Monthly Archives November 2006

Nutmeg Rat: 2003 – 2006

All hail Nutmeg The Devoted, beloved brother of Holly and son of Perilous, who lived a full, healthy, and very long life full of joy and naughtiness and died in his mother’s arms this morning, 21 November 2006, at the very ripe old age of three. He was the longest-lived male rat I’ve ever [...]

Mind-bogglingly great idea.

Why cant I ever think of something clever like this?
This seems like an incredibly inexpensive way to do something really, really good for the planet, as well as the added bonus of saving yourself the aggravation of all that junk mail and never seeming to be able to get off these lists for more [...]

It’s still sinking in.

Just reading that article, and seeing and hearing and feeling the new tone that people are exhibiting with this administration suddenly, reminded me of the fact that these years of hell are over, at least for now. They are over.
Never again will the Bush administration be able to blithely roll their tanks over the [...]

Thank you, Senator Chafee.

“The American people have spoken out against the president’s agenda on a number of fronts, and presumably one of those is on foreign policy,” the Rhode Island moderate told The Associated Press.
“And at this late stage in my term, I’m not going to endorse something the American people have spoke out against.”
Now, that is how [...]

=O!

Majority! Majority!

We got the Senate!
Actually, CNN is playing nasty trickses with the numbers: The Democrats’ 51 includes two Independents: Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman.
Bernie Sanders is a raging liberal socialist. He’ll vote Democratic. Period.
Joe Lieberman is a turncoat, a hawk, and a warmonger who tends to side with the GOP [...]

THANK YOU GREAT PUMPKIN! THANK YOU!

RUMSFELD RESIGNS!

YES! YES! YEEEESSSSSS!

I feel like I’ve been holding my breath for almost six years. They were bad enough when we still had Clinton in office…it’s been a LONG 12 years since the Republicans took the majority…but since Republicans have been in complete control, the country has been almost totally airless.
Today, for the first time [...]