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Blackhawk Clowns

De Genova passes himself off as an ally in the struggle against the Bush Blitzkrieg of the checks against the rampages of the presidency and the sell-out GOPher Congress, but he's a friend I'd rather not have.

Wars at Home/State Terrorism

To those who say that the war in Iraq is a war for the cause of freedom, I echo the famous phrase of Milton: Look Homeward, Angel!

Lexicon for Our Times

False information disseminated for the purpose of arousing public support for a dubious cause, especially a war. A noble exercise calculated to promote the weal of a limited, wealthy class while appealing to the less fortunate by promising them money and status that they will never actually see.

Someone has to Speak for the Moles

Mary Beth did little grey gentlemen (and gentlewomen) the world over a disservice recently....

Decision

If Tracy lives out the week, I will be surprised.

Optimism and Pessimism are Bipolar

The middle ground is Realism: everything is neither good nor bad. Life throws you a mix of experiences.

The Stories that I Want to Tell

Perhaps I will write a story about this time when things cool down, something that speaks to the ambivalence that I feel: loving people and hating, utterly hating the actions they propose and support.

The Tracy Dilemna

I kneel next to her and ask "Is it time? Is it time, little cat? Or should I let you choose the time?"

War Blogging

Now that I've again established myself as a demon in many peoples' eyes, I will get on with the bidaily review of war blogging.

"He Had It Coming"

During the "Cell Block Tango" number, I couldn't help but think how George W. Bush and the propagandists belong up there with the Six Merry Murderesses of the Cook County Jail.

Pointless Comments

I've seen many reactions to the war and I am not sure that the pointless comments like "Yah-dah-duh" or "Woohoo! Gimme a can of catfood" are the ones I personally want to spend my time addressing.

Statistics

Entries: 916 Comments: 1066

A Beautiful, Critical Mind

"No," Picasso snapped. "You did."

Wargasm

Be honest about it: it's for the thrill that you watch the news. So why not go all the way?

Latest Roach

Isn't this taking America First a little too far?

Dream
In the waking world, a Santa Ana blows. It rattles the electric blue tarps which were laid on the roof...

Hope for the Species

A walk down the aisles and a thought given to the effort it took to assemble them quickly dispels the demon who chants "people are bad, people are bad".

Not Proved

"Not proved" means that the prosecution hasn't established sufficient proof of the guilt of the defendant, but the jury isn't convinced of innocence, either.

Reliable Human Rights Reports

Far too many bloggers are jumping to print reports coming off their television sets about alleged atrocities in Iraq. Both those for the war and those against it reprint the latest allegations uncritically.

Another Old Friend Found
Welcome back to my life, Mary Beth Williams of Wampum!...

Puzzled

How could they not have noticed?

Prayer Resolution

Sometimes I think I left Christianity and became a agnostic so that I could better live the words of Christ.

War Blogging

I'm being found by members of the Moral Left (who include Christians, Muslims, New Agers, Humanists, and agnostics). Thanks for the new links!

My Father and the Cruise Missile

The night the cruise missiles rained on Bagdhad in 1991, I lay in my bed. I was desperate; I was in a distinct, determined minority because of my opposition, and I was not at all quiet: I was screaming.

Aging

She's gone bow-legged from the weight of her belly and she uses her claws to climb up on the couch and the bed.

Dream
We've moved into our mother's house it seems, but she isn't there. We're still keeping the cats and a broad...

The Question

"Daddy, did you kill anyone in the war?"

Apologies 2/Clearing the Slate

View this as a primer for those who haven't yet understood a few key points about apologies.

Apologies and Comments

I don't think that apologizing is a sign of weakness. Like many of my closest friends, I feel that an apology is a sign of personal strength and integrity.

Corners

This puts me in a corner beyond Gandhi.

A Bad Attitude

When the circle got to me, I said "I hate this kind of thing. My past is this...." and I rattled off the various things that I had done or published over the years. "....but that's not important. I'm in this to do the writing, to make good stories."

Candle Vigil Continues

The only requirement is that you support the end of the Iraq conflict by peaceful means, that you are willing to state to the world "I still hope", as these others have

War Blogging

Still no care packages for soldiers from me. I stand by what I have said on that subject.

A Sensible Way to Help Americans

The grandstanding of some bloggers who are making care packages to send off to soldiers is misplaced. I can imagine the pain in some soldiers as they think of the families scraping by back at home while they eat chocolate bars.

A Personal Checklist for War Activism

Here are some things I intend to devote my time to regarding this war.

Support our Troops? -- The Question is HOW?

Photos of "our boys" show them to be relatively fat and happy compared to these children. They will be in the crucible for a matter of weeks. The children of Iraq were born to this horror and they've been in it for years.

