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Matthew 3:7-10

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.


Stupid Fact of the Week
There was only one civilian casualty during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg

09 February, 2006
In Bush We Trust
The philosophy discussion will have to wait until this weekend when I have the time and brainpower to devote to it.

For now... politics.

"US President George W Bush has given details of what he said was a foiled al-Qaeda plot to fly a plane into the tallest building on the US west coast.

"Mr. Bush said the plan - uncovered in 2002 - involved using shoe bombs to blow open the plane's cockpit door....

"Planning began in October 2001, but it was derailed in early 2002 'when a South East Asian nation arrested a key al-Qaeda operative', Mr Bush said.

"The plot was finally thwarted in the summer of 2003, when the suspected head of JI (the militant Islamic group Jemaah Islamiyah), an Indonesian known as Hambali, was arrested in Thailand.

"The Bush administration first mentioned the alleged plot last October, without giving details, saying it was among 10 disrupted al-Qaeda plans."

Planned in '01. Uncovered in '02. Thwarted in '03. Mentioned in '05. Detailed in '06... when Bush is pushing the PatAct.

Yeah, yeah. Classified information... etcetera...

"In Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told the Associated Press news agency he had not been forewarned about the president's revelations.

"'I'm amazed that the president would make this [announcement] on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels,' he said.

"Democratic congressman Brad Sherman told the BBC that he had concerns about why the information was being released now.

"He questioned whether the president's obligation to 'manage secrecy' had been over-ridden by his 'natural desire to create a vivid picture of "Bush the protector" for political reasons'."
posted by Rockel @ 3:47 PM  
1 Comments:
  • At 10/2/06 1:52 PM, Blogger The Cobra said…

    I think the timing was perfect. Dubyah's announcement came one day before news broke across the country about him picking and choosing what intelligence information to share with the public in order to justify going to war in Iraq, former FEMA director got tired of being a "brownie" and spoke out against the administration's response (or lack thereof) to the devastation that was Katrina, and that vice president "Big" Dick Cheney authorized Scooter Libby to disclose confidential information to reporters about Iraq's weapon's capability.

    It's like the invisible hand of politics...

     
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ON THE NICKEL
by Tom Waits

("I'd like to do a new song here. This is eh, it's about downtown Los Angeles on 5th Street. And eh all the winos affectionately refer to it as The Nickel. So this is kind of a hobo's lullaby.")

sticks and stones will break my bones,
but i always will be true, and when
your mama is dead and gone,
i'll sing this lullabye just for you,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never comb their hair,
well they're lined up all around the block,
on the nickel over there.

so you better bring a bucket,
there is a hole in the pail,
and if you don't get my letter,
then you'll know that i'm in jail,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never say their prayers,
well they're sleepin' like a baby,
on the nickel over there.

and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star,
well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
just like punchlines between the cars,
and i know a place where a royal flush,
can never beat a pair, and even thomas jefferson,
is on the nickel over there.

so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain,
and you're always late for supper,
and man you let me down again,
i thought i heard a mockingbird, roosevelt knows where,
you can skip the light, with grady tuck,
on the nickel over there.

so what becomes of all the little boys,
who run away from home,
well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
once you get out on your own,
so here's to all the little boys,
the sandman takes you where,
you'll be sleepin' with a pillowman,
on the nickel over there.

so let's climb up through that button hole,
and we'll fall right up the stairs,
and i'll show you where the short dogs grow,
on the nickel over there.

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