] This is the only time in my many years serving America
] that I have felt I cannot represent the policies of an
] Administration of the United States.

More high level resignations...

] These include a powerful propaganda machine — America’s
] is the most comprehensive and sophisticated in history —
] centered around a few simple, powerful symbols which,
] though in themselves meaningless, are nonetheless, in
] old-fashioned parlance, taboo. It remains an offense to
] “desecrate” the flag.
]
] They also include a public rhetoric so far removed from
] ordinary speech as to constitute practically a separate
] language and whose intended effect is essentially to
] baffle...

Do you watch cspan?

ArabNews: Neo-Totalitarianism

quote from msnbc weblog central:

"Ostensibly based in Baghdad, Where is Raed? is written by a person blogging under the pseudonym of Salam Pax, a tech-savvy Iraqi whose mastery of English provides for vivid descriptions, cutting wit, and thoughtful commentary. In the past there has been some discussion of the veracity of the writer’s claims, but those appear to have been resolved, with several bloggers offering testimony to Salam’s authenticity —and frankly, the more you read, the less doubt there seems to be."

Where is Raed ?

If you need a laugh during all of this...

The Gulf War Drinking Game

] The girl, Rachel Corey [sic], 23 years old from the state
] of Washington, was killed while she was trying to prevent
] Israeli army bulldozers from destroying a Palestinian
] home.

This is the photo pictorial. Something you won't read in the mainstream press.

ei: Photo story: Israeli bulldozer driver murders American peace activist

] This is the worst-case scenario for identity theft
] victims. Losing your clean credit history is one thing;
] losing your freedom is another. And victims of America's
] fastest-growing crime are discovering they often have
] much more to worry about than the hundreds of hours of
] paperwork necessary to clean up the financial mess
] associated with ID theft. Sometimes, they have to worry
] about ending up in jail — again and again.

The darkest side of ID theft

Just when I think that they've thought of it all on Ebay, here comes yet another strange auction. The instant girlfriend kit!

eBay item 2916669204 (Ends Mar-16-03 17:33:47 PST ) - Instant Girlfriend Kit!

Nanochick wrote:
] I want these so bad!!!

You can order them here. $7.

Marie. Birthday. Now. :)

Where to get playmobil Hazmat team.

playmobil hazmat!

A sign of the times.

Collectobil Catalogue - Playmobil® item 3180

] Command-and-control organizations, Hock says, "were not
] only archaic and increasingly irrelevant. They were
] becoming a public menace, antithetical to the human
] spirit and destructive of the biosphere. I was convinced
] we were on the brink of an epidemic of institutional
] failure."

This is a starting point for some extremely rich and interesting ideas.

The founder of Visa on Corporations