Wednesday, May 28, 2008  A Couple of Random Thoughts  - Scott
McClellan, the former Bush press secretary, turns on the war in
Iraq. Apparently Bush wanted to go to war and launched an
aggressive campaign to "sell" it to the public using somewhat
dubious means. Who'da thunk it?  I guess I'm not sure what the
importance of this book is. We all know, pretty much, that Bush
wasn't entirely truthful when he led us to war, regardless of
whether you think the war was justified or not. What this
doesn't change? The fact that someone has to clean up this mess.
- I'm really not sure what to say about this. Bombs are supposed
to kill people and destroy shit, right? So why were the toxic
gases that they released a concern? Because that's the true
tragedy when a bomb goes off - not that people get killed but
that toxic gases might harm the environment.  - Speaking of
people with farked-up priorities, someone apparently torched the
home next to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's summer home in
Michigan because the city killed