On Countdown on August 1st, I watched Keith Olbermann interview Gerald Posner, the investigative reporter working on the anthrax case.  This is how that interview concluded:

Olbermann: Do you see a scenario in which simply this government took advantage of this situation, whether or not... let’s assume for a moment that there’s no proactivity, that this was Dr. Ivins flipping out to whatever degree was required to do this, that the government simply took advantage of this to use it as a tool to build up a case to go to war in Iraq?

Posner:  I have absolutely no doubt about that.  From everything that I’ve done on my own investigation following up from 2001, I am now more convinced than ever that there were individuals inside the Bush administration and in the government who wanted the war in Iraq so badly that they decided if there was something that they could use to push it forward, they would. Anthrax fell into their lap. Even if he is a deranged solo killer, they used it in order to scare this country and say Iraq is somebody we have to go after, and we did.

But who were these individuals that wanted the war this badly?

A joke was recently presented to me in the form of an opinion piece by the Wall Street Journal.  In it, the author hilariously attempts to equate Batman as he is portrayed in the new movie with...  lol... sorry one sec...   lolololol... with George W. Bush.  Hold on. hahahahahahah.  Ok, I haven’t seen the movie, so I gotta know, does Batman let the main villain escape into the mountains then turn all of his effort, all of his technology, and all of his attention to a common street thug and fail even in that by the end of the movie?  

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I must admit, I’m fascinated with bumper stickers.  I make it a point to try and read every one I see.  You got your stupid ones, like "I’m not drunk, ocifer", your witty ones, like the infamous Darwin fish, and your hilarious ones, like Bush/Cheney 04.  How someone leaves that sticker on their fucking car is beyond me, but I make it a point to wave "Thank You!" to them as I drive by.  And what do they see as I pass?

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I quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey on December 10th, 2007.  Partly because I’m single, and smoking is pretty unattractive to a vast majority of non-smokers.  I already have plenty of challenges attracting a suitable mate, why should I cripple myself further by smoking?  Partly because of the cost.  I was new to town and unemployed at the time and desperate for a job, and $4-5 a day for cigarettes was eating through what little funds I had.  Partly because of a bet my new roommate made with me when I first moved in, which was that I could not go 30 days without smoking a single cigarette.  $200 is a lot of money when you’re broke and unemployed!  But the overwhelming reason, and why it had to happen on December 10th is what follows...

I am voting for Barack Obama.  It will be the first vote I ever cast as an American citizen and it will be done so with all the pride and honor a human being could possibly feel.  This entry is my story.  It represents what is most beautiful about this country, and the supreme importance of not taking that beauty for granted.  I hope that by telling it, I can inspire you to be a better American.