no more political discussions with Christopher

We have to agree to disagree on a lot of things. We tend to agree on the big stuff, but really, he's still holding on to the dream that this clusterfuck in Iraq is going to result in the establishment of one or more democratic states in the Middle East.

Call me short sighted but I don't think the cost/benefit ratio is in our favor.

I'm not saying the concept of democracy in the Middle East isn't a noble dream--it would be lovely if it weren't for the messy death and destruction it takes to get there. Not to mention the high ideals tend to get pushed aside by the corruption of the war profiteers. So, while I agree that Saddam Hussein was an evil, murdering despot, I don't think the power vacuum we created in Iraq is a better situation.

And lying to the American people to get us there is indefensible.

I just hope history remembers to vilify Bush enough and he doesn't get the Reagan death-bed sainthood.

nausea and exhaustion

This first trimester shit is harder to take than the discomfort of the last three weeks of pregnancy.

I'm so tired during the day, I just take the baby into the back yard and let him play while I sit my ever-widening ass on the patio chair and try to watch him close enough that he doesn't swallow any rocks.

And the television fast food commercials are nauseating to me now. I can't watch a Sonic commercial without running for the loo. *sigh*

funny if it wasn't so true

Get Your War On has renewed my hope for biting, brilliant, political satire.