Yay!

Congressman Harry Mitchell

This feels good to write because I went to elementary school with Congressman Mitchell's son, Mark. Mr. Mitchell was a kind man then and a great dad. I am sure he is going to make a fantastic congressman. And it doesn't hurt that he beat big fat JD Hayworth.

California Vacation Blogging

Little Superstar

Awesome!

Spore Gameplay Video

Will Wright talking at the 2005 Game Developer's Conference about 'Spore', which looks like it could possibly be the best video game ever.

Vacation Blogging - Puerto Vallarta Edition

Vacation Blogging - Puerto Vallarta Edition

I found it.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing.

If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

Neddie

I like to lurk at Neddie's place. Well, he is having hip surgery. Wish him well.

Give the game ball to Shawn Marion

Marion is the glue that holds the Suns together.

Gone Fishing

Bush claims his greatest accomplishment since he became president five years ago was catching a 7.5 pound fish in his (stocked) lake at his "ranch" in Texas. I kid you not. And Republicans call Democrats unserious. . .

Suns in 7

No worries. Suns in 7.

Whiny Ass Titty Baby

Time for Game 6.

Yeah, I got one of these

Hard Work

Pink sings about hard work.

Happy Resurrection Day

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16.

Air America Returns to Phoenix

I give up

This pretty much says it all.

Tbogg

This man is a genius.

There's now an easy answer to this old faux-clever question about "would you have left Saddam Hussein in power":

"Sometimes, when a drunk old man shoots you in the face and you have birdshot near your heart, you leave it in place - not because the birdshot is good, but because the operation to remove it is worse. Even with modern medicine, it may not be a cakewalk."

I think even Hugh Jidiot would get that point.
# posted by Matt : 1:04 AM

Liar, liar pants on fire

The man over Bush's left shoulder just happens to be one Jack Abramoff. The man shaking Bush's hand was a chief of an Indian tribe with a profitable casino. Chief Garza was a potential client of Abramoff's lobbying/theft operation. Bush very clearly denied knowing Abramoff. Abramoff arranged this meeting for Chief Garza. Why is this any different from Clinton lying about Monica? Please, help me.

I didn't have sexual relations with that (wo)man

I guess the difference is that Bush didn't stick his pecker in Abramoff's mouth, at least literally, but isn't the lie the same?

This is funny

An American Speaks

Just read this. All of it. Very carefully.

Doughy Pantload

Jonah Goldberg is an idiot. Glenn is right that Goldberg's "thinking" is emblematic of the rot that is American "conservatism". What too many Americans fail to realize is that the US Constitution guarantees them certain inalienable rights. The Bill of Rights guarantees you life, liberty and pursuit of happiness free of governmental intrusion. In other words, we are presumed to be free and the government has the burden of establishing cause to interfere in our lives - not the other way around. A US citizen is not required to obtain the government's permission to be free - you are born with it.

I love my country but fear my government.

Oh yeah, the Suns beat the Cavaliers. Go Suns!

Bush

Glenn Greenwald has a great post about a recent AP poll and other important stuff. He has really been on a tear with respect the whole NSA issue. I left this comment at his site but liked it and changed it to fit my site.

I agree with so much of what he has to say, and has said of late, about Bush and his belief that he has the right, in a time of war, to ignore the law. From talking with those around me, liberal and conservative, most understand that there may be times when the edge of the law is not clearly defined and they will tolerate, or at least give the President the benefit of the doubt, some "aggressive" exercise of the executive function - in a time of war. The issue, here, as I see it, is that most people (at least those that took the AP poll) recognize that we aren't really in a time of war. And, if we are, we certainly aren't acting like it. The mood in the country, the lack of a real enemy (how do you fight an idea), the lack of a Declaration of War and the President's own actions (can you say 365 days of vacation) do not comport with his statements that he only has these extra powers as the commander in chief because we are a country at war. That is not to say that the problem is just that the President has not done an adequate job of convincing us we are at war - as numerous people have pointed out the only thing this President and his Administration is good at is using fear and 9/11 to scare the shit out of us - it is that we know, intuitively, that we are not at war and that the President is only using 9/11, and the alleged War on Terror, to justify his attempt to secure political power for his own use. That is really all that is going on here. We know "The President's NSA Program" is not justified by real, legitimate, genuine, bona fide national security interests (if it was someone by now would have been able to adequately answer Atrios' question how revelation of the program has in any way hurt national security) and that is only really a political program for political purposes. Why? Because FISA already provides for warrantless searches in exigent circumstances. The fact that Bush wants to avoid judicial review by the rubber stamp FISA court is ominous. The fact that the pliant Congress hasn't done an effing thing to stop him even after he promises to continue to break the law and violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens is, well, just plain scary.

More Vacation Blogging

We left the day after Christmas and drove to Albuquerque, NM and stayed there for two days. The earlier post had pictures from the Sandia Peak Tram. There is usually a lot of snow on the mountain but this has been a dry winter. The other pictures are from the aquarium in town. It is first class. The photo that didn't turn out well was of a large tank full of luminescent jellyfish.

We drove to Sante Fe and stayed there overnight and went skiing at Ski Sante Fe. The next day we drove to Taos and went skiing for two days at Angel Fire. It was awesome althought there wasn't as much snow as we would have liked. It was great to get out of the office and breath some fresh mountain air. Denice and I ate at Lambert's in town - such a wonderful place and a great meal. We had a great dinner.

I will get back to regularly scheduled programming, i.e., Bush bashing, soon.