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Bush Discussion
August 12, 2004

I had this political discussion with Brian via IM last October. I wonder how much (if at all) his position has changed. I thought it was interesting and thought-provoking enough to repost here, and I suspect that some readers might have reasonable comments.

Brian: 1) what was the buffy website addy and 2) we really need to debate us some politics.
Owen: Huh?
Brian (quoting my site): This really isn’t new, most people who read this site probably know this. But the new news is that experts on the intelligence gathered in Iraq have now said that while they watched Powell give his case for war to the UN, he must have knowingly liedr [Link].

I don’t really find this stuff shocking any more. I’m just anxious to get Bush out of the White House. Put in a Democrat for all I care, just get the faith-based senile war-mongering out of my government, and give me back my $87 billion.

Owen: Oh, I thought that was in relation to the buffy stuff.
Brian: nah.. two different topics.
Owen: What did you want to say in regard to the Bush garbage I posted this morning?
Brian: That I’m ready and willing to go to bat for him, for his administration, for the case for the war, etc, systematically disprove idiots like the former aid to Powell who spouted that crap, and demonstrate the validity of the case.
Owen: Ugh.
Brian: indeed.

Pocono Trip
August 12, 2004

I know you’ve been clamoring for the trip details, and I’ve finally taken the time to find the camera and snatch the pictures for uploading.

Last Saturday, Berta, Abby, and I trekked up to the Poconos to hang out with Berta’s family at her aunt Shirley’s place near Hawley. We were wary of rain, but held out optimism that we would see some nice weather and a pleasant stay.

Old Archives
August 11, 2004

I keep going on about how old this site is, and can’t provide any evidence that shows it really is. So yesterday I started adding the static Asymptomatic archives back into the current database. Assuming I ever change CMSes again, I’ll have everything in a format that will migrate.

As it turns out, January of 2000 was a very prolific month. I seem to have written a lot more then than I thought I had. I remember that I never really posted as frequently as I currently do. These days I do one or more posts per day (especially with the Linklog feautre back working like it’s supposed to), whereas back in the day I used to post maybe once a week.