An early Fitzmas?

ae of Arse Poetica posts some hopefully hopeful news about possible indictments of two administration officials. Yay!

Oh, ae, I'm hoping against hope, too, and crossing my fingers, saying incantations, lighting candles, not stepping on cracks, avoiding ladders, black cats and broken mirrors. Right now, I'm closing my eyes and saying my favorite prayer: "Please, please, please. Please, oh please."*

*While it may apppear to be begging, this is a really good prayer and can be said by believers, agnostics and atheists. Try it, in addition to everything else you're doing to fight the madness. It can't hurt, right?

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But I quibble...

Is it just me, or is something a little off about this article's headline ?

Wednesday Edition: Friday Is the Anniversary of Terri Schiavo's Death

What about this St. Petersburg Times article? [emphasis mine]

As Terri Schiavo lay dying in a Pinellas Park hospice, many who wanted to keep her alive challenged lawmakers nationwide to change state laws to prevent a similar ordeal.

But a year after Schiavo's death, few new laws have been adopted that deal specifically on when to take a loved one off life support.

This week marks the anniversary of the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. She died fifteen or so years ago, and her autopsy proved that, Bill Frist's diagnosis-by-video notwithstanding.

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FYA

For your amusement...happy first day of spring, everyone!

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I can't believe my eyes

Here's what to do if your eyeball ever falls out of its socket. I'm going to resist the urge to say I'm always having to pop my eyes back in after seeing BushCo's ongoing idiocies.

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Bush lied

I know, I know. It boggles the mind that occasionally this adminstration is less than forthright.

The press, flown in from Baghdad to this agricultural gridiron northeast of Samarra, huddled around the Iraqi officials and U.S. Army commanders who explained that the "largest air assault since 2003" in Iraq using over 50 helicopters to put 1500 Iraqi and U.S. troops on the ground had netted 48 suspected insurgents, 17 of which had already been cleared and released. The area, explained the officials, has long been suspected of being used as a base for insurgents operating in and around Samarra, the city north of Baghdad where the bombing of a sacred shrine recently sparked a wave of sectarian violence.

But contrary to what many many television networks erroneously reported, the operation was by no means the largest use of airpower since the start of the war. ("Air Assault" is a military term that refers specifically to transporting troops into an area.) In fact, there were no airstrikes and no leading insurgents were nabbed in an operation that some skeptical military analysts described as little more than a photo op. What’s more, there were no shots fired at all and the units had met no resistance, said the U.S. and Iraqi commanders.

Full story here

Hat tip: AMERICAblog

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O'Connor speaks out

Just go to Raw Story and read this. Retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor spoke at Georgetown University Monday and blasted Republicans for their stance on "activist" judges.

I, said O’Connor, am against judicial reforms driven by nakedly partisan reasoning. Pointing to the experiences of developing countries and former communist countries where interference with an independent judiciary has allowed dictatorship to flourish, O’Connor said we must be ever-vigilant against those who would strongarm the judiciary into adopting their preferred policies. It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship, she said, but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings.

Unfortunately the transcript of the speech wasn't available for broadcast, but Raw Story links to the audio of Nina Totenberg's report.

When a retired Supreme Court justice warns that we could be headed toward a dictatorship, the media should fucking pay attention. We've been warned. Hell, even W warned us, years ago.

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On a personal note

My mom is in the hospital, so blogging will be light for a while. I guess it has been pretty light these days anyway. She's doing better than she was a couple of days ago, and we're hoping she comes home soon. It hurts to see a parent hurting — or anyone, for that matter.

She's getting wonderful care. I heart nurses. When I'm a little less tired, I will write about why I love them so much. And about the kindness of strangers. And the utter wonderfulness of family and friends.

I'm not too tired to say this: my car radio talks to me. It comforts me when I most need it. Usually that means "Let It Be," but sometimes the message is just a hair less profound. I left the hospital today to work for a few hours and pick up more clothes from home. On my way, I heard "Ice Ice Baby." What's the message? Fuck if I know, but that song just cracks my shit up, and sometimes you just need a laugh.

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With a song in my heart

Impeachable You

(Apologies to the Gershwins)

Delight me
My vile impeachable you
Excite me
My impeachable you
Just to look at you
My gut goes sour in me
You* and you alone

Bring out the reflux in me

I loathe all
The many lies about you
Above all
I want the cuffs around you
Don't be stubborn, Bushie
Come to the
Come to The Hague
My vile impeacable you

I hate all
The many lies about you
Above all
I want the cuffs around you
Don't be stupid Bushie
Come to the
Come to The Hague
My vile impeachable you

* and you and you and you and you.

Here are a couple of other songs I'm digging right now.

Asshole

Love Letter to Condi

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