Geodog

Lots of great writing

Stayed up late last night catching up on the net. There is a lot of good writing out there. Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo has been doing a great job explaining the blunders that the Bush administration has been and continues to make in regards to the North Korean situation. A sample:

The Brits and the French knew what they were going to do if Hitler called their bluff. They had a plan: go to war. And they did. They had, in a word, a plan.

What's the administration's plan with North Korea? They don't have one....If war is such an ugly and unviable option -- and it is -- then why in the hell did they provoke this situation in the first place?

Unraveling the Administration Korea Mumbo-Jumbo, Part I

I am not a religious person, but I find the writing of Real Live Preacher moving, and the issues he grapples with familiar. All of his answers aren't for me, but he asks a lot of the right questions. And some of his answers are right on:

I believe love is primarily a choice and only sometimes a feeling. If you want to feel love, choose to love and be patient.

The Preacher is Tired Tonight

Penn of Penn and Teller describes his experience with airport security, and trying to get a TSA agent arrested for grabbing his crotch. Hilarious and scary at the same time.

I said, "Well, it's not really the right word, but freedom is kind of a hobby with me, and I have disposable income that I'll spend to find out how to get people more of it."

Federal V.I.P. Penn - 11/13/02