1. this tells you all you need to know about yesterday:
"cko444: today is so fucked. i'm trying to write a memo on stuff i've never seen before, bill is rageful, angel is gone, jen is wearing ugly boots, and the brownies taste weird."
2. this sums up current events better than i ever could.
3. talented friends:
ad astra per apsera got another pitchfork review and it's not completely gay! and s & t's entity shallowboi got a a glowing writeup in the Ptolemaic Terrascope, which is like the psych-rock bible.
man, i'm glad i'm frittering around on the internet this morning, because it enabled me to see that my conflicts teacher cancelled AGAIN. this makes seriously 6 or 7 times now, excluding holidays! i want a refund.
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As to #2. Becareful what you wish for. This "Democratic revolution" swept into power a bunch of Democrats that are far more conservative than I am. I know you think I'm a facist, and some of these guys are to the right of me. Webb, Casey, that guy in S.C. Remember that.
The other thing to remember is that the Democrats just bought the problems in Iraq. They have almost zero control over how the war is waged, but have almost all of the responsiblity to make it work. Also, bear in mind, abrupt withdrawl from Iraq is just about the most immoral thing we can do and proves to the world that once again, the Americans don't give a shit.
J Nick
no, i know. my expectations are so low these days that i too took issue with the use of the word "revolution"--in the interest of brevity, and b/c the rest of her post was so awesome, i kind of glossed over that. you're totally right that some of these new dems are, euphemistically, "centrist." as in pretty damn conservative. but i am happy for some change, however attenuated the effects may be.
and you're unavoidably right that iraq is pretty fucked no matter what, although i think we differ quite a bit on the pros and cons of withdrawal. but at least somebody with actual military/intelligence experience will now be in charge of DOD, and at least the congressional members at the helm, might not just co-sign on bush's half-cocked plans quite as much. i'm not thinking in terms of ending the iraq war as much as preventing one in iran.
i think i'm pretty much officially jaded these days.
I disagree with the way the media is portraying some of them as moderates, i'm a moderate and they are to the right of me.
There is nothing we can do to prevent war with Iran, that one is up to the Iranians. Who in my mind are the worst threat followed by the Venezualens and the NOKs.
J Nick
up to the iranians! you are kidding me, right? that is a conversation for another day.
You know, after reading reasonable comments and attitudes from a lot of twentysomethings, most amusing to me is how today's Paul Krugman column reads like something out of the proverbial schoolgirl's notebook. His Democrats-good-Republicans-bad view of the world is embarrassingly simple-minded.
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