Angel ,'Shells'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
"Nobody, especially the president, would have left people unattended on the basis of race."
"I mean, he certainly doesn't leave ME unattended (wink, wink)!"
Greece is donating a cruise ship, among other things. That's one of the donations we're actually going to accept.
In other good news, another 737 crashed (in Indonesia) : [link]
Bush has nothing to fear. Karl Rove and Dan Bartlett are on the case.
I exhibit no surprise whatsoever, but I should really get coffee before reading the newspapers in the morning. Really.
From that article:
These officials said that Mr. Bush and his political aides rapidly changed course in what they acknowledged was a belated realization of the situation's political ramifications.
Humanitarian aspects be damned - there's political issues here!
Even my extremely conservative, pro-administration houseguest is having trouble with the federal response to this.
Report From WWOZ New Orleans General Manager: [link]
Yanked from another board:
Us and Them (as in the Pink Floyd song).
It's not the sort of thing you want to click on if you don't want to cry.
Wow. Did you notice how quickly Bush nominated Rogers as Chief Justice?
Nice to know he can get some things done quickly.
Nice to know he can get some things done quickly.
I chalk this decision up to prudence more than expediency.
Roberts looks like a strong candidate who will go through the confirmation process with less of a fight. He can win this one, and then regroup for a bigger battle with a more conservative nominee, if he likes, when the shitstorm from Katrina dies down. And if Iraqi voters ratify their constitution in October, that will help Bush win some domestic battles.
OMG, I'm starting to think like Karl Rove. Someone shoot me.
I have a non-political question: I was planning on taking my cable box in to trade it in for the DVR today, but just learned that the location I was going to go to is the only one open today because of the holiday. Does this mean the line will be ridonkulous? Hmmm. Maybe I don't care. But maybe I could do it on Wednesday when normal people are at work. HMMMMM.