strike a pose

photo courtesy of kodiakkonfidential

Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.
John McCain

so much posturing going on in politics this year. what with gustav blowing through the gulf region and the republican vp nominee having more skeletons in her closet than elvira. if this posturing weren't such an affront to the future of so many people by way of this election, it would indeed be enjoyable. it actually mimics a mad tv sketch in many ways.

our beloved dems are little or no better. as bill mahr stated, the obvious missing presence of self-confessed adulterer john edwards from the dem convention displayed the same "out of sight, out of mind" policy that infects both political parties.

give 'em something pleasing to look at, and tell 'em what they want to hear. the truth is relative anyway, and transitory.

bleakly, i must add that i buy into this philosophy, too. the packaging matters if you want my attention. if things look better, they seem better, even if only temporarily. i don't always think about content, especially if the wrapping is really appealling.

has anyone mentioned the colorado minister who announced on the air that he was praying for rain on august 28th in denver to drown out festival obama? i wonder if he felt god was answering his prayers with the timing and appearance of gustav....or maybe he knows that the less that party is seen, the better they look.

Look around everywhere you turn is heartache. It's everywhere that you go (look around)
You try everything you can to escape The pain of life that you know (life that you know)
When all else fails and you long to be Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It's called a convention floor, and here's what it's for, so strike a pose

just in case

good morning america

ready for the next volley!

one thing

The House of Representatives failed to muster the 2/3 votes necessary to over ride Bush's veto of the Labor/HHS FY 2008 appropriations bill. The vote taken Thursday night, was 277 to 141 to over ride, just barely short of the 2/3 needed. This means that federally funded programs under this bill - including the Ryan White Program, CDC HIV Prevention, SAMHSA, and NIH - will all remain flat funded at the FY 2007 level through a Continuing Resolution (CR) process, until further action is taken. At this point, Congress will need to draft a new bill. Congressional leaders may be looking at a new bill concept that would roughly cut in half the increases they proposed in the vetoed bill.

On the HOPWA front, both houses have now approved the bill (which is under the Transportation/HUD accounts) at 300.1 million, which represents an increase. However, Bush has threatened to veto the Transportation/HUD bill as well. If he does, an over ride will be attempted

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with the receipt of the above news, i started to wonder about my responsibility in this completely disappointing turn of events. i realize i haven't made any effort in deciding about a change of leadership for the country and how i can facilitate any movement in that direction. there are a couple of candidates that i would be happy with, but i haven't made any real decision, i haven't done any real research, and i haven't made any real effort to commit to the idea of changing of the guard. i have been living in a state of numb as i have felt i have been led down a path of deceipt, incredible gaul, and blatant incompetency. rather than look at the truth, i have been happy to feign blindnes. this needs to change.

"One Thing"

Restless tonight
Cause I wasted the light
Between both these times
I drew a really thin line
It’s nothing I planned
And not that I can
But you should be mine
Across that line

[Chorus:]
If I traded it all
If I gave it all away for one thing
Just for one thing
If I sorted it out
If I knew all about this one thing
Wouldn’t that be something

I promise I might
Not walk on by
Maybe next time
But not this time

Even though I know
I don’t want to know
Yeah I guess I know
I just hate how it sounds

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