Torture intel is worse than no intel at all, according to a friend of mine who worked with Navy Intelligence. That's how you get the idea that there are WMDs hidden all over Iraq, because you keep torturing the guys until they tell you so.

And they all support Jack Bauer.

Let's just cut the middleman and have Jack Bauer run for prez! A fully fictional character is the next logical step anyway.

That's how you get the idea that there are WMDs hidden all over Iraq, because you keep torturing the guys until they tell you so.

Well, usually you have the idea first, and you use the torture to support your hypothesis.

Well, usually you have the idea first, and you use the torture to support your hypothesis.

The idea came to Donald Rumsfeld when he was checking some old invoices to Saddam Hussein from the 1980s.

Bush II: From the People Who Brought You Iran-Contra

Huh. Laura Bush on my TV and so far not making me cringe or roll my eyes. Pushing for HPV vaccine, and pointing out that mandating vaccines is nothing unusual in this country. Then talking about her own fitness regime, where she notes that she has a personal trainer. And immediately points out that it's an incredible luxury. I didn't know there were Bushes capable of recognizing that sort of thing.

Still not over the whole returning the book to the independent bookstore thing, but okay.

I think Laura Bush is probably a nice lady, in truth.

On last night's What Not To Wear, they just threw away a skirt I own. Oops. They didn't make a big deal about it specifically, but STILL.

I fully intend to vaccinate my daughter for HPV. I really can't imagine not doing so. I don't think it should be mandated, though. I think mandating innoculation against diseases like Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, etc. -- ones you can contract with casual exposure is one thing. I think mandating it for diseases you can only get through more intimate exposure is an infringement on people's rights.

There's still an issue of spreading the virus, though. Herd immunity has a lot more to do with mandatory vaccination than simply keeping individuals from getting sick.

Hey, I'm back home from Minneapolis! It was a good visit, even if it had to start with a meeting with two emplyees who went to their boss to complain about my "casual and humorous" tone in emails. That meeting actually went well and i totally had them eating out of my hand. I then got to have 12 zillion other meetings and i am very glad to be home and have my lovely personal internets back.

Apparently, Laura Bush is staying at the Hay Adams Hotel in DC, and only goes to the White House for occasions and photo ops. It's a pretty open secret in the capitol, but you know that if Hillary had done the same during the height of Monica-madness, the press would have been all over it, instead of just the tabloids and E! news, who are the only ones covering Laura.