Pictures and Whatnot

This is one of the first monochromatic photographs published in the National Geographic. I love this style of photography. Yeah, I also love the fact that this is a picture of one of my most favourite places, Southern France.


Now for something completely different...



This is another reason why Communists should be shot in the face. There was a big rabies scare in China earlier this month. By "big", I mean about 50 people came down with the disease. The Communist answer: Kill every dog you can find. No, I don't mean a lethal-injection-kill, I mean, bash-the-fucking-skull-in-with-a-stick-kill. According to the AP, the Chinese have killed over 50,000 animals. Officers have been seen snatching dogs out of owners yards, tricking the dogs out of homes and then beating them to death.

This level of blatant stupidity simply chaps my ass raw.



And onto happier thoughts:

I want to take one of these



and sail around these



Right now I'm going it alone, but I may have hooked a friend from the north to go with me. My lure included reminding her that she wouldn't have to spend Thanksgiving with one of her sisters - who she's about to kill, we haven't hung out in over a year, and since she's a jewelry designer, she could get inspiration on the trip (OK, that one could be a stretch, but I'm desperate). Another friend said I should put in an ad in MySpace, but I don't think that's such a great idea on a number of levels - I can just see myself tooling around the Caribbean with a psycho-killer.



On another note:
There is an awesome morpholution in this month's Vanity Fair. Check it out at vanityfair.com and scroll to the bottom of the page.


Also, there is a photo essay containing pictures not previously published from 9-11. Still really raw stuff like


The juxtaposition of this particular photo is truly creepy.


Of course, since 9-11 was started by Al Qaida and everyone knows Al Qaida and Saddam are in bed together we were completely justified in invading a soveriegn country, right Georgie?

From yesterday's press conference:

BUSH: Imagine what the world would be like with him in power. The idea is to try to help change the Middle East.

Now look, part of the reason we went into Iraq was -- the main reason we went into Iraq, at the time, was we thought he had weapons of mass destruction. It turns out he didn't, but he had the capacity to make weapons of mass destruction.

But I also talked about the human suffering in Iraq. And I also saw the need to advance a freedom agenda. And so my answer to your question is that -- imagine a world in which Saddam Hussein was there, stirring up even more trouble in a part of the world that had so much resentment and so much hatred that people came and killed 3,000 of our citizens.

(and Georgie isn't stirring up trouble? Sorry, my own interjection, there)

You know, I've heard this theory about, you know, everything was just fine until we arrived and -- you know, the stir-up-the-hornet's- nest theory. It just doesn't hold water, as far as I'm concerned.

The terrorists attacked us and killed 3,000 of our citizens before we started the freedom agenda in the Middle East. They were ...

QUESTION: What did Iraqi have to do with that?

BUSH: What did Iraq have to do with what?

QUESTION: The attacks upon the World Trade Center.

BUSH: Nothing. Except for it's part of -- and nobody's ever suggested in this administration that Saddam Hussein ordered the attack. Iraq was a -- Iraq -- the lesson of September the 11th is: Take threats before they fully materialize, Ken.


Hmmmm, me thinks I remember a conversation Dick had with Tim Russert on Sept 8, 2002

VICE PRES. CHENEY: Well, I want to be very careful about how I say this. I’m not here today to make a specific allegation that Iraq was somehow responsible for 9/11. I can’t say that. On the other hand, since we did that interview, new information has come to light. And we spent time looking at that relationship between Iraq, on the one hand, and the al-Qaeda organization on the other. And there has been reporting that suggests that there have been a number of contacts over the years. We’ve seen in connection with the hijackers, of course, Mohamed Atta, who was the lead hijacker, did apparently travel to Prague on a number of occasions. And on at least one occasion, we have reporting that places him in Prague with a senior Iraqi intelligence official a few months before the attack on the World Trade Center. The debates about, you know, was he there or wasn’t he there, again, it’s the intelligence business.

We in the Deep South refer to this as a "doggie on a hardwood".

As usual, I couldn't watch the idiot's press gig yesterday and I could barely choke through the transcript this morning. What a load of shit. He should just keep his flap shut. The dipshit even said the feds have given $100 BILLION to Katrina victims. Looks like Ray Nagin will be on Meet the Press Sunday to say something to the contrary.

Speaking of TV - the final episode of Meerkat Manor comes on Friday, followed by a brand new Bill Maher. Works for my loser-ass self.


And back to happier items...

Ahhhh



Time to get off my ass and go for a 5 miler. I've done enough blogging this morning to earn my paycheck. Gotta love those taxpayer dollars hard at work.