— Bumper sticker of the week: If
you canÕt find heaven here, dying wonÕt help.
— Quotes of the week: ÒPeople who
want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share
yours with them.Ó Dave Barry
ÒThere is no religion without love, and
people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not
teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham.Ó Anna Sewell
— Leaker-in-chief: President Bush
not only knew about the leak of the identity of a former CIA agent, he
encouraged it. All for political reasons and to discredit one of his critics on
the invasion of Iraq. Now the talking heads are arguing whether or not that is
legal. The whole thing is bull. He should be impeached for violating secret
intelligence. That he can declassify information any time he wants, for any
reason, is nonsense. If I were an undercover CIA agent, IÕd hand him my
resignation and tell him to kiss my butt. These guys would give you up faster
than a 10 cent whore.
— Hurricane ÒScrew the American
TaxpayerÓ: Let the screwing begin. Before Hurricane Katrina cleared Louisiana,
the big boys started cashing in. Wait until you hear some of the stories. One
of the best IÕve heard so far is a $350 million dollar no-bid contract to clean
up debris. Where were they going to dump all this stuff? Well, they didnÕt
quite know, but they got the contract anyway. I sure hope that wasnÕt my uncle
at work again. I thought he was still in prison.
— PresidentÕs popularity drops
below 35 percent. What IÕd like to know is: Who are the idiot 35 percent?
— The Bush
administration are making secret plans to nuke IranÕs nukes: ThereÕs a novel
approach. A good deterrent: If you guys insist on making nuclear weapons, weÕre
going to nuke you. Only in the Bush administration could you find such logic.
— I still say weÕre losing all
our jobs because of cheap labor: I donÕt buy any other theories. If Americans
would work for $25 a day, take no benefits and no health insurance, not another
company would leave. In fact, theyÕd all come back. The whole thing is
corporate greed, wrapped up in a slimy package called globalization. Eventually
it will catch up with all these hot-shots, but itÕs going to take a while. When
the people of India, China, Russia, Mexico, decide they want a bigger slice of
the pie, the shit is going to hit the fan. Until then, American industry is
had. In a capitalist society, cheap labor will always prevail.
— Dear President Bush: A majority
of people in this country dislike you and donÕt trust you. A majority of people
in the world dislike you and donÕt trust you. Would you please go away. And
take Cheney, Rumsfeld, Gonzalez, Rice, Rove, Thomas, Scalia, Roberts, and Alito
with you. Take over some other planet.
— The sweet smell of spring:
¥ The flowers are blooming and the
noses are running.
¥ I got a good whiff of the Baird hog
farm on 74. Boy, that stuff is bad. Made me rethink my love for pork chops.
¥ In Hot Springs, Arkansas, our home to
be in the future, I saw pollen on the sidewalks and driveway. IÕve never seen
that before. Good for the allergies.
¥ I love getting out and getting the
lawn ready for my wife to mow.
¥ Since we can no longer burn old
flower stems and downed twigs, being the civilized people we are, I bag them. I
usually end up with 15–20 bags. IÕm guessing they eventually end up
burning them.
¥ My garden is down to tomatoes,
peppers, flowers and weeds. I specialize in chives. TheyÕre very prolific.
¥ I like the spring. I particularly
like listening to the farmers whine, after having spent the winter in Florida.
I feel real bad for them.