starting to look more like the poopyheads are crying 'why not me too'. i dunno what exactly is making that stick, but its a thought that's been going through my head off and on for a while now, and being as how card is on spewing out the propaganda cuz nobody else would, kinda makes the case for a big-deal SOTU. hm.

what bothers me most about iraq thing, is exactly what is going to happen after we bomb the shit outta 'em. i mean, where are the plans about how to resurrect the lives of millions of people who obviously will have life's basic needs compromised severely. and if anybody doesnt think that this is going to get a whole lot uglier than being touted by the DoD, they are going to get a whallop on the butt that'll leave a mark for some time to come. this will be a decades long problem for America, for a host of reasons. (1) it'll make more people more unhappy with our government (2) we'll lose the credibility of what America should mean (3) it'll take a decade plus to get the oil within reach of their present goals. especially if saddam does the nasty.

senator dodd on. russert belts into the 'have we made a case for war', and dodd goes with the 'not ruling out unilateral action' he's swinging his head from side to side so fuckn fast its hard to keep up with his 'give them more time' but 'we need to act'. i mean, make up your mind senator. but maybe his heart has the dove rather than the chickenhawk. is he a vet? and who's this sittin next to him? its cold in here.