Month: September 2005

Friday Kitten Blogging

It’s a measure of how normal kitten fostering has become for us that I realized I’d forgotten to mention our most recent foster. Mabel (the black kitty on top of the box) has only been with us for about a week. After Aaron went back to the SPCA, Marcus was crying pretty much non-stop. We asked for another kitty to give him a companion, and picked up Mabel.

They’ve been romping and playing like crazy, are gaining weight rapidly, and should both be ready to go back to the SPCA in the next few days.

Paging Agent Mulder

per Brad Plumer, Bill Clinton says that Area 51 has no aliens and who know what happened at Roswell….

CLINTON: (Laughing and blushing) Well I don’t know if you all heard this, but, there was actually, when I was president in my second term, there was an anniversary observance of Roswell. Remember that? People came to Roswell, New Mexico from all over the world. And there was also a site in Nevada where people were convinced that the government had buried a UFO and perhaps an alien deep underground because we wouldn’t allow anybody to go there. And uhm

Quick Hit

I’ve been meaning to link to this Digby gem for a few days now. Here’s a snitppet:

For those who think that we are in a post racist world because George W. Bush appointed blacks to his cabinet, think again. The modern Republican Party was built on the back of an enduring national divide on the issue of race. George Bush may not personally be racist (or more likely not know he’s racist) but the party he leads has depended on it for many years. The coded language that signals tribal ID has obscured it, but don’t kid yourselves. It is a party that became dominant by exploiting the deep cultural fault of the mason dixon line.

Better late than never. It’s long but well worth the read.

4 Years Later

They say Time heals all wounds. I suppose that’s true; the pain 9/11 caused me is not as sharp as it used to be. But still, 9/11/01 was the worst day of my life.

God bless you, Kath, wherever you are.

UPDATE: Read Pete Hamill today.

Not The Best Comparisons

In his weekly radio adddress, President Bush said that Americans would come together and make the Gulf Coast “more vibrant than ever,” just as they rebuilt after the devastation brought by terrorist attacks four years ago this weekend.

Last I checked, Ground Zero was still a big gaping hole, and plans for what’s going to eventually go there are still very much in flux.

Oh, and Charles Krauthammer is a jerk.

In less enlightened times, there was no catastrophe independent of human agency. When the plague or some other natural disaster struck, witches were burned, Jews were massacred and all felt better (except the witches and Jews). A few centuries later, our progressive thinkers have progressed not an inch. No fall of a sparrow on this planet is not attributed to sin and human perfidy.

The three current favorites are: (1) global warming, (2) the war in Iraq and (3) tax cuts. Katrina hits and the unholy trinity is immediately invoked to damn sinner-in-chief George W. Bush.

Cricitism of the President is in no way, shape, or form even remotely similar to the slaughter of unknown thousands of innocent victims. It’s an odious comparison and Krauthammer ought to be ashamed of himself for making it.