OH PLEASE

WE'RE NOT AFRAID

Here is a fun site that sends a message to the terrorist. Send them a picture. Click here to visit the site.

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BILL O'REILLY

The O'Reilly Factor 7/12/05 on Karl Rove and the Plame leak:

"Isn't it interesting how the great liberal tradition of "innocent until proven guilty" is consistently ignored by some on the left..."

The O'Reilly Factor 06/08/05 on two black guys in custody in the Natalee Holloway case

"These guys are slugs, and I wonder if the police down there are roughing these guys up."

"SIR, HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY"

Listening to Newt Gingrich call Joesph Wilson a liar on The TODAY Show illustrates the depths at which the GOP has fallen in the Plame leak investigation.

A man who was sanctioned for ethics violations, dodged military service, and made his first wife sign divorce papers while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery is the go-to guy to defend Karl Rove.

Then he had the nerve to hammer Clinton over the Lewinksy matter while having an extramarital sexual affair with Callista Bisek. Newt's defense in all of his past behavior is "I'm a sinner."

Gingrich sure is the man to talk about lying on national television. They finally found a true pundit on the subject. AmericaBlog has a little more.

THEY ARE LYING

Ambassador Joseph Wilson's 6-page letter offered in rebuttal to accusations made by Senators Roberts, Bond and Hatch is reprinted below in its entirety.

July 15, 2004

The Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

The Hon. Jay Rockefeller, Vice Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Dear Sen. Roberts and Sen. Rockefeller,

I read with great surprise and consternation the Niger portion of Sens. Roberts, Bond and Hatch's additional comments to the Senate Select Intelligence Committee's Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Assessment on Iraq. I am taking this opportunity to clarify some of the issues raised in these comments.

First conclusion: "The plan to send the former ambassador to Niger was suggested by the former ambassador's wife, a CIA employee."

That is not true. The conclusion is apparently based on one anodyne quote from a memo Valerie Plame, my wife, sent to her superiors that says, "My husband has good relations with the PM [prime minister] and the former Minister of Mines (not to mention lots of French contacts), both of whom could possibly shed light on this sort of activity." There is no suggestion or recommendation in that statement that I be sent on the trip. Indeed it is little more than a recitation of my contacts and bona fides. The conclusion is reinforced by comments in the body of the report that a CPD [Counterproliferation Division] reports officer stated that "the former ambassador's wife 'offered up his name'" (page 39) and a State Department intelligence and research officer stated that the "meeting was 'apparently convened by [the former ambassador's] wife who had the idea to dispatch him to use his contacts to sort out the Iraq-Niger uranium issue."

In fact, Valerie was not in the meeting at which the subject of my trip was raised. Neither was the CPD reports officer. After having escorted me into the room, she [Valerie] departed the meeting to avoid even the appearance of conflict of interest. It was at that meeting where the question of my traveling to Niger was broached with me for the first time and came only after a thorough discussion of what the participants did and did not know about the subject. My bona fides justifying the invitation to the meeting were the trip I had previously taken to Niger to look at other uranium-related questions as well as 20 years living and working in Africa, and personal contacts throughout the Niger government. Neither the CPD reports officer nor the State analyst were in the chain of command to know who, or how, the decision was made. The interpretations attributed to them are not the full story. In fact, it is my understanding that the reports officer has a different conclusion about Valerie's role than the one offered in the "additional comments." I urge the committee to reinterview the officer and publicly publish his statement.

It is unfortunate that the report failed to include the CIA's position on this matter. If the staff had done so it would undoubtedly have been given the same evidence as provided to Newsday reporters Tim Phelps and Knut Royce in July 2003. They reported on July 22 that:

"A senior intelligence officer confirmed that Plame was a Directorate of Operations undercover officer who worked 'alongside' the operations officers who asked her husband to travel to Niger. But he said she did not recommend her husband to undertake the Niger assignment. 'They [the officers who did ask Wilson to check the uranium story] were aware of who she was married to, which is not surprising,' he said. 'There are people elsewhere in government who are trying to make her look like she was the one who was cooking this up, for some reason,' he said. 'I can't figure out what it could be.' 'We paid his [Wilson's] airfare. But to go to Niger is not exactly a benefit. Most people you'd have to pay big bucks to go there,' the senior intelligence official said. Wilson said he was reimbursed only for expenses." (Newsday article "Columnist Blows CIA Agent's Cover," dated July 22, 2003).

In fact, on July 13 of this year, David Ensor, the CNN correspondent, did call the CIA for a statement of its position and reported that a senior CIA official confirmed my account that Valerie did not propose me for the trip:

"'She did not propose me,' he [Wilson] said -- others at the CIA did so. A senior CIA official said that is his understanding too."

Second conclusion: "Rather than speaking publicly about his actual experiences during his inquiry of the Niger issue, the former ambassador seems to have included information he learned from press accounts and from his beliefs about how the Intelligence Community would have or should have handled the information he provided."

This conclusion states that I told the committee staff that I "may have become confused about my own recollection after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that the names and dates on the documents were not correct." At the time that I was asked that question, I was not afforded the opportunity to review the articles to which the staff was referring. I have now done so.

On March 7, 2003, the director general of the IAEA reported to the U.N. Security Council that the documents that had been given to him were "not authentic." His deputy, Jacques Baute, was even more direct, pointing out that the forgeries were so obvious that a quick Google search would have exposed their flaws. A State Department spokesman was quoted the next day as saying about the forgeries, "We fell for it." From that time on the details surrounding the documents became public knowledge and were widely reported. I was not the source of information regarding the forensic analysis of the documents in question; the IAEA was.

The first time I spoke publicly about the Niger issue was in response to the State Department's disclaimer. On CNN a few days later, in response to a question, I replied that I believed the U.S. government knew more about the issue than the State Department spokesman had let on and that he had misspoken. I did not speak of my trip.

