Dechristo

gonna get Tanya Harding to whack you in the knee again

voter registration

Cool. I like candy. it'll be a candycaning

At one time or another I've been registered as Democrat, Republican, then Independent. I've been registered as "Unaffiliated" for years, now; it allows me to vote in any primary I see fit.

You'll have the honor of wearing the cc.com pinata

Leno: Since the email/text-message scandal Foley has resigned from Congress and his seat is up for grabs... ...which is what got him into trouble in the first place."

just look at all of those people enjoying group sax

My WMDs don't stink

Czech for "I couldn't want you more".

sky rockets in flight

you're just trying to pawn your banana

CBS, go back to your chemistry where you can curse compounds for their properties instead of working with them adroitly. In doing so, your acumen there will appear as it does here.

My messianic complex claims I'm right. NOBODY EXPECTS A MESSIANIC COMPLEX!!!

Oh, nevermind, no goatse here.

it's kinda smokey in here

What types of torture did they legalize? Kind of an important distinction to make, considering the subjective nature of "torture" (what's torturous for me may be a casual occurance for you)? "Indefinite detention"? Sounds like what occurs in every war. "Military tribunals which deny basic legal rights"? You will need to work to bring your notion of "basic legal rights", respective of this issue, into existence as it has been determined by our government that enemy combatants intent upon and working toward the destruction of our nation do not have extended to them the same "basic legal rights" as you. Very effective, though, to simply throw around the term "torture" as it leaves to the imagination of the reader what that term means to them, personally.

heard an interview of Harris and Halperin on NPR; interesting.

Nice poem, "Ode to Blackberry". and I couldn't agree more with the last stanza: you can't get much more than...

So like, do you have to unroll the prophylactic over the mosquito's nose for it to work?

You nasty, name-caller, of non-aplomb!

Is there evidence this occurred? Or, are you conjecturing to make more of this than has been reported?

Notwithstanding the gravity of hypocrisy in this instance, which is estimable, nor the hypocrisy that seems to predominate in ubiquity in the halls of government, I'm saying this is a:

Perhaps; it's often difficult to ascribe motivations to behavior. My mini-autobio was put forth to explain my understanding of potential for behavior to further wealth and power in considerations by a sixteen-year-old. I'm not saying this was in play in this instance certainly.

I read the transcript and see the Page as a willing participant. I don't extrapolate to it being a "set-up".