I don't know why they bother

The Iraq Study Group, with all its good intentions and concern for how this country is going, basically took on a futile task. Honorable they were indeed for attempting it, but the fact remains that the friggin' baboon in the White House is simply never going to be willing to even contemplate the suggestion that he might be wrong about anything. For all their dignified and civilized attempt at turning the course of this nation's suicidal monkey-dance on the edge of the cliff (and no, it's not just the administration; the populace that voted this dipshit into office is just as much to blame), it's just not going to work.


But kudos for trying, guys!


( Text of the article here, for those who don't follow links )

I just wish there had been more voices like this four years ago, before this idiot and his crowd of philistines even stepped foot in the quagmire in which they've sunk us all.

The report is something I plan to read, and I recommend that you all do so as well. It's available to buy, cheap in price and not even long - at only 160 pages, you could inhale it in a single afternoon. Not much of an effort in exchange for a cogent and well laid out set of arguments in favor of...oh, I don't know...SANITY???

Thirty-eighth verse, same as the first!

Seems it's time for my bi-annual reiteration of Why I'm Here and Why Whining Won't Work. I ain't got time to make yet another post about it (frankly, I don't see the point in repeating myself), so I shall just point you all back to this post:


The Manifesto of Me - not long, but apparently required


If you've got me friended, and you haven't read it yet (though the gods know I've posted something like this at least five times already) PLEASE READ IT NOW.

If you don't like what you see, PLEASE DEFRIEND ME NOW.

Whatever response you get to whining, virgin-eyeing, weepy tantrums and other such nonsense will thereafter be your own fault.

Do not, I repeat DO NOT have me on your friends list in order to read my stories, and then turn around and lambast me because you don't like seeing my other posts. You want fiction without having to know the author? Buy a BOOK, damnit.

Thank you.

Hoo boy!

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Going through my recent LJ posts, I realize that I've been a bad kitty about responses lately. My apologies to all of you who've given me lovely feedback on my stories, or comments on my posts, if I haven't responded. I've read everything you've said, and really appreciate it, and will dedicate some time tomorrow to answering.

Sheesh. It's not as if I could cry BUSY LIFE as an excuse, either. *eyeroll*

The Iraq Study Group report...

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...is available here as a downloadable .pdf file.

So those of you who'd like to read it but don't want to buy the book, can now avail yourselves of the report, and thus not have to rely on our media's slanted presentation of it.


Many thanks to telpethoron for the link!