My first public statement was in my article of July 6 published in the New York Times, written only after it became apparent that the administration was not going to deal with the Niger question unless it was forced to. I wrote the article because I believed then, and I believe now, that it was important to correct the record on the statement in the president's State of the Union address which lent credence to the charge that Iraq was actively reconstituting its nuclear weapons program. I believed that the record should reflect the facts as the U.S. government had known them for over a year. The contents of my article do not appear in the body of the report and it is not quoted in the "additional comments." In that article, I state clearly that "as for the actual memorandum, I never saw it. But news accounts have pointed out that the documents had glaring errors -- they were signed, for example, by officials who were no longer in government -- and were probably forged. (And then there's the fact that Niger formally denied the charges.)"

The first time I actually saw what were represented as the documents was when Andrea Mitchell, the NBC correspondent, handed them to me in an interview on July 21. I was not wearing my glasses and could not read them. I have to this day not read them. I would have absolutely no reason to claim to have done so. My mission was to look into whether such a transaction took place or could take place. It had not and could not. By definition that makes the documents bogus.

The text of the "additional comments" also asserts that "during Mr. Wilson's media blitz, he appeared on more than thirty television shows including entertainment venues. Time and again, Joe Wilson told anyone who would listen that the President had lied to the American people, that the Vice President had lied, and that he had 'debunked' the claim that Iraq was seeking uranium from Africa."

My article in the New York Times makes clear that I attributed to myself "a small role in the effort to verify information about Africa's suspected link to Iraq's nonconventional weapons programs." After it became public that there were then-Ambassador to Niger Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick's report and the report from a four-star Marine Corps general, Carleton Fulford, in the files of the U.S. government, I went to great lengths to point out that mine was but one of three reports on the subject. I never claimed to have "debunked" the allegation that Iraq was seeking uranium from Africa. I claimed only that the transaction described in the documents that turned out to be forgeries could not have occurred and did not occur. I did not speak out on the subject until several months after it became evident that what underpinned the assertion in the State of the Union address were those documents, reports of which had sparked Vice President Cheney's original question that led to my trip. The White House must have agreed. The day after my article appeared in the Times a spokesman for the president told the Washington Post that "the sixteen words did not rise to the level of inclusion in the State of the Union."

I have been very careful to say that while I believe that the use of the 16 words in the State of the Union address was a deliberate attempt to deceive the Congress of the United States, I do not know what role the president may have had other than he has accepted responsibility for the words he spoke. I have also said on many occasions that I believe the president has proven to be far more protective of his senior staff than they have been to him.

The "additional comments" also assert: "The Committee found that, for most analysts, the former ambassador's report lent more credibility, not less, to the reported Niger-Iraq uranium deal." In fact, the body of the Senate report suggests the exact opposite:

In August 2002, a CIA NESA [Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis] report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction capabilities did not include the alleged Iraq-Niger uranium information. (page 48)

In September 2002, during coordination of a speech with an NSC staff member, the CIA analyst suggested the reference to Iraqi attempts to acquire uranium from Africa be removed. The CIA analyst said the NSC staff member said that would leave the British "flapping in the wind." (page 50)

The uranium text was included in the body of the NIE [National Intelligence Estimate] but not in the key judgments. When someone suggested that the uranium information be included as another sign of reconstitution, the INR [State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research] Iraq nuclear analyst spoke up and said the he did not agree with the uranium reporting and that INR would be including text indicating their disagreement in their footnote on nuclear reconstitution. The NIO [national intelligence officer] said he did not recall anyone really supporting including the uranium issue as part of the judgment that Iraq was reconstituting its nuclear program, so he suggested that the uranium information did not need to be part of the key judgments. He told committee staff that he suggested, "We'll leave it in the paper for completeness. Nobody can say we didn't connect the dots. But we don't have to put that dot in the key judgments." (page 53)

On Oct. 2, 2002, the Deputy DCI [director of central intelligence] testified before the SSCI [Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]. Sen. Jon Kyl asked the Deputy DCI whether he had read the British White Paper and whether he disagreed with anything in the report. The Deputy DCI testified that "the one thing where I think they stretched a little bit beyond where we would stretch is on the points about Iraq seeking uranium from various African locations." (page 54)

On Oct. 4, 2002, the NIO for Strategic and Nuclear Programs testified that "there is some information on attempts ... there's a question about those attempts because of the control of the material in those countries ... For us it's more the concern that they [Iraq] have uranium in-country now." (page 54)

On Oct. 5, 2002, the ADDI [associate deputy director for intelligence] said an Iraqi nuclear analyst -- he could not remember who -- raised concerns about the sourcing and some of the facts of the Niger reporting, specifically that the control of the mines in Niger would have made it very difficult to get yellowcake to Iraq. (page 55)

Based on the analyst's comments, the ADDI faxed a memo to the deputy national security advisor that said, "Remove the sentence because the amount is in dispute and it is debatable whether it can be acquired from this source. We told Congress that the Brits have exaggerated this issue. Finally, the Iraqis already have 550 metric tons of uranium oxide in their inventory." (page 56)

On Oct. 6, 2002, the DCI called the deputy national security advisor directly to outline the CIA's concerns. The DCI testified to the SSCI on July 16, 2003, that he told the deputy national security advisor that the "President should not be a fact witness on this issue," because his analysts had told him the "reporting was weak." (page 56)

On Oct. 6, 2002, the CIA sent a second fax to the White House that said, "More on why we recommend removing the sentence about procuring uranium oxide from Africa: Three points (1) The evidence is weak. One of the two mines cited by the source as the location of the uranium oxide is flooded. The other mine cited by the source is under the control of the French authorities. (2) The procurement is not particularly significant to Iraq's nuclear ambitions because the Iraqis already have a large stock of uranium oxide in their inventory. And (3) we have shared points one and two with Congress, telling them that the Africa story is overblown and telling them this is one of the two issues where we differed with the British." (page 56)

On March 8, 2003, the intelligence report on my trip was disseminated within the U.S. government, according to the Senate report (page 43). Further, the Senate report states that "in early March, the Vice President asked his morning briefer for an update on the Niger uranium issue." That update from the CIA "also noted that the CIA would be debriefing a source who may have information related to the alleged sale on March 5." The report then states the "DO officials also said they alerted WINPAC [Center for Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation and Arms Control] analysts when the report was being disseminated because they knew the high priority of the issue." The report notes that the CIA briefer did not brief the vice president on the report. (page 46)

It is clear from the body of the Senate report that the intelligence community, including the DCI himself, made several attempts to ensure that the president did not become a "fact witness" on an allegation that was so weak. A thorough reading of the report substantiates the claim made in my opinion piece in the New York Times and in subsequent interviews I have given on the subject. The 16 words should never have been in the State of the Union address, as the White House now acknowledges.