Blattidae Pornographica

Roach hails from 66.82.9.32

Notice to the Blattidae Jingoistica

I am America, too, and I have the guys, roach from 68.8.94.224 to post using my own name and my own email.

Mexico Photos Continuation
My Paint Program got wiped in last week's hard disk crash. Not a big deal: I have the original CD...

Biased Impartiality

It's time for the media to cut the BS and make it clear to the United States and British High Commands that they don't work as their propaganda officers: their job is to report the news, no matter who looks bad in it.

POWs

[The United States] has violated international law in so many ways trying to wage this war on terrorism that it is like a drug lord whining because another of his breed welshed on a deal.

Molotov Cocktails at Demonstrations

When peace activists saw such people during the Vietnam era demonstrations, they'd surround them with a mass of people and walk them over to the police to be arrested. Strangely . . . they were rarely prosecuted.

Wedding Ring 4

Her hand came up and there was the wedding ring, pinched between two fingers.

Right in My Neighborhood

Hey, we have a web page for Trabuco Canyon!

Chaparral Spring

The change from night's limited visions has refreshed me.

War Blogging

All the people I've listed today I respect for speaking their minds on the subject of the war. I do not agree with every position.

Driving Lynn's Car

Pity that the truck gets worse gas mileage.

As I See It

I'm just telling it like I see it. That's what you get when you come to my blog.

Save the People

I joined the civilian side.

What Conscience Is

You must be stone cold sober and thinking for yourself.

A Glossary for the Times

I'm offering this because of the confusion about what it means to be "pro-peace". All these people will claim to be "pro-peace" (though I take the claims of the pacifists to be the most accurate).

1000th Comment

MJ is proof that civil disagreement is welcome here. She is no roach.

From the Friends

This has influenced my agnostic thinking on the issue of war, my faith that in a single standard of Truth we may find peace in our hearts and in our world.

Our "Boys" are Men Who Made Choices

If anyone can devise a program whereby an Iraqi soldier gets one care package for each one I send to an Allied soldier, I will take part.

War

We are at war and exist, in our own minds, under a state of siege.

Zwischenraum

Out of the mud, the ice, and the blood, came me, one of those inexplicable happenings. There's no reason for it. Though I suffer from an axis of three evil diseases -- diabetes, asthma, and depression, -- and though shit happens, I am glad to be alive.

Where I Went When the War Began

"You never know," said the clerk.

Tracy Climbs the Stairs

I keep wondering when this cat is going to die. Maybe it's not such a smart thing.

War Blogging

chari and I have been fighting and reconciling like brother and sister, again. Les Jenkins has been adopted into the family, apparently.

Roach Patrol

I always love it when someone accuses me of being gay just because I own cats. Lynn gets a real chuckle, too

Uniting for Peace

After reflecting on what signing this might do to others' perceptions of me, particularly my fellow Americans, I signed it:

Anti-Bloggies

Doubtless we'll hear long agonized whines about our political correctness, but making fun of any disease is about as funny as a bastinado.

Misfire for Peace, etc.

For many years, a favorite taunt of the left was that the Gulf War achieved nothing: Saddam Hussein remains in power. We got our answer to that one and it is called Gulf War 2...When we win this one that some think we're going to lose, what will we be able to say but "duh"?

System Crash
Windows ME died on me and InterNet Explorer 6.0 refuses to install....

Candles

The candle project shall continue, at popular demand.

What's in a Name? Letters

Try your luck here. Step right up! Pick a name! Any name!

Negativism?

I reiterate this challenge to anyone who thinks the time has come to give in to Bush by participating in campaigns or personal gestures in support of the soldiers, sailors, and airmen now poised to attack Iraq: show me the negativism in promoting making lives over killing.

Word Help
What do you call the nonhabitable structures formed when you take several dried stalks of corn and tie them together...

Gratitude

My thanks to those who continue to link me.

Cassandro Sighs

There's a lot of pessimism out there. Pessimism that suggests that we've done all we can do, that it shall end with candle-light vigils and last minute protests.

Red Saint Patrick's Day

Is Bush color-blind?

More War Blogging

Thanks to all who participated in the candle vigil.

Wailing for Peace

I suspect he laughs off the candlelight vigils, but a scream would put the chill to him.

War Blogging

The ways people choose to deal with the threat of war is not unlike the ways that people express grief over the death of a loved one. Here the loved one is World Peace. Some cry, some scream, some stay silent, some distract themselves. They are all valid responses to this insane situation.

Peace Vigils/Candles for Peace

Put this code on your page by March 17, 2003 as a sign of your support for peace instead of war.

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World Opinion on Iraq

Will my fellow Americans start getting the hint that the world does not want this war?

Turkish News
Another of those stories which doesn't seem to make it to the United States thanks to our so-called "liberal media"...

Moody Blogs Stats

Why not?

Alternate Realities of Water

Snow is just an alternate reality of water, the stuff that has been coming down here hard all day.

