Pat,

Look around - people are not being allowed to see Bush or Cheney all over the country.  I don't make this sorry shit up. 

What is really disgusting is that if the current president came to my area and I wanted to take my children, from what I have read about these "loyalty" oaths, we could not get in.  And that is more than shameful. 

In my lifetime, my wife and I have been to see one president speak and that was Bush 1  (Now, this was more of circumstance than desire), but regardless of party choice, I would do it again.  It was a thrilling experience and something everyone should try to do.

The story on the missing explosives still isn't in yet, but I find it very worrisome that you don't seem to care that our govt ran a war so badly that now we can't locate explosives that are being used to kill our soldiers. 

Go pick up those Atlantic articles - this is some of the stuff excluded planners hit on, i.e., protect ammo dumps, get electricity back on line, get Iraqis back to work, et cetera.

(Hell, even more sick are the comments made by the Whitehouse spokesman M. McClellan - found at Dailykos.com - he said that the troops were just too busy protecting the oil fields). 

I almost think those of you on the right would find some excuse for Bush if either a dead girl or live boy was found in his bed - I know, it'd be Clinton's fault.