I undertook this mission at the request of my government in response to a legitimate concern that Saddam Hussein was attempting to reconstitute his nuclear weapons program. This was a national security issue that has concerned me since I was the deputy chief of mission in the U.S. Embassy in Iraq before and during the first Gulf War.

At the time of my trip I was in private business and had not offered my views publicly on the policy we should adopt toward Iraq. Indeed, throughout the debate in the run-up to the war, I took the position that the U.S. be firm with Saddam Hussein on the question of weapons of mass destruction programs, including backing tough diplomacy with the credible threat of force. In that debate I never mentioned my trip to Niger. I did not share the details of my trip until May 2003, after the war was over, and then only when it became clear that the administration was not going to address the issue of the State of the Union statement.

It is essential that the errors and distortions in the additional comments be corrected for the public record. Nothing could be more important for the American people than to have an accurate picture of the events that led to the decision to bring the United States into war in Iraq. The Senate Intelligence Committee has an obligation to present to the American people the factual basis of that process. I hope that this letter is helpful in that effort. I look forward to your further "additional comments."

Sincerely,

Joseph C. Wilson IV, Washington, D.C.

PRETTY GOOD JOKE

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July 13, 2005

IT'S ABOUT TERROR

WHAT DOES IT MEAN

The info coming out of London is not good. Turns out these terrorist that blew up the trains and bus were born and raised in London.

The British police said Tuesday that a team of four British-born men had carried out Thursday's deadly terrorist attacks in London, including at least one possible suicide bombing, which would be the first in Britain.

The police said that the body of one of the men had been found in the wreckage of the London Underground and that property belonging to the other three was found at the location of the other blasts. The police stopped short of declaring that the attacks were suicide bombings.

The breakthrough came as the police searched six houses in the northern city of Leeds and found explosives in one home and in an abandoned car parked at the train station in Luton, just north of London. The police also arrested one man in West Yorkshire, whom they did not identify.

In Leeds, residents said several young men - whose families initially moved to Britain from Pakistan - had traveled to London late last week and had not been seen since. - NYTIMES

So the question is can it happen here? I say yes. Didn't it already happen in Oklahoma. Wasn't that a terrorist attack?

ON THE OTHER HAND

Jon Stewart has his take on Terror in America. He has a way of making a point and at the same time bring some perspective to the problem.

We should not ignore the Terrorist problem but we have to keep it in context and with a perspective. It just seems to me to be the (in the words of Bush 1) prudent thing to do.

Click here to watch his take on where we are today. Click here to watch his take on where we are today.

WHAT ARE THE ODDS

Here is some more context. . .

IT'S ABOUT TIME

Bernard Ebbers gets 25 years.

Is Kenny-Boy sweating yet???

PRETTY GOOD JOKE

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July 12, 2005

WHERE DO I BEGAIN

WE WISH YOU FAIR WINDS AND A FOLLOWING SEA DISCOVERY

The astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery are also groundbreakers -- the first to fly since the Columbia disaster in 2003.

Discovery is scheduled to launch from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.

NASA hopes the shuttle will restore confidence in the United States' embattled shuttle program after the loss of Columbia.

RANDOM THOUGHTS

I think we have been sold a bill a of goods. For example you've heard this one right.

"If we fight them over there, we won't have to fight them here."

Isn't it time to rethink this CRAP. Where are the great thinkers in this country.

Then there is this:

"This was horrible in London but it wasn't 9/11". . .Deborah Orin, New York Post.

What the hell is she smoking. If there isn't 3000 dead it's not a big deal? Why do they say stuff like that?

PHONY HYPOCRITE

The other night on Scarborough Country he did a thing on the London bombings. And he began to lay out his great thesis by having a terror expert on the show. He ended up by giving us his final thoughts on the attacks.

Scarborough closed his special edition by letting us know who's been failing the country. Our question: Is there a way to be more phony? Has anyone ever achieved it?

Click here to read the full SAD story, it's unbelievable.

WHAT'D I SAY

This Rove thing can make you wish you hadn't said that don't you think? Here is president Bush telling us all what he wants to happen in regarding the outing of the wife of Ambassador Joe Wilson.

Click here to see the video.

CAUGHT RED FACED WITH PANTS DOWN

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. . .George Orwell

Read this or watch the video. The press gets it's backbone and Scott McClellan bloviates.

Click here to see the video.

QUESTION: Scott, can I ask you this: Did Karl Rove commit a crime?

MCCLELLAN: Again, David, this is a question relating to a ongoing investigation, and you have my response related to the investigation. And I don't think you should read anything into it other than: We're going to continue not to comment on it while it's ongoing.

QUESTION: Do you stand by your statement from the fall of 2003, when you were asked specifically about Karl and Elliot Abrams and Scooter Libby, and you said, "I've gone to each of those gentlemen, and they have told me they are not involved in this"?

QUESTION: Do you stand by that statement?

MCCLELLAN: And if you will recall, I said that, as part of helping the investigators move forward on the investigation, we're not going to get into commenting on it. That was something I stated back near that time as well.

QUESTION: Scott, this is ridiculous. The notion that you're going to stand before us, after having commented with that level of detail, and tell people watching this that somehow you've decided not to talk.

You've got a public record out there. Do you stand by your remarks from that podium or not?

MCCLELLAN: I'm well aware, like you, of what was previously said. And I will be glad to talk about it at the appropriate time. The appropriate time is when the investigation...

QUESTION: (inaudible) when it's appropriate and when it's inappropriate?

MCCLELLAN: If you'll let me finish.

QUESTION: No, you're not finishing. You're not saying anything.

You stood at that podium and said that Karl Rove was not involved. And now we find out that he spoke about Joseph Wilson's wife. So don't you owe the American public a fuller explanation. Was he involved or was he not? Because contrary to what you told the American people, he did indeed talk about his wife, didn't he?

MCCLELLAN: There will be a time to talk about this, but now is not the time to talk about it.

