Hey Republicans!!!

Okay, many Republicans are confused why so many Democrats hate George Dubya, and try so hard to paint him evil. Well, the short answer is that you are defined by your enemies. Okay, A.D.D. NeoCons can take the compliment and run now...

What do I mean by that? Well, here it is.
1) Either GW got daddy to talk to some friends to orchestrate the 911 tragedy so that he could be a "war president" or he bungled the single greatest opportunity for real leadership any president has ever been served on a silver platter (including Pearl Harbor).
2) Either he manipulated events so that Haliburton could siphon off billions of taxpayer's dollars in Iraq to help line the coffin of his VP, or he actually "lost" THAT MUCH MONEY.
3) Either he actually was mis informed about WMDs or he REALLY though that Saddam was a threat and simply couldn't find them.
4) Either he let Osama go, or he's incompetant enough to let him run free for more than 4 years.
The list goes on.

Now, either the Democrats have aligned themselves against a mastermind that has manipulated world events in such a way that his family's coffers are lined for the next few generations, and their place as an oil superpower is secured for years to come...
... or they have aligned themselves against a bungling bone head who's lost a major US city, billions of dollars, the first budget surplus in decades, the faith of the worlds 5th largest economy, crashed the NASDAQ, and consistantly promoted people who have bungled their jobs even worse than he has.

If he's the evil mastermind, then the enemy that helps to define them is, at least, a worthy opponent. He matters. But if the greatest enemy you have, the one who has run roughshod over you for two terms is, in fact, the village idiot.... well, that doesn't say much for you, now does it? No. So, to maintain the slightest bit of pride, Democrats MUST paint Dubya as an evil mastermind, because the other option is too embarrasing to bear.

Oh, my back....

Here's some advice, if you ever get the chance to move into a 3rd floor walk-up, don't.

I type my first blog from the new location on Heliotrope. The DSL line came up this morning, so I'm fully "here" now. I'll still be brief, 'cuz there's lots left to do and a backlog of orders that's not getting any smaller, but I'd though I'd say Hi...

FV<& the president

Okay, Fox news is saying that the dow is at it's highest in 5 years. And it is... But notice that they're comparing bush to himself?
Dig this chart. Notice that both the Dow and the Nasdaq spiked about 2 days before his inaguration and plummeted until we went to war? There's a name for what comes next: depression. After we get out of any war, the economy shoots down below pre-war levels. So, the real issue is that the unbridaled prosperity we saw in the Clinton years (without a war), not only has ended, even reversed, but is doomed to be totally erased by the post war gloom.

Everybody, thank Mr president for putting the country in it's biggest fiancial crisis .... ever.

It's official...

Bearclaw and I have a new home. I just signed a contract for a cute little place near Melrose and the 101 (see map). My phone number will stay the same, and I have some time to move. The only real issue is access. Currently, there's no way to get in withut a key, so I'm looking into alternate entry systems.

I got one!!!!

Okie dokie, I am approved for a residence at Melrose and the 101. Not too far to move, and the place has a HUGE closet. But, in the end, it's a bit smaller than what I'm paying now, and it's a 3rd floor walk-up. I get to keep my phone number (YAYY!) but I live close to a known spammer. Ups and downs... wouldn't have it any other way... :)

Clock Ticking

Fortunately, the business has slowed down a bit, but I'm still going nuts finding a place. Apparantly I have some black mark on my record that is preventing some of the nicer places from letting me in, and the other options in my price range are quite a bit smaller than I'd like (20sq feet). I need a little luck in this department...soon.