Bush gets rids of his spokesman? Ooh, big deal. The guy who is ordered to lie for him is going to be replaced by another guy who is ordered to lie for him. And this will significantly change the direction of this disaster of an administration how?
Bush also changed the head of the Office of Management and Budget – that would be his accountant, for all intents and purposes.
So, we now have a new accountant, and a new mouthpiece who simply parrots what Bush tells him.
Month: April 2006
Really Cool Wallpaper
The NYC pix are on Flickr. Here’s one of my favorites, taken in the ladies’ room of a small bistro on E 61st.
The entire upper half of all 4 walls were papered like this. At first I thought it was wallpaper but nope, it’s all real labels from real bottles. Cool huh?
We’re Home
Usually I try to get at least something on the blog when I travel but this was a particularly activity-packed 4 days in New York and I barely got online at all while we were there.
One of my favorite ways to describe New York to people who’ve never been there is that it’s just like anyplace else, only much more so. Coming home again after a year away reminded me how true that is.
One of the things you tend to forget about NYC after you’ve been away for a while is the sheer sensory overload of the city. The noise, the activity level, the sights, even the smells come at you nonstop the moment you set foot outside your door. It’s very intense. And you either love it or hate it.
I still love it. And miss it.
Some pix, and a cute anecdote about one of our nieces, coming soon.
The Bible on Immigration
We’re heading home for Passover very early tomorrow morning and I need to pack, but I wanted to note a little something in the Bible that seems very appropriate both for the time of year and current events — Leviticus 19:33-34 (NASB translation):
When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.
Hat tip: dKos.
Hero of the Day
An 11-year-old New Jersey boy saved a beer box full of kittens from a trash bin.
Richie Gallimore was taking out the trash when he found the box, which was taped shut. However, enough sound escaped for Richie to know there were kittens trapped inside.
“I heard baby cats meowing, so I thought, ‘OK, I’ll take them home,'” he said.
He and his mother contacted a rescue organization, and now the five kittens — two females and three males — are up for adoption.
Hat Tip: Renee, who also has a really sweet photo of the kitties.
“Today We March, Tomorrow We Vote”
This entry is titled with some words from the DC immigration march that I heard on the radio while I was driving home from work today. There were marches in 130 cities, I hear. AmericaBlog and Atrios got out to their local rallies & have photos posted. I wish I could have gone to one as well, but the closest I got was seeing some of the residual traffic from the San Jose march.
As I said a week or so ago, immigration is something I have strong feelings about. If America had not opened its doors to my mother