QUESTION: Do you think people will accept that, what you're saying today?

MCCLELLAN: Again, I've responded to the question.

QUESTION: You're in a bad spot here, Scott...

. . . because after the investigation began -- after the criminal investigation was under way -- you said, October 10th, 2003, "I spoke with those individuals, Rove, Abrams and Libby. As I pointed out, those individuals assured me they were not involved in this," from that podium. That's after the criminal investigation began.

Now that Rove has essentially been caught red-handed peddling this information, all of a sudden you have respect for the sanctity of the criminal investigation.

MCCLELLAN: No, that's not a correct characterization. And I think you are well aware of that.

PRETTY GOOD JOKE - and picture too

JUST SAY NO!!!

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July 11, 2005

ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL

TEXAS HOLD'EM

It's one thing to be bold and strong when your winning but when your in a big poker game like War, Social Security, Hugh DEBT you just got to know when to hold'em and know when to fold'em.

Up till now President Bush hasn't figured out a way to do that and America knows it.

THE RICH GET RICHER

Few Wealthy Farmers Owe Estate Taxes, Report Says. The number of farms on which estate tax is owed when the owners die has fallen by 82 percent since 2000, to just 300 farms, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report released last week. All but 27 farmers left enough liquid assets to pay taxes owed, although it hinted that the actual number might be zero.

Yet President Bush, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association have asserted that the estate tax is destroying family farms. None, however, have cited a case of a farm lost to estate taxes, although in June 2001 Mr. Bush said he had talked to such farmers.

These findings come as the Senate is poised to vote this month on repeal of the estate tax.

The estate tax raised an estimated $23.4 billion last year. Repeal would shift part of the burden of taxes off the fortunes left by the richest 1 percent of Americans, some of whose fortunes were never taxed, onto the general population.

The lost revenue could be made up in three ways, through higher income taxes, reduced government services or more borrowing, which would pass the burden of current government spending to future generations.

Many Americans have a false impression that the estate tax was destroying family farming. Farms, in particular, are not in jeopardy because of estate taxes.

Another lie Mr. President???

SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL

A "speak-no-Wal-Mart" policy in Town Council meetings is getting a challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union.

Seems the Yelm city council has adopted a policy that prohibits any mention of big-box or Wal-Mart during their meetings.

The ACLU says "The ability of citizens to state their views about matters of public concern is one of the cornerstones of a free and accountable government. Yelm's practice of silencing public comment violates that principle."

I'd say so and I'd say one more thing. . . write down the names of each member of the city council that voted for this dumb policy and VOTE those bums out the next election.

SEATTLE MONORAIL BOARD

OK, let's see if I have this right.

They [the Board] would like to promote an open and transparent public discussion and the board wants and active and constructive dialog with people of Seattle.

Well gee Mick what's wrong with that. It sounds to me like they want an OPEN government, plus they want a ACTIVE and CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOG. Dog gone it sure sounds good to me.

It's amazing, even with cameras rolling some of these people can continue to make fools of themselves while continuing their spin. Film at eleven.

Click here to see one of America's Funnest Videos, you won't believe your ears.

The acting Board Chair was just about to start a press conference when the monorail staff noticed one of the projects opponents was in the room so they kicked him out. One staffer realized that the cameras could still see the people thrown out, she promptly closed all the blinds.

So there you go so much for the OPEN, ACTIVE and CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOG. Oh did I mention OPEN and TRANSPARENT PUBLIC DISCUSSION.

In the case of the Monorail project I think these guys are fighting for their jobs not because it's a good idea. But that's just me.

IS THIS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG

Could this NASCAR mess be just the tip of the iceberg? I wonder. I followed the Bremerton Tunnel process for the past several years and had always felt that minds were made up even when we were told they weren't.

One thing I never understood about the Tunnel was how the $28 million got funded so fast and what it was based on. My own unscientific count of the off loading of cars from the ferry told me that most cars, 70%-75% went north on Pacific while 25%-30% turned on Burwell. Which suggests to me the Tunnel solves nothing.

I saw in the paper that a local activist Charlie Burrows ( click here to visit his site ) is giving the County some heat. He said "All I'm doing is asking to see these records."

Burrows said what he found, including nondisclosure agreements (see image) signed by county commissioners and county employees, was troublesome.

Well there you go Charlie your asking for some openness in government, what were you thinking.

He did get some response for example: Jan Angel, county commissioner: " Mr. Burrows is trying hard to create a story that is not there." Others contend that Burrow is blowing the issue out of proportion and is misrepresenting the facts.

Burrows reply is "Their own actions are what's caused the problem."

Amen.

OPEN GOVERNMENT MY ASS

Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear. . .Harry S Truman

Yelm, Seattle and Bremerton each in it's own way doesn't seem to have respect for it citizens. You don't keep secrets from the people that elect you.

The SUN on Sunday in it's editorial said County Acted Unwisely in NASCAR Issues. To me that's just way to nice a way of putting what appears was going on. To me hiding or overlooking a document here and there is as Harry Truman said "leads one down the path of increasingly repressive measures."

We see it all the time. Politicians have tried to lie their way out of a mess and it always turns out the same. . . they get caught eventually. I've always said that Nixon might have been forgiven had he just come out early on and told the truth.

American have big hearts. Maybe one day the politicians will learn this basic truth.

PRETTY GOOD JOKE - and picture too

To those in North Dakota, Minnesota, and for that matter the rest of the country, including Canada, I must report the sad news that Ole was shot.

He was up by the Canadian border on his 4-wheeler cutting some trees when some rangers looking for terrorists spotted him. According to the news reports, the rangers shouted to him over a loudspeaker, "Who are you and what are you doing?"

Ole shouted back, "OLE..... BIN LOGGIN'!"

Ole is survived by his wife Lena and Lena's good friend Lars.

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July 10, 2005

MAN I'M LATE

THINGS I KNOW BUT DON'T GET

Why is all Local morning news mostly a long weather report with some news sprinkled in.

Why is it that every time there is a Hurricane, some weatherman is outside leaning into the driving rain storm trying to talk into the microphone.

Is it because nobody would believe them that it was raining or windy. I don't get it.

BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME

Over the past several weeks I've been reading more and more letters to the edit about this NASCAR race track that has been purposed for Kitsap County. As is typical for this type of project there are voices and opinions on both sides of this issue. Much like what I was involved with in what I called the GOLDEN TUNNEL, Bremerton's version of the Boston Big Dig. You know it as the $28 million dollar Ferry Tunnel that will be used to off load cars from arriving Seattle ferries.

I for one haven't made up my mind yet on this project. If pushed I'd say build it. . .but with qualifications.

In yesterdays SUN there was an article about two NEW WEB sites that provide information about this race track. One site seems more interested in the "PROCESS" that the local government is going through and not necessarily for or against the track it self. His name is Charlie Burrow, click here to visit his site. The other seems to want to promote the track. Click here to visit their site.

After having followed the Golden Tunnel to it's ultimate conclusion it'll be good to have another issue that I can follow. As I said I have qualifications for example, I worry about how much money it will cost Kitsap County. The funding and cost of the Kingdom/Safeco/Seahawks stadiums come to mind.

In all of these endeavors we're talking big BUCKS. Ball players making millions per year. NASCAR teams and drivers making 100's of thousands if not millions. Yet they look to local, county and state governments to fund their grand plans. I guess if I could talk my neighbor into paying for the paint and painting my house I would, but I'm not sure what he would get out of the deal.

Now add in the " secret" stuff and I start to worry. Two detectives from the Washington State Patrol are looking into allegations that a Kitsap County employee violated public records law and failed to retain copies of certain documents. I don't have enough information on this on going investigation to understand what all is going on but will follow it as it unfolds over the next several weeks.

I saw just how hard it is to get government, in this case the City of Bremerton to listen to the public. Minds were made up and come hell or high water Bremerton was going to have a Tunnel. And so they will.

We are just at the start of this race so to speak. . . stay tuned.

PBS STILL THE BEST

As most people in this country know PBS has always been the very best place for quality TV. The kids shows are the very best and something you don't see on Network/Cable TV regardless what the people that want to kill PBS say.

The same is true for adults. Just watch Cable TV for one week and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. The folks that are crying the loudest that PBS is bias are the same folks that say FOXNEWS is not. It's Fair and Balanced, right.

If you really want to do away with PBS watch this video by Nancy Giles of CBS Sunday Morning to help change your simple mind.

Click here to watch Nancy. Click here to watch a short ad for PBS.

THE NEW KIND OF WAR

The bombing in London this past week points out once again that we are indeed fighting a NEW KIND OF WAR. It shows that you can't "Fight them there (IRAQ) so we are not fighting them here." WE ARE FIGHTING THEM HERE.

Some are saying this attack on London is no big deal. They are dead wrong. I can guess what they might think would be a big deal but for me one life is meaningful. This is what Rush Limbaugh said.

From the July 7 broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show:

LIMBAUGH: That's, ah, the mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. Very powerful, excellent. And it was such a great contrast to what we're seeing in our own media this morning with the hand-wringing I was speaking about and the "Oh, woe is us" and "Oh, what did we do to cause this?" and "Oh, does this mean we're going to get hit?" and "Oh . . ." It's like I said -- 40 people dead, 150 seriously wounded, 1,000 wounded, out of over 1 million people in that transit tube. It's not a successful terrorist attack, folks. They didn't succeed in doing anything, and that's just what you just heard the mayor say: "You don't scare us. You didn't accomplish diddly-squat. We've been through this before, much worse than this. And look at us -- we're in the 20th century, you're still back in the 14th century. Blah, blah, blah."

I'm sure that if you could asked one of the 40 or so that died in the attack they would say it was a big deal. Think about this, the authorities believe that less than 10lbs of explosives was used in each of those explosions. The damage was wide spread and one can image what just a little more explosives might do.

Today on Meet The Press the guests were Stephen Flynn author, "America The Vulnerable" and Admiral James Loy (ret) Frm. Deputy Secretary Dept. of Homeland Security.

On the show they talk about how under funded the Coast Guard is and I couldn't agree more. Why we are working on a big missile project (star wars) and not doing more for our harbors and transportation is beyond me.

At the end of the show Stephen Flynn hit the nail on the head. He talked about the engagement of "WE THE PEOPLE". Coming clean about the limits of our intelligence. Coming clean about the limits of what our military can do. The call upon us all to be a part of this solution, to share the sacrifice of dealing with this war.

See his full short statement here. Click here to see the video.

PRETTY GOOD JOKE - and a picture

"Hey, Sven," said Ole, "how many Svedes does it take to grease a combine?"

After Sven replied, "I don't know,"

Ole said, "Only two, if you run them tru veal slow."

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July 09, 2005

IT ISN'T OVER TILL IT'S OVER

FOLLOW THE MONEY

A line from Deep Throat applies in this case if it ever applied in any case. Today Florida is no longer looking into the Terri Schiavo case. The state attorney found NO EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY when Terri collapsed 15 years ago.

Governor Jeb Bush had cited an alleged gap between when Schiavo's husband found her and when he called 911. She died in March 2005.

Michael was once again shown to have done nothing more than after 15 years gotten some time of day wrong. I have taken excerpts of the report here, but besure to read the Result of the State Attorney's inquiry for complete details.

In this excerpt they talk about who remembers what. Very interesting stuff.

Understandably, Michael Schiavo is not the only witness who has been inconsistent or had difficulty recalling the timing of events surrounding Terri's collapse and resuscitation.

They [Schindler's] had previously provided our office a timeline indicating that they were called as early as 3-4 a.m. but recently told Thogmartin they could not recall the time. Similarly, Terri's brother, Bobby Schindler, told Dr. Thogmartin he could not remember the time that he was called or initially arrived at the Schiavo residence except in relation to the arrival of the paramedics.

The conclusion is just so obvious.

The most obvious explanation is also the most logical: under the extremely stressful circumstances his attention to and memory of the exact time were faulty - in the same way that the recollections of Mr. and Mrs. Schindler and Bobby are flawed.

The Schindlers as much as called Michael a murderer. The report adds some logic to refute this asinine charge, which I think is designed to sell books.