Don't George Me!

Why my mother doesn't blog or chat online

She knows that I can cut and paste.

Political Quiz

I got one hundred percent.

Mom Says "Kill the Cat"

Can't be too prepared when the old beast does her Hindenberg routine.

Republican Style Political Correctness

If I see any restaurants changing the name of the product to "Freedom Fries" I will sue them for false advertising.

Wedding Ring 3

Cats just don't pick random things up in their mouths and move them off to a personal treasure chamber like that.

Trading Places

I should like to trade places with a woman, body for body, for a month.

Out with Lynn's Car

Her car used to be my car. It still is my car, to the degree that if I decide to up and run off with it, it's all in my name.

Death Roll Minus One and Blogging from a Depression

When Rich announced that he was discontinuing his other blog and when blu just disappeared for a couple of weeks, I felt lost. As long as they posted, you see, I knew that they were still fighting the fight.

Freezing Up

I had to look a fellow writer in the eye and point out to him that his writing, though technically perfect, fell short when you looked at how he handled the subject matter.

My Own Suggestions to Bloggers and Commentators

I'm not going to hit you folks with a list of things you shouldn't do. Instead, I will note a few things that I like to see in blogs:

An Open Comment on Natalie's Rules

I keep in mind that the biggest price we pay for freedom of speech is that someone else might not like what we write and say so.

The Gunfighter Myth

Only the United States puts the first priority on polishing its guns, stocking ammunition, and, from time to time, using them. In the meantime, while we declare our independence from the world, we eat a lot of cold beans, grown and canned elsewhere.

Notice to U.S. Counter-Terrorism Operatives

I think you should know that a major terrorist activity is set for March 17 2003 at the United Nations Building.

Cam Job

I used to have a cam running for part of the day here. Unfortunately, the star died of heart failure last December (alas, poor Ambrogo!).

Cherimoyas and the Mouth of Babes

[21:21]  But if you catch them right at the moment ---
MMMMMM!

[21:22] <^Kat> kinda like asking your mom for money

Little Boys as Hostages

It's time to apply Amnesty International principles here. Bush and his cronies must be held accountable.

California Winter 2

The weather here has started to feel like a Maine summer.

The Death Roll Revised

I will be adding a few blogs to the list of the dead if their authors don't contact me by the end of the month....

Gone or Inactive

I wish to solemnly mark the passing of some good blogs.

Cable Guy

I've entered the age of cable modem!

Blogging in Iraq

Remember when the patriots of the Sovereign Empire of Bush were saying stuff like "why don't you go to Iraq?" and I asked them to put their money where their mouth was?

Revision and Root Canals

I just took my pen and cut seven pages of drivel from the short story I've been working on

La La Land

I spent the day lurking in bed, searching for metaphor.

Pain Pills 2

.... suffice it to say that things got out of control because one of the two was on pain pills and lost it.

Statistics

Entries: 825 Comments: 893

Do Not Disturb

She bent her body into a question mark and Tracy made herself the period.

Hypersensitivity

My beef with this other, so far, is trivial by comparison, but I mention it in the spirit of warning others to read carefully before they flame. If you lose it and break the rules, your politics won't save you.

MedicAlert Bracelet

Being asthmatic doesn't make me a wimp. Being depressive doesn't make my views -- as long as I am aware when I am spiraling into it and trust those closest to me who have educated themselves about what I have.

Cheater

Jennifer says that cheaters never prosper. But in my experience, they do.

Spiritual Republic of Zitser

Perhaps it was in that moment that I began to seek ways to speak as myself, for myself. When I talked as a representative, I sounded forced, untrue to myself.

Of Time and the River

What I want to do in these troubled times is float. I do too little of that in good times and even less in times like these.

New Battle of Lexington

Where now the embattled students stand

And let out the shout heard round the world.

And Now for the Phasmatidae

As is usual in Science, the discovery upsets some currently held theories. Yes, they've changed their mind -- slightly -- again.

The Striped Blattidaen Returns

I find roaches interesting from a clinical perspective. The behavior is so clearly obsessive compulsive: they run from liberal blog to liberal blog, rebutting everything, and they do so take umbrage at the suggestion that they might be suffering from a mental disorder!

Right and Left

From the perspective of God, facing them as He would a congregation, the Democrats are on the Right Hand, sitting with the Son.

A Common Sense Backlash

Keep it Simple?

I've been praised for the short story I've circulated within my circles and I've been warned that the language may be too difficult for the "mass market".

Wedding Ring 2

The search continues.

The State of My Jaw

One more week of soft food and then oink oink oink!

More Peace Stickers

Emergency Petition to Security Council

I signed. Now it's your turn.

They Think It's Funny

California Winter

California winters are bright green and wet.

Lost Wedding Ring

Lynn lost her wedding ring.