"All [the Democrats] care about is power," she said.

Yeah, that's basically true. Then, I sometimes wonder if peace activists don't care about power, in the sense of the ability to actually affect anything, nearly enough, or if they just care about maintaining the smug self-righteousness of the powerless.

I've spent a lot of time yelling that "hey hey ho ho" crap. I've also chanted "the people united will never be defeated" in groups small enough to make it clear that the people were united in their indifference to us. Ultimately, the only attention the media gave to any peace demonstration I've been a part of wasn't to the chants, street theatre or even celebrities who've shown up--it was the one asshole burning a flag (though, since I've never seen anybody do that, except in the TV coverage, I suspect in most cases it's been either staged or stock footage). Has Code Pink gotten any attention whatsoever in the mainstream media? Until now, I haven't even seen them in the alternative media. While I'm sure their hearts are in the right place, if they can offer up any evidence that street protests aren't obsolete, I'd love to see it.

Normally I'd say "why'd you bother printing the thing if you think the letter's a fake." But in this case...that headline is the best ever. Any chance there'll be "My wife left me because the dolphins at Sea World gave me an erection" t-shirts?

Do you really think Iron Man and the Starship Enterprise couldn't take care of that gigantic guy from 300 before he reached our shores?

What is up with the anal stuff? Every week lately, Opus has revolved around buttocks and now farting. Not that those are necessarily bad topics, but things sure seem to have regressed since the heyday of Bloom County...

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

Mark Twain

“if a concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of him.”

James Baldwin

Shadow wrote: "I wonder what Grover Norquist is thinking right about now?"

I suspect the same thing as always:

"I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough I'm not rich enough"

"This sounds like a game invented by college kids brainstorming around a giant bong"

What technological innovation of the past few decades doesn't than describe?

"another waste of 50 bucks"

Same comment as above.

Cynical readers can scoff all they want, but I actually had the opposite problem: I've got a friend who barges in on me all the time--at home and at work. For years, he's been doing it. The thing is, he's never caught me masturbating. Sure, there've been times when I was about to, and times when I'd just finished, washed my hands and zipped back up, but he never caught me in the act. So, as time went on, I became self-conscious--I mean, who wouldn't? He must've been thinking I either didn't have a normal sex drive or was too repressed or something. So, finally, one day, having spied him out the window, walking toward my front door, I unzipped and got some porn on the computer. The thing was, I didn't have time to find a properly kinky site and instead ended up with the lamest vanilla nudity you can imagine, and, as it didn't even arouse me...well, let's just say I only made matters worse. By this point, I've gotten so uncomfortable around my friend, I've started locking and bolting my doors, hoping maybe he'll think it's because I'm masturbating, but I just don't know....