Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Rumsfeld - Man On A Mission
Rumsfeld is apparently on a crusade to destroy every last shred of credibility and/or indication that he is human, all by his lonesome. He made "offhand" remarks regarding the 9/11 attacks, commenting on the one plane "that those people shot down." Now the White House is backpedalling faster than Fred Flintstone saying Rummy "misspoke." It has long been rumoured and suspected that the plane crash in Pennsylvania was not the result of passengers wresting control, but rather, of military aircraft shooting the plane down before it could blow up the White House, its presumed target. Is some truth finally coming out? Are these cracks in the Bush White House? Let's hope so.
Bad Times
Is this the Apocalypse? The tsunami that struck offshore Sri Lanka has killed nearly 33,000 people. Did you remember that last year on the same day (the 26th) an earthquake struck Bam, Iran, and killed 26,000 people? And did you know that today (the 28th) marks the anniversary of a 1908 quake in Messina, Sicilyl that killed 80,000 people. So no, this is not The End. The religious rightwingers who think this rain storm and that earthquake are "foretold" are just going to have to wait a bit longer. My advice is to go someplace really, really safe between Christmas and New Year's Eve.