This is great:
Intelligence vets are still musing over Michael Kostiw, whose reported shoplifting forced his withdrawal this month as the CIA's prospective executive director. But what dismays the spooks most isn't the ethics or the propriety of the case--it's that Kostiw had served as a case officer for 10 years and still couldn't manage to shoplift a package of bacon without getting caught in a Northern Virginia market. Says one old spy: "It's a perfect metaphor for the sorry state of the CIA."
Also check out the article on the same page about Ashcroft probably being replaced if Bush gets reelected.
Whoa, another week or two's gone by. Time to blog in a cynical, meaningless manner.
The past week was crazy, what with Sabine visiting and our trip to Louisville. It was good to see everybody. We flew back and have basically been trying to do stuff without having me take a lot of time off work. Saturday we went to D.C. and hung out in Fredericksburg seeing a band Matt is friends with. Also hung out with my good friend Bill. Sunday we went to the A.R.E., the beach, the Bier Garden (favorite restaurant ever), and hung out with Chris. So I'm pretty wiped out.
We're gonna try to go hiking in Shenendoah sometime this week, but weather's looking shitty. Also, Friday we're going to Philadelphia to see Brothers Past and all the other sites in Philly.
Sabine is really nice and I'm glad she's visiting. She's a little too nice, as she doesn't tell me when she needs something or wants to do something I haven't anticipated. But we're having a good time, and she's getting along well with Tasha. Now I have somebody to visit in Europe! Sweet.
Last night I finally got in touch with my old friend from King George, Matt. Matt and I go way back to like middle school. He actually posted on his blog about me calling him up last night, and mentions meeting me in middle school for the first time. I don't remember that, but I tried to forget Middle School band as soon as possible.
Anyway, it was good to catch up with him. He's living in Richmond - I'm trying to get to Richmond. We both do work with MS Access databases, so that's wierd. We're gonna try to get together next week. I hadn't gotten back in touch with him for an hour, and I was already trying to run his personal life via the comments section of his blog. I'm awful.
Here's to you Matt!
I'm at work on a Saturday. Somebody shoot me.
I've just realized how much of an impact Wil Forbis could have on the upcoming election.
Now, just think about ALL the Democrat women voters that were thusly... umm... not had sex with by Clinton. You begin to see why this taste issue is a big problem for the Democrats. It's a matter of life or death!
If you're a regular MSCP reader, you know that a while back Forbis suggested developing a diet or a pill or something like that to make, well, Democrats have better tastes in their mouth (look, I'm a gentleman - I refer to oral sex by classy innuendo). Unfortunately his archives for that time period are missing because he is bisexual, but I assure you that MSCP R&D is developing such a flavorful remedy even as I write. It's only now that you finally see why Wil is crucial to getting Kerry in the White House.
And that was a minute you just wasted reading this post that you will never, ever get back.
Hey, you, listen up. If you check this links table on the right side of this page, you'll see I added a link to IM me on AOL Instant Messenger. I've added this feature so that all the blog readers can contact me in a moment's notice. I encourage everybody to get in touch with me at their convenience. Except you.
God my blogging is for shit. I've been so busy with work, I haven't had time to say anything. Any free time I've had has been helping Tasha out, getting my car fixed, or trying to convince people that "just pulling out" is both an acceptable way to solve the Iraq problem AND a valid birth control method. I'm exhausted, I'm overworked, and I'm flying to Louisville, KY tomorrow with my internet buddy, Sabine, who's from the Netherlands. We're going to visit my friends Gary, Carla, Jim, and Vara, who run L/L Research. The next two weeks are gonna be crazy.
And just for L's benefit, the best libertarian plan I've heard to solve the social security dilemna is to cut back all gov't services and activities to only constitutional levels, sell off all gov't assets that would then no longer be needed, and use the money to buy private annuities for all people invested in social security. BTW, L, I don't hold it against you for not knowing about Craig Kilborn. He sucks anyway and is best forgotten.
WELP, finally got the "Badnarik for President" bumper sticker on the Jetta. Now I don't even have to run other cars off the road for people to think I'm an asshole. They can tell before they even reach me.
