The world gets more interesting every year.

There are way more smart people than dumb people.

There are way more caring people than uncaring people.

There are way more curious people than incurious people.

There are way more honest people than dishonest people.

There are way more liberal people than not liberal people.

There are way more good people in the world than not.

There are way more good things happening in the world than not.

There are way more people noticing these things than not.

And there are some pretty damn good blogs out there.

There are mountains to climb and rivers to cross and trees to take shade under and..... you can only see the stars in the dark!

And there is always music. And there always will be music.

i did my annual "alice's restaurant" listening whilst driving south on rt. 29, towards my sister-in-law's house in bedford, va. i appreciate it more and more every year!

Pete Seegar-Bring 'em Home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK1g69iHu1Q

Also Marlene Dietrich-Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsV59qnqZp0&mode=related&search=

Well, apparently (and again) we find out that the majority of the "terrorists" we are fighting "over there" are actually a our own allies, or as the terrorists call themselves, Our Allies in Iraq (OAI):

"Saudi Arabia and Libya, both considered allies by the United States in its fight against terrorism, were the source of about 60 percent of the foreign fighters who came to Iraq in the past year to serve as suicide bombers or to facilitate other attacks, according to senior American military officials.

The data come largely from a trove of documents and computers discovered in September, when American forces raided a tent camp in the desert near Sinjar, close to the Syrian border. The raid's target was an insurgent cell believed to be responsible for smuggling the vast majority of foreign fighters into Iraq.

The most significant discovery was a collection of biographical sketches that listed hometowns and other details for more than 700 fighters brought into Iraq since August 2006."

Ah, the House of Saud, with an ally such as this, who needs any enemies? They are, after all, our number one arms client, and so what if they dabble in murdering Americans, when multi-billion dollar contracts are on the table (where apparently impeachment [and Iraq occupation defunding] is not).

You've gotta feel for George Bush. Not enough people are buying his WOT fantasy, so as with any other BS product, he simply creates the problem to help him sell his solution.

And lives? Big deal. Lot's more where they came from...

Thanks a lot, George.