here's a fact for you: total projected cost of the war per u.s. household, based on a january estimate: $19,600.
how's that feel? it's from the 'harper's index' page nine of the current issue of harper's magazine. c.i. did an excerpt from lewis lapham's 'The Case For Impeachment' and that hooked me on getting this issue.
$19,600. if you live in apartment complex, think about how everyone unit is paying $19,600. if you live in a home in a residential area, look up and down the block and realize that every home is paying $19,600. not putting it away for a child's college tuition or using it to pay the bills right now, but for an illegal war.
bully boy took a gamble (an illegal 1) and now we're all paying his debt.
that just amazes me.
okay, nsa hearings.
what can i say but 'thank god for russ feingold.' seriously. oh, i can say something else, 'thank god i didn't have to hear dianne feinstein.' i had to answer the door and sign for a delivery at 1 point and maybe she was on for that brief moment, but i don't think so. i did hear her laugh at 1 of arlen specter's 'jokes' near the end. i think it was her. it was a female's laugh and she was the only woman on the committee. but maybe it was a staffer?
did every 1 who wanted to follow the hearing listen via pacifica?
russ had the fight in him today. i'm not sure every 1 else did. it's amazing that while bully boy's tanking in the polls and getting only a 34% approval rating from the american people that democrats and republicans on the committee can't do any better than they did today.
i thought pacifica did a great job and gave a lot of information. i had no idea that 15 of the 18 senators serving on the committee were lawyers. (we all know feinstein isn't a lawyer because she can never speak without reminding every 1 of that.)
i thought biden . . .
biden.
joe biden is the guy you think you want to have sex with. you're going at it and about 30 seconds in, you suddenly realize, 'he is awful at this!' and you're just praying that he's a premature ejaculator so you can be done with the whole thing quickly. only thing is, he's not. so you're stuck going through the motions while he does his mechanical love making.
he showed promise for about 30 seconds and then started yammering on and on.
i loved pacifica's wrap up and think larry bensky did a wonderful job throughout. i also loved c.i.'s take on what had to be the most insane moment, when orrin hatch started whining about how tough it was to get a fisa warrant. fisa's the easiest to get a warrant from. not just because they rarely turn any request down, but also because they have been set up to be an easy court. can't get a warrant through the regular court system, go to fisa.
but there was orrin whining about how hard it was and how they might have to explain why ___ has them suspicious.
what world does he live in?
the government wants a warrant to spy on some 1. you're going to have to offer more than 'because i say so.'
c.i. has a whole thing on that moment where 'miss priss instant cuckoo: o hatch!' looked like the biggest fool to sit on the judiciary committe. no easy task but he was helped by the fact that john coryn didn't speak.
bully boy broke the law. he admits to his actions.
he needs to be impeached.
that's my thought for the night. that and that while russ was a fighter, joe was really bad sex.
