WHERE'S THE BLOG? No, I haven't already abandoned my latest hobby. it's just been a hell of a week for news. I guess I wasn't really kidding on Monday about having had enough...and I was preparing for a talk yesterday so I didn't have non-news things to say either.

It feels like the West Side Story "Something's Comin'" song lately tho, don't you think? Every week Sy Hersh has more revelations in the New Yorker. The latest is just another jaw-dropper and a MUST-read for anyone following the story, as all his articles have been. Every day someone says something disturbing to Congress. Whatever the hell is going on in Iraq--raiding Chalabi? Bombing Arabs who shoot into the air? And of course, let's not forget the ongoing domestic situation. The deficit is back (the very word reminds me of being a kid). The military is so hard-up for people, they are re-calling up peopel on their way out, and teh draft grumblings aren't going away. and under "irony of the week" I'm not sure which is better: Bush condemning activist judges (MA gay marriage) on the 50th anniversary of the unanimous Brown civil rights decision? Or the closing of an Ohio plant Bush visited on his "See? There's a lot of jobs, and soon there will be more" alternate-reality campaign tour a few weeks ago? (The person responsible for that decision has to be anti-Bush. I hear it's having a big impact on his Ohio numbers. yay swing states!)

So yeah, I have felt a bit overwelmed by the news this week. And inarticulate. I am just not capable of expressing the outrage I feel when I really pay attention to matters. A specific topic maybe I can rant on, but in general....

So, on a friend's wise advice, when the going gets tough, the tough buy shoes. "Arthur" sandals in black, size 9.
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