~Lets pretend these Dodger stadium fireworks are at the Zocalo in Mexico City celebrating Mexico’s independence. Wuh hoo!
~Yet another middle-aged Ramone has died. Farewell Johnny Ramone, 55. The three dead Ramones have died within the last four years, hmm!
~According to the New York Times a classified report prepared for President Bush by the National Intelligence Council and approved by the acting director of the CIA forecast three possible scenarios for Iraq by the end of 2005. The most pessimistic of which says there will be a civil war. The most optimistic one predicts a fragile stability, in other words what they have now. But I assure you they will be pissed-off if it is still like this one year from now. To top it off this same council has been accused in the past of being too optimistic. On a related note: $18.4 billion of our money was given for the reconstruction of Iraq for this year. This does not include money for the military or money spent last year. Only one billion has been spent for that purpose because the construction companies have been scared off, so they decided to give $3billion of that money to the escalating military situation. Listen to President Bush speak though and it sounds as if everything is hunky-dory.


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