reservoir dogs

now playing: donna summer, "dim all the lights"



for some time now, i've been trying to figure out what it is exactly that goes through the minds of these folks who think, somehow, that dubya is the best man to hold the reins here in the good ol' u. s. of a.

it sure as hell hasn't been an easy task for me, lemme tell ya. but nestled among a whole group of great posts over on gadflyer is paul waldman's take on how this can possibly be.


still, though, no matter how any of us try to spin it, it still boils down to one inevitable, uncomfortable fact...


there sure are some dumb-assed people walking around upright in this country.





courtesy of moby:


Q: what's the difference between the vietnam war and the iraq war?

A: george w. bush had a plan to get out of vietnam.



also today, kevin drum points out that bush will end his 4 year term having fulfilled only 46% of his campaign promises from the 2000 campaign, as opposed to bill clinton having made good on a full 66% of his commitments during his first campaign. this is interesting on a couple of levels, not the least of which is the fact that dubya has had a republican majority in congress the entire length of his term, while clinton railed against a hostile legislative body for over half of his first term. he also has a post that brings up an interesting thought:


Finally he pointed out that history provides a gloomy prognosis. "I can't think of a single case where a popular local guerrilla movement failed to defeat a conventional foreign occupying force," he said. "From the American Revolution through Viet Nam, the guerrillas always win. Usually, it takes them a long time and they suffer most of the casualties, but they win."



a lot of folks are still wondering about this mysterious, top-secret 9/11 report...sure is a shame that it's been finished for some time, but someone only saw fit to leak it now.

i feel like i should give the CIA a good talking-to in the vein of what i had to say to my son a number of times this past school year: look, the longer you wait to 'fess up to something, the worse it makes you look...it's best to come to me and tell me up front, because at least then you'll earn some respect for having done so...


we have children who try to cover their lies running our government.



oh, and i'm just going to say one more thing about baseball and then i'll shut up.


i can tell you the exact moment the series momentum went the other way.


three games ago, in boston at fenway, fox came back from a commercial to footage of the boston pitching staff, led by curt schilling, marching across the outfield towards the bullpen, reservoir dogs style, as if they were on a mission.

fenway park went absolutely fucking nuts, and the yankees never managed to muster even the faint tingle of an erection from that point on.


but, lest we forget, i still think they're a bunch of assclowns, and i stand by my position.


at least until after the world series.