Pat Tillman Opposed the War in Iraq

An article in the SF Chronicle ( "FAMILY DEMANDS THE TRUTH
New inquiry may expose events that led to Pat Tillman’s death") describes the continuing efforts of Pat Tillman's family to get the truth about Pat's life and the circumstances of his death from the military. A fascinating article with some suprises including Tillman's belief that the war was illegal.

Does Bush believe in a role for government?

Looking at Dubya's performance in office can lead one to conclude that the President is seriously inept or just not very smart. The other possible conclusion is that the current administraton doesn't believe that government has a role in many of the areas for which it responsible. The result is an administraton that focuses on law and order or national defense but lets privatization and "free enterprise" pick up the pieces or that repays its political debts by awarding key positions in depleted agencies such as FEMA or HUD.

Bush: 'I take responsibility'

George W. Bush took responsibility on Tuesday for failures in the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina.

"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government, and to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do it's job right, I take responsibility," Bush said. "I want to know what went right and what went wrong."

Just what does taking repsonsbility mean to an administration that so highly prized 'accountability' during it's campaigns for office? How will this affect the constant reference to the 'blame game' by members of the administration?

Today's thoughts

'Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO, what a ride!'

Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference."