WTF Is It Now?!?

Blue jay at back yard feeder, 30 May 05.

Feh. Back to work. Mondays off are soooooo nice.

Yard stuff yesterday:
Saw our first hummingbird and firefly of the season.
Sprayed the bejeezus out of the damn aphids which were shriveling up my honeysuckle.
Hung up the birdhouse gourds.
Smoked some ribs.
Guess who's starting to eat real food?


The real casualty
Misadministration's lies that led us into war are "an affront to all Americans, most especially those whose bravery and sacrifice have gone unheralded."

If the Bush administration truly wanted to memorialize the war dead, it wouldn't spirit them into Dover Air Force Base under cover of a photo blackout - as if the White House were ashamed of those who died abroad. If the president truly wished to honor their memory, he would demonstrate to the nation that the government that has botched so much of the war at least has some inkling as to how to draw it to a successful conclusion - so that the dead will not have died in vain.

- Baltimore Sun OpEd.

In exchange for our uniformed young people's willingness to offer the gift of their lives, civilian Americans owe them something important: It is our duty to ensure that they never are called to make that sacrifice unless it is truly necessary for the security of the country. In the case of Iraq, the American public has failed them; we did not prevent the Bush administration from spending their blood in an unnecessary war based on contrived concerns about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. President Bush and those around him lied, and the rest of us let them.

- editorial, the Star Tribune.

Preznit Awol vows to honor US war dead by 'defeating terrorism'
The deserting chimp, who got out of active service because of his rich and powerful daddy, dishonored the war dead at Arlington yesterday, where he did not get struck by lightning.

"Because of the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, two terror regimes are gone forever, freedom is on the march, and America is more secure."

- the Smirking Sockpuppet.

Oh, btw, four Americans, one Iraqi, and four Italians have been killed in plane crashes in free, democratic Iraq.


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