The following essay was written by George Orwell after WWII, it is remarkably apropos to the capture of Saddam. http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/revengesour.html

Arguably the single biggest waste of taxpayer money is farm subsidies. These subsidies enumerated in the much discussed "farm bill" amount to ~100 Billion dollars. Recently The Economist has reported that one

This month has brought to my attention two seperate cases supporting my long-standing belief that taking drugs for headaches isn't worth it. First: It seems that what I have always said is now the scientific consensus. I.e. popping a pill when you get a headache makes you more suseptible to headaches

You have to be an idiot or a lawyer to think that the interstate commerce clause gives congress constitutional authority to legislate regarding domestic violence. www.cyberessays.com/Politics/82.htm [EOT]

Merry Prohibition Repeal day. (I almost missed it!) Read the new york times article and the "related headlines" from 70 years ago, they're interesting:

O.K. I sure in hell didn't put this blog up for things like this, but I'm desperate. So, help me pick my Boy's name...

"Never attribut to malice, that which can as easily be explained by stupidity", is a truism i'm very fond of. However, it certainly doesn't hold for greed. In fact, i'd say you are safe to not attibute to stupidity that which can just as well be explained by greed. (Though it's not like they are mutually exclusive) Research on Ecstasy Is Clouded by Errors

I'm o.k. with the Lust. And i can't exactly cast the first stone as far as avarice goes, but, I've still got some puritanism in me, i'm afraid and it bothers me when someone runs a bank into the ground at taxpayer expense and gets 2 million for, what exactly? (no really, someone tell me.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3240756.stm

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20031105/ts_washpost/a64780_2003nov4

Hey, this blog is now official.