Neither the medical examiner nor our assistants were able to identify any plausible manner by which Schiavo - having physically overcome Terri without injuring her or being injured himself - could keep her incapacitated but sufficiently alive that she could still be resuscitated almost an hour later.

Additionally, we could discern no rational motivation for attacking one's spouse allowing her to linger near death for forty minutes or more and then calling for help in sufficient time to save her life so she could potentially name her assailant.

This was back before the book deals and life was good for the Schindlers. Mary thought of Michael as a saint. What a difference a few bucks make.

Also, when asked about her son-in-law during the 1992 malpractice trial, Mary Schindler testified, "He's there every day. She (Terri) does not want for anything. He is loving, caring. I don't know of any young boy that would be as attentive. He is ... he's just unbelievable, and I know without him there is no way I would have survived this."

Let's put this baby to bed

In the complete absence of any evidence that Terri's collapse was caused by anyone's criminal actions it has been unnecessary for us to attempt to resolve these conflicting portraits of Michael Schiavo's character. It appears, however, that opinions on his culpability derive from disagreement with the Court's decision to allow Terri's life to end and not from any objective consideration of the evidence. If the available facts are analyzed without preconceptions, it is clear that there is no basis for further investigation. While some questions may remain following the autopsy, the likelihood of finding evidence that criminal acts were responsible for her collapse is not one of them.

We strongly recommend that the inquiry be closed and no further action be taken.

The book by Mark Fuhrman is out and both he and the Schindlers have been all over TV promoting this book. These people cannot help but follow the smell (in this case stench) of money.

I've felt for sometime that Michael Schiavo has been made to look like a liar and worse in all the stuff that has gone on leading up to the removal of the tube from his wife Terri. He has been vilified by TV Talking Heads, congress, some nurses, Terri's family and supporters. Now a book by Mark Fuhrman.

I wonder if Michael would have a case to sue these folks for slander or whatever. It just seems to me he has been called almost every name in the book. Some have come close to calling him a murderer.

1. Result of the State Attorney's inquiry

Click here to read the Result of the State Attorney's inquiry

2. Letter from State Attorney Bernie McCabe to Gov. Bush

Click here to read the Letter from State Attorney Bernie McCabe to Gov. Bush

3. Letter from Gov. Jeb Bush to State Attorney Bernie McCabe

Click here to read the Letter from Gov. Jeb Bush to State Attorney Bernie McCabe

EPILOG

In the end Jeb's Revenge Backfires - but he offers no apology. When you think about it what Jeb was charging Michael with is murder.

I think this report demands an apology, but in the mode of his brother he can not find where he was wrong or if he has made a mistake.

CASE CLOSED

Watch COUNTDOWN with Keith Olbermann and his guest Craig Crawford as they talk about the Schiavo case and Gov. Bush. Click here to see the COUNTDOWN video.PRETTY GOOD JOKE

The Lone Ranger and Tonto were camping in the desert. After they got their tent all set up, both men fell sound asleep. Some hours later, Tonto wakes the Lone Ranger and says, "Kemo Sabe, look towards sky, what you see?"

The Lone Ranger replies, "I see millions of stars."

"What that tell you?" asked Tonto.

The Lone Ranger ponders for a minute then says, "Astronomically speaking, it tells me there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three in the morning.

Theologically, it's evident the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.

What's it tell you, Tono?"

Tonto answers, "Kemo Sabe, you dumber than buffalo shit - it tell me someone stole tent."

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July 08, 2005

THE DAY AFTER

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE

Today there was a well coordinated attack on London. Almost four years after 9/11 we had no intelligence about this attack, not a clue. Why is that? What are we doing so wrong that we can't pick up something. . . anything.

One thing I'm pretty sure of is that we have way to many irons in the fire. I don't think we had an overall strategy on fighting Terrorism and we also changed direction in the middle of the river to go after Iraq for some reason.

For just a few minutes think about this. Say everything they said about Saddam was true. He had WMD'S, he played a role in 9/11 attack. Hen was a bad guy. Just say our Intelligence was right on. So what.

What exactly. What was he doing before we attacked him that we couldn't have taken care of in a month or two or even a year later. Just saying he had WMD'S isn't enough, hell so does North Korea and some others.

Having said that the question remains why did we think we needed to go with Iraq?

If the war is "ON TERROR" we were doing a pretty good job in Afghanistan and I don't see the need for a course correction.

Can someone explain this needed correction?

SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Ever wonder why Terrorism wasn't a big deal on the G8 agenda. What the hell were they thinking. Well Lou Dobbs had a guest on today that might give you SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT. A conversation with Michael Scheuer, Frm. CIA Analyst. Play the video.

Click here to see the video.

ONE MORE REASON

Back on July 2nd I talked about the fact that some in congress want to pass a Constitutional amendment to make it against the law to burn the American flag.

I also pointed out that it might also restrict other things that might become illegal and gave some examples. Well here's another one that might be ruled illegal.

LET'S FIX THE DAMN ROADS - Part 5-5

This is part 5 of 5 of the 189 road projects that the gas tax will pay for. It looks like this guy will be on the ballot this November. Please vote it down.

PRETTY GOOD JOKE

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July 07, 2005

CATCHING UP

TIME TO RETHINK AND REGROUP

Four explosions in London's transport system have killed at least two people and wounded dozens more in what UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said was an apparent terrorist attack.

This reminds me of just how hard it is to stop these kinds of attacks and at the same time I think about how some seem to think that since 9/11 we haven't had an attack in this country as though we had something to do with that. We didn't

We talk the talk but we don't seem to address some of the real issues. I think we are looking for more planes flying into building when in fact just as was done in London today a series of smaller attacks are equally effective and in many ways potentially more effective in terms of damage done and lives lost.

Some how, some way those in charge with Homeland Security need to stop spending money on stuff that isn't necessary and get to work on addressing this problem.

Thinking your safe because we are fighting them in IRAQ or that we haven't been attacked since 9/11 is just nuts.

I HOPE THEY TESTED IT

The city of Poulsbo has been saving up for 10 in order to purchase software to operate the city. The software will be used by all departments for everything from budgeting to permitting to payroll. The SunGard HTE, a national software company specializing in municipal government is providing the software at a cost of $633,000. Maintenance and Support will be $37692 per year.

