No WMD's, No Right to Speak

This week the ultimate dupe of the American public, the Weapons of Mass Destruction facade which powered the Bush regime agenda to send troops to war, wherein the search was very quietly called off. A few articles here and there in the paper, nothing making headlines, very unlike the hour by hour information which flowed prior to war pounding into the brains of the citizens of this country stating what an imminent threat Iraq was based on this information that there was some sort of possibility that the WMD's existed. This administration is on the cusp of another 4 years and it's unclear if any sort of reprimand will take place. It makes me sick to my stomach to think of all the lives lost (both US soldiers and people of Iraq) as well as millions of dollars spent based on these lies. To make matters worse Monkey Bush insists he did nothing wrong and has taken the correct course of action the entire time. As he consistently does and can never accept defeat. The main monkey must be uber relieved that something like the devastating tsunami has taken the spotlight off of his utter stupidity and inability to self actualize.

On another Monkey Bush note apparently statements were made regarding protesters at the upcoming inauguration. 4 years ago when he was making the trek to the inaugural site, protesters lined the route throwing eggs and the limousine, chanting "Not our president!", waving signs signifying the public felt Florida went to Gore, clearly making a statement that there was a significant portion of the United States whom didn't support nor believe this man was in fact their president. In anticipation of the same events taking place, Monkey Bush spoke out this week. He stated there will be no protesting and if anyone attempts to do they will be taken to jail and have federal charges pressed against them. This seems odd. Shouldn't the public be allowed to protest in an orderly fashion, even if it is acting out against the Commander in Chief? Is this not free speech? As long as the citizens gathered don't cause a harmful ruckus they should be allowed to assemble peacefully to speak their mind. However, not the case this year. There is also a large group putting a letter together to place in several largely circulated newspapers such as the New York Times. It's suspected that these will be banned because they are "not patriotic". Whatever that means. Only this administration can get away with measures silencing the very people whom are supposed to be represents. Once again, this points to a regime and not an elected president.

Miss Becky is in Ohio. Her grandma passed away last week so she boarded the plane Thursday morning to face the this difficult situation and extremely cold weather. It's been odd not having her here and the constant reminder from other folks that I am alone. I guess this is what happens once you have been with someone for a while, people just expect you to be together. I am looking very forward to her return and am missing her something terrible. She sang at the funeral today and it went well but was quite difficult. Miss B and I celebrated our 7 month anniversary on Thursday. Seems like we have been together much longer than that. Several folks have asked if we are married and assume we live together. Must be a sign that we are good together.

Being on my own today I woke up at 9:30 and then went to yoga. It was a good class and am so glad to have been attending 3 days a week since the new year. Keeps me focused and calm unlike anything ever before. Plus it's exercise and lord knows that never hurts. After that it was a trip to the east bay to help friends Babs and Raelyn in their garden. The front yard needed sprucing up because of all the rain so I was in charge of the weed eater. Talk about gratifying! Taking weeds out in one swoop--now that is fun! Then went to the Drostinator's house to eat tons of Chinese food and watch two films, Anchorman Ron Burgundy and The Snapper. Had seen Anchorman once before and liked it. Think the out takes were perhaps the best part. The Snapper was a long wordy Irish film which simply couldn't be finished. Now here I am curled up with Sammy in bed watching Saturday Night Live. Yep, I'm single this weekend.