I'm getting a little sick and tired of my friends who are voting for Kerry berating me for not. What the fuck? It's like - I'm not voting for Bush, isn't that good enough for you? NO! You have to hate Bush SOOOOO much that you'll vote for Pol Pot before him. One girl at this bar was giving me a hard time even though she commended me for being libertarian. I don't get it - hello, small gov't? Lower taxes AND spending? Kerry talking about sending MORE troops to Iraq? Hel-LOOOO?!?!? But at least you can feel crunchy in flaunting your hatred like a big smelly... whatever.
This election year is nothing less than bizarre. It doesn't make me proud to be American, it makes me feel... like some sort of freak. Maybe it's the fact that I don't watch TV, I dunno. The whole thing is incredibly... I dunno, talking about the election seems like talking about your favorite character on Survivor. And I never watched Survivor. Can anybody who's voting Kerry actually back up their especial hatred of Bush, or is it all just culture war bullshit? Or worse, some trendoid thing surrounding the hippies and other losers who buy clothes with special pockets for their I-pods?
I mean, damn, I hate Bush too, but for the same reason I hate Kerry - they're both phony and have no respect for libertarian principles. Can any democrat provide a similar level of clear articulation without breaking out a pie chart?
Excuuuuse me, Miss Patchouli. It's not my fault that we're at a point where the only way ahead is to completely let the system fall apart. You just don't like that I'm acknowledging it, and not wussing out for the latest Mother Jones pick. Face it: you want the McAnswer, and I'm not nodding my head vigorously in agreement so you take out your frustration on me that you're gonna put another rich asshole in office.
I'm out, yo.
Sorry, y'all. Been busy as shit and blogging's the first thing to go. Damn.
Been working on all sorts of new music, so I'm just gonna ride that for now.
Kinda hoping I can see Sky Captain tonight. It's getting pretty good reviews, and the concept intrigues me.
Sneak peaks on brand new tracks at the new site for Sixth Density Drum and Bass.
Sometimes, when somebody speaks the truth, the sheer weight of it stuns you. After that fascist fest last night, William Saletan tears that idiot Zell Miller apart:
But the important thing isn't the falsity of the charges, which Republicans continue to repeat despite press reports debunking them. The important thing is that the GOP is trying to quash criticism of the president simply because it's criticism of the president. The election is becoming a referendum on democracy.
In a democracy, the commander in chief works for you. You hire him when you elect him. You watch him do the job. If he makes good decisions and serves your interests, you rehire him. If he doesn't, you fire him by voting for his opponent in the next election.
Not every country works this way. In some countries, the commander in chief builds a propaganda apparatus that equates him with the military and the nation. If you object that he's making bad decisions and disserving the national interest, you're accused of weakening the nation, undermining its security, sabotaging the commander in chief, and serving a foreign power-the very charges Miller leveled tonight against Bush's critics.
Are you prepared to become one of those countries?
There's also when Zell Miller faulted Democrats for calling American troops occupiers, when Bush has used that word before, too.
Cheney is such a dipshit, it goes without saying.
I've started working on my music again, and should have some short demo tracks of the new songs in the near future. Until then, check out my stuff by clicking on the title logo at the top of the page. I'm too lazy to stick a link in here.
THREE DAY WEEKEND!!!
Most Republicans and Democrats are morons. That is all.
Must advertise Brothers Past's GETAWAY TORR. I'm gonna get to see them 5 times in October. WHAT!
And the craziness doesn't end with the alternative spelling of "tour". Check these white boys out.
From the paranoid delusions department:
Republican-haters plan on dressing up as RNC volunteers, and giving false directions to little blue hair ladies from Kansas, sending them into the sectors of New York City that are unfit for human habitation.
They plan on throwing pies and Lord knows what else at Republican visitors to the city. Prostitutes with AIDS plan to seduce Republican visitors, and discourage the use of condoms, according to liberal journalist Ted Rall.
This cannot be for real. Just when you think politics in this country can't get more base, somebody up and outdoes Ann Coulter. I'm at a loss -
Wil, you're gonna have to supply this punchline.