Software is expensive in some cases very, very expensive for example King County spent over $35 million on a DO EVERYTHING program that didn't work. The FBI spent many millions on a system that never worked.

I worry about these programs that do everything but make coffee so I wish the people of Poulsbo well and I hope they have better luck than King County and the FBI.

LET THE SPIN BEGIN

$800 million since 1998. Do you think you stand a chance against that? What is the chance of the little guy having some representation in congress when your up against that kind of money. And that just one group.

Let the SPIN begin: The trade group representing drug makers said the money helped patients. You believe that don't you??

Click here to read the full story at Rawstory.

NO SURPRISE HERE

LET'S FIX THE DAMN ROADS - Part 4-5

This is part 4 of 5 of the 189 road projects that the gas tax will pay for.

PRETTY GOOD JOKE

Have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age and thinking, surely "I can't look that old?" Well. . . you'll love this one!

I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his DDS diploma, which bore his full name.

Suddenly, I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name had been in my high school class 40-odd years ago. Could he be the same guy that I had a secret crush on, way back then??

Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been my classmate. Hmmm. . . or could he??

After hen examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended Morgan Park High School.

"Yes, yes, I did. I'm a Cowboy," he gleamed with pride.

"When did you graduate?" I asked.

He answered, "In 1962. Why do you ask?"

"You were in my class!" I exclaimed.

He looked at me closely. Than, that ugly, old, wrinkled son-of-a-bitch asked, "What did you teach?"

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July 06, 2005

WHAT ME WORRY

DOWN BUT NOT OUT

This is going to be short. My Blog has been down since yesterday. I'm just doing a short test for now.

LET'S FIX THE DAMN ROADS - Part 3-5

This is part 3 of 5 of the 189 road projects that the gas tax will pay for.

PRETTY GOOD JOKE

Ole and Lena went to the Olympics. While sitting on a bench a lady turned to Ole and said, "Are you a pole vaulter?" Ole said, "No, I'm Norvegian and my name isn't Valter."

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July 05, 2005

THANK GOD IT'S OVER

IT WASN'T TO MUCH FUN THIS FOURTH OF JULY

As I talked about the other day the 4th of July should be a happy time, with pride in our country, thoughts about the men and women serving around the world but especially in Iraq. Just a great time of the year.

Well the sad truth is that it wasn't at my house it's a pain in the butt with a great deal of sadness and helplessness. My dogs have taken the place of my kids and they don't talk back (just kidding kids). When my kids were sick or scared we did everything we could to take care of them and make them feel better and safe.

It might just be me but it seems like some of these damn fireworks today are big and louder than in past years. All day long we heard the occasional firecracker which sent the dogs into the house for a little while but they would eventually come back outside.

That all changed around 8 pm or so. At first it was just more firecrackers with the big boom once in a while. Then as it got dark all that changed. My next door neighbor brought out the big guns. I swear he must spend $500 bucks on this stuff every year. They started at about 9 and ended up at 11.

My dogs went crazy. Sweet tends to be a little more laid back but if she is outside she'll make a bee-line for the house when she hears that first firecracker. Last night she was laying on her pillow most of the night.

Buddy is another story. He has a thing about coming in my front room where I have now setup my laptop computer. I think it's the hardwood floor that he doesn't like so I bought a couple of rug runners hoping that would help him get the courage to come in and be with Sweet and I. Up till last night he wouldn't do it. I think the very big Booms pushed him over the edge and he some how found the courage to step on the hardwood floors to get close to me and Sweet. From that perspective it was cute.

He was clearly scared his mouth was wide open and he was breathing pretty hard. I talked to him and tried to calm him down at one point both he and Sweet laid side by side on one pillow something they haven't done in months.

We all made it thought the night and it's a new day and hopefully we won't hear many firecrackers today. I'd sure like to see them ban them. There are a lot of tall trees in this area and I think it's a matter of time that we might see a disaster here.

One last comment. I went out in my backyard this morning and picked up the spent cartages that landed in my yard. As you can see by the arrows these things were burning at one time. It doesn't take much imagination to see how it might be possible for them to start a fire by landing on some dry grass, roof or tree branch.

BUSH'S STUBBORNNESS HAS SERVED HIM WELL IN THE PAST

Charlie Black, a Republican strategist, notes that Bush's biggest legislative successes, such as tax cuts, education policy and creation of a Medicare prescription-drug benefit, were the result of Bush 'sticking to his guns.' But there are signs his determination to do things his way is beginning to be counterproductive, and the stakes are high. Without progress on his agenda, he risks being viewed as a lame duck when he needs an aura of invincibility: He'll almost certainly face a battle with Congress this year over a Supreme Court nominee.

REMEMBER NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND?

Federal Spending Increases, but More Schools Will Get Less Money for Low-Income Students

A new analysis of federal money that public schools receive for low-income students shows that a record number of the nation's school districts will receive less in the coming academic year than they did for the one just ended.

For the 2005-2006 school year, spending under the Department of Education's Title I program, which helps low-achieving children in high-poverty areas, is increasing by 3.2 percent, to $12.6 billion.

REMEMBER THE MEDIACARE PLAN?

States Rejecting Demand to Pay for Medicare Cost.

States are openly resisting a provision of the Medicare law that requires them to pay billions of dollars a year to the federal government to help finance the cost of the new Medicare drug benefit.

Texas is leading the charge against the requirement, which states see as more onerous than the mandates imposed on them by the 2002 education law, the No Child Left Behind Act.

Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, has vetoed a $444 million appropriation covering the Texas contribution for the next two years.

REMEMBER SOCIAL SECURITY?

In the tank as a BAD IDEA.

REMEMBER HIS ENERGY PLAN?

Ethanol/Hydrogen don't save a dime or solve the problem.

REMEMBER THE WAR IN IRAQ?

Being stubborn doesn't always win a war or solve the problem.

PRETTY GOOD JOKE

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July 04, 2005

JULY 4TH 2005

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July 03, 2005

I'LL BE WATCHING FOR YOU

IT SHOULD BE A HAPPY TIME AROUND HERE

It should be a happy time of year with the 4th of July only a couple of days away. I have squirrel's eating in my birdfeeder while the birds fly around waiting to get their turn. Some people don't like feeding the squirrels but that's ok I can afford the seed.

