge, George W. Bush, Reverend Dr. Calvin Otis Butts, Franklin Dean Christensen, Philip M. Crane, Thomas S. Fabish, Lowell Jackson 'Jack' Fellure, Bruce Allen Gidner, Mildred T. 'Millie' Howard, Michael Idrogo, Yehanna Joan Malone, Beatrice Mooney, Frederick Eugene Ogin, Louis J. Rapuano, Michael Wade Rogers, Ben F. Schoenfeld, Keith Harold Slinker, Kenneth Scot Stremsky...

...have in common?

They're all Republican candidates for president in 2004. Tom, I know what you mean. The candidates sound like the teacher on Charlie Brown to me at this stage. Found a cool resource though. Check out Project Vote Smart, especially the 2004 Presidential Candidates page.

You know, they've got me over a barrel. Simply declaring yourself to be aligned with EITHER political party says you're part of a corrupt system that I find revolting. Yet the election process is so thoroughly controlled by the ensconced power base in Washington that to support an independent candidate at this point is clearly an exercise in futility. I think the last president we had that wasn't completely corrupt was Jimmy Carter, and look what they did to him. There used to be this notion that politicians were public servants. It didn't matter if they were wealthy or not, because being a politician didn't mean that R.J. Reynolds, Exxon, G.E, and every other megacorporation in America was burying you in cash. There's a hard to find book called by robert Heinlein about this topic called "Take Back Your Government!: A Practical Handbook for the Private Citizen Who Wants Democracy to Work ". Somebody buy me a copy! I want Democracy to work!

By the way, notice how I haven't mentioned my candidate yet?

Alright Terry, Tom...give it up. Have you picked a candidate yet? I love Kucinich, but he wouldn't stand a chance in hell of getting elected in contemporary politics. All the other Dems bug me in one way or another. How about Hillary? Maybe Retired General Wesley Clark? Or maybe we can all help re-elect the guy who likes to pretend he can land on a carrier.

Really speak your mind here. I think we could have some fun with it, and maybe learn something.

Yeah Terry, and you know who's gonna pay for all of this? We are.

According to Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham:
"The people who benefit from the system have to be part of the solution here. That means the rate-payers are going to have to contribute."

Wait a minute. Have we finished paying for Enron yet?
We are getting SCREWED.

Wow. That was fun *crosses fingers*. "D" battery shortages, MagLites swaggering everywhere in the dark, water rationing...I couldn't help noticing the lack of looting. Maybe Americans aren't so bad after all. Power's back on here, for now.

I figure it's all some kind of retribution for what we're doing to Iraq. On that note, CNN has posted some advice from our friends in Iraq. My favourite:

2. Use foul language
"When the power goes out, I curse everybody," said Emad Helawi, a 63-year-old accountant. "I curse God. I curse Saddam Hussein. And I curse the Americans."

While Vivendi unloads mp3.com as fast as possible, Michael Robertson (the guy who started mp3.com and ran off with the loot) has tackled Microsoft (sort of) with "Lindows", is in treacherous Linux territory (if you believe what SCO is saying) and has now launched a Net Phone Service.

The only reason I care is that I pay mp3.com $20.00 a month to sell my music (Ambient Items) and if all these big, badly managed sites tank, I can get investors re-interested in a well-researched alternative I've been sitting on for two years.

Also:
I retired the "Guestblog" for awhile. So it looks like it's just the three of us. I e-mailed Tom the info on how to post. Hope to get some new content rolling soon. It's our one-year anniversary, and we've definitely slacked a bit.