* " What matters is that the US no longer has any reason to support Israel, and huge reason not to. Just imagine if the US stopped backing Israel and gave even moderate support to the Palestinians. Suddenly Islam and America would be on the same side. The war on terror would become a cakewalk. The credibility of American democracy would skyrocket in the Middle East. And it would all be a hell of a lot cheaper." (link)* "Last night's "Hardball" with Chris Matthews was anything but, as Chris Matthews lobbed spin-serving softballs to Tom DeLay about his resignation, such as "Do you believe if you were a secular politician who had never expressed his religious faith that you would have been less of a target to the Democrats?" and "Do you believe that in the general judgment, when people are all called before God, that Democrats will be found one thing and Republicans will not?" and, my personal favorite, "So if you did something wrong, you weren't involved in it?" Sheesh." (link)
* for those interested in heroin addiction and/or the movie Clerks (one of the greatest), Brandon at scott's place has a post up about Jay and his heroin addiction. Kevin Smith has more - including Jay shagging notparis in a club.
* Pelosi is now a Kossack: "Today, I offered my eleventh privileged resolution to hold the Republican Rubber Stamp Congress accountable for its abuse of power and ethical lapses. And for the eleventh time, the Republicans voted to shut down debate on these issues. My friends, when an innocent man is accused of a crime, he works to clear his name. He does not do everything in his power to sweep that crime under the rug"
* broder: "In the House, Speaker Dennis Hastert is headed into what is probably his final term before retirement, shorn now of the support and day-to-day managerial muscle of the man who installed him as speaker, Tom DeLay. That means that if the Republicans maintain control, a lame-duck speaker will be working to deliver votes for a lame-duck president.
That could spell an awfully difficult -- and unproductive -- final two years for the Bush presidency, unless the White House finds a different approach to Capitol Hill."
perhaps john laesch will have something to say about that.
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yes, i'm interested in heroin addiction (thanks for the reading matter). i'm particularly interested in why some can be weekend warriors for years and why some can't (lol, i'm just sayin').
i'd love to try H - it sounds amazing - but i never would (for fear of addiction)
one of my kid brothers was a junkie - bless his soul
lol, to quote John Goodman in 'Barton Fink,' 'i could tell you stories.'
my German GP--who'd spent a great deal of his time studying why some get addicted and some don't--told me that he became fascinated w/this when in medical school and self-medicating w/his friends and then seeing almost half dropping out due to addiction (and he and the other half going on to become doctors).
i'm sure you could tell some stories!
i wonder what percentage of doctors are junkies...
from that which i used to read about doctors and narcotics in medical journals &c), there's a whole lotta self-medicating going on.
i used to go out dancing with a bunch of doctors... pretty, clever and all junked up...
bless their souls
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