I have Hummingbirds visiting my feeder twice a day once in the morning for breakfast and once in the evening for dinner. I don't know where they go for lunch

So what's the problem? The problem is my dogs Sweet and Buddy. It's the firecrackers that scare the heck out of them. I keep them in the house and turn the TV up a little to help hide the bangs.

On the plus side they stay by my side. For example when I'm at the kitchen table reading the news paper Sweet lays on one side of me and Buddy on the other side. In the words of Sally Field, I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that they like me, right now, they really, really like me!

BIG NEWS THAT NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT

Lawrence O'Donnell, senior MSNBC political analyst revealed on the McLaughlin Group the other night that Time magazine's e-mails will reveal that Karl Rove was Matt Cooper's source.

Here is the transcript of O'Donnell's McLaughlin Group remarks:

"What we're going to go to now in the next stage, when Matt Cooper's e-mails, within Time Magazine, are handed over to the grand jury--the ultimate revelation, probably within the week of who his source is.

"I know I'm going to get pulled into the grand jury for saying this but the source of...for Matt Cooper was Karl Rove, and that will be revealed in this document dump that Time magazine's going to do with the grand jury."

Scott McClellan said on at least two occasions:

"If anyone at the White House leaked Plame's identity, he should be fired, and pursued to the "fullest extent."

"No one was authorized to do this. That is simply not the way this White House operates and if someone leaked classified information it is a very serious matter."

Except for the BLOGS I haven't heard the news folks CNN< NBC,ABC, CBS, FOX, MSNBC or even the locals talk about this. Hmmmm. I kind of think this is a major story if Rove is the one identified as the source in the Valerie Plame/CIA case. I'm sure they are all waiting for the Sunday shows. Yea, that's it I'm sure.

THE NUMBERS ARE BAD

LET'S FIX THE DAMN ROADS - Part 2-5

This is part 2 of 5 of the 189 road projects that the gas tax will pay for.

WE THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE

Click here to see the video.

Click here to sign the letter to the president.

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July 02, 2005

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

TALK ABOUT A DUMB MOVE

Shasta Groene was found today at a Denny's restaurant in Idaho about 10 miles from where she went missing. Her 9-year-old brother Dylan Groene is still missing.

We all pray that they find Shasta's brother Dylan alive as well.

Joseph Duncan, the guy that was caught with this little girl, has now made it to the top of the World's Dumbest Criminal list. He was found with the little girl in the same general area at a PUBLIC RESTAURANT. There is more about this guy that needs to be found out. Most importantly why was he loose.

Question: If your a Sex Offender and must register in one state why the hell aren't you REQUIRED to register in EVERY STATE. DUH!!!

THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO IN CONGRESS

Some in congress want to pass a Constitutional amendment to make it against the law to burn the American flag.

First of all the proper way to dispose of a flag is by BURNING it. Secondly what about all the stuff that use the Flag to help sell their products. The picture shows a few uses that the flag is put to. Is that going to be against the law too.

This is a dumb law. It's a law looking for a problem that doesn't exist. I can't even remember the last time I heard about a flag being burned in this country.

LET'S FIX THE DAMN ROADS - Part 1-5

OK, today I'm starting to list the 189 road projects that the 9.5 cents gas tax will help pay for and why it's important that the 912 initiative not pass. This work needs to get started.

PRETTY GOOD JOKE

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July 01, 2005

TIME TO GET TO WORK

THE HEAT IS ON

As you can see by the image here I talked about this Vets issue back on April 13th when Patty Murray. At that time she was trying to get her amendment through the senate where only one republican voted for it and so it went down to defeat.

Even the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Jim Nicholson told congress on April 5 "the VA does not need any supplemental funds."

Turns out they do need the fund and now the congress is running around like crazy to get this put in. Wonder how many republicans will vote it down this time.

Way to go Patty. . . at least you showed some leadership back in April. It can be said that there is more, much more to Supporting the Troops than a bumper sticker.

ROAD PROJECTS

Here is a list of the various highway projects that the 9.5 cent tax will help pay for. This is just a general count of the projects by county. Over the next few days I'll publish the actual project/highway that makes up these 189 projects.

I feel we need to support the 9.5 cent increase so that these projects cane move forward. I urge you NOT SIGN Int. 912 and if it does qualify for the election, please vote it down.

BROOKE SHIELDS SPEAKS OUT

She's got guts, is pretty and smart too. Brooke Shields in todays New York Times wrote a reply to Tom Cruise's Today show interview with Matt Lauer.

Here are a couple of highlights.

I WAS hoping it wouldn't come to this, but after Tom Cruise's interview with Matt Lauer on the NBC show "Today" last week, I feel compelled to speak not just for myself but also for the hundreds of thousands of women who have suffered from postpartum depression. While Mr. Cruise says that Mr. Lauer and I do not "understand the history of psychiatry," I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Mr. Cruise has never suffered from postpartum depression.

Postpartum depression is caused by the hormonal shifts that occur after childbirth. This change in hormone levels can lead to reactions that range from restlessness and irritability to feelings of sadness and hopelessness.

Sounds like a CHEMICAL IMBALANCE to me Tommy boy.

And comments like those made by Tom Cruise are a disservice to mothers everywhere. To suggest that I was wrong to take drugs to deal with my depression, and that instead I should have taken vitamins and exercised shows an utter lack of understanding about postpartum depression and childbirth in general.

She talked about her personal struggle after giving birth to her daughter in 2003. She was honest and sincere and most of all believable. I think maybe Tom will think twice before he takes her on again. She showed us just how ridiculous his argument is.

Way to go Brooke.

PRETTY GOOD JOKE

An Alberta rancher and his wife were bickering while holidaying in France. They were still hardly speaking to each other after being seated in a fancy French restaurant for dinner.

When the waiter arrived the rancher said: "I'll have a big, thick porterhouse steak."

The waiter replied: "Monsieur ... what about ze mad cow?"

To which the rancher replied, "She'll have a salad."

Here is a BONUS joke. . . in fact three of them!!!

Bonus 3 short quick takes. . . Click here to see the video.

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