Random Thoughts On A Friday

I wasted an hour and a half last night watching that pathetic spectacle MSNBC billed as a debate. What a confusing mess that was! How can you compare the various candidates, when only three or four of the eight candidates got to answer each question?

Isn't the very essence of a presidential debate making all candidates answer the same questions, so you can compare their answers? And what was with the "raise your hand" questions? Good grief!

I think the only thing we learned last night was that MSNBC should NEVER be allowed to hold another "debate".

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The "blame game" is now in full force over the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech. The various "news" networks have brought all kind of so-called experts on to blame the shooting on nearly everything.

If you believe these nutty experts, the shootings were caused by TV shows, movies, video games, rock & hip-hop music, the NRA, our classist society, VTU security, our godless society, and a hundred other things.

I realize these networks have to fill a lot of airtime and they don't want to have to fill it with real news, but it's getting a bit ridiculous. Is it so hard to believe that the only person responsible is a pathetic and very sick man, who is now dead?

For goodness sake, let it go!

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What is driving the Voter ID bill that Republicans are shoving thru the Texas legislature? Is it fear, or just plain meanness?

Are they afraid to let everyone vote? I wouldn't blame them if they were. Their incompetence is exposed more with each passing day, and Texas is turning a little bluer each day. If they actually let all the citizens vote, it won't be long before the Democrats are back in power.

But I suspect the real reason is just meanness. These guys think the only people who deserve to cast a vote are white middle and upper-class Republican men. Anyone else is a second-class citizen to them.

I can hardly wait for these guys to fall from power.

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George Tenet, former CIA director, tells us in his new book that they Bush White House never seriously considered any alternatives to the invasion of Iraq. He also says his "slam dunk" quote was taken out of context and misused by Bush, Cheney and Rice.

All he meant by the statement was that it was a "slam dunk" that a case could be made for invading Iraq. But Bush, Cheney and Rice told Americans for years that Tenet said it was a "slam dunk" that Iraq had WMD's.

I don't think this comes as a surprise to most thinking people. Most of us know by now that Bush wanted to invade Iraq from his first day in office, and he was willing to lie to make his case to do so.

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Looks like the Castro-haters will have to wait a while longer. A few months ago, they were dancing in the streets as they assumed their "death watch". Now it looks like he's getting much better and may soon assume his official duties full-time.

Last week he met with Chinese officials and negotiated a new agreement. Now it looks like doctors will pronounce him fit enough to preside over Cuba's May Day celebrations. It looks like his recovery is going very well.