17 July 2008

Workout notes Yoga with Ms. V and then a 7 mile walk (Glen Oak/Springdale). Roughly 1:40′ish (with stops for traffic; I didn’t use my watch). Nothing fast but enough to sweat.

I had some slight pain in my right calf/lower hamstring/behind the knee

Last night I took Olivia to yoga class and afterwards Ms. V. had dinner with us.

Another sign that I am old and decrepit: blogger Evolved and Rational shows off her pendant.

And I am an old, married has been never was and never going to be.

Mind you, I never scored 4 touchdowns in a high school football game!

Update Here is a blog post that describes how to live “homeless” for less than $3000.00 per year.

You know, there is part of me that finds this appealing; I’d love to be able to sell all of my stuff and, ok, maybe I’d live in a small efficiency apartment with only a bike. I’d keep my job though.

Politics: there was a time when John McCain said that Afghanistan was the top priority and should be dealt with first.

RUSSERT: Would you have any problem expanding President Bush’s orders to the CIA to go after Osama bin Laden to include Saddam Hussein?

LIEBERMAN: Well, I leave that to the president. But as a matter of principle and morality, of course not.

RUSSERT: Senator McCain?

MCCAIN: I think Joe’s right.

And I would just like to add one additional point. I believe that we will succeed. We will endure in Afghanistan. We will take out bin Laden, and we will take out the Taliban. And then we’ve got a major challenge of a stable government, but…

RUSSERT: How long will that take?

MCCAIN: I think the longer we give the impression that we’re there for, the shorter it’ll be. Because, as you quoted from articles earlier, they think they can outlast us. I don’t think they can this time.

RUSSERT: Do you believe the American people will continue to stay with that campaign?

MCCAIN: Absolutely, and I think the president is doing a great job in leading America and making us aware of the challenge we face.

But I think the real crunch is going to come after Afghanistan is settled and then we have to address the other countries, including Iraq. That’s where the coalition may not be so strong. That’s where people like the Saudis and the French and many others may have real reservations.

And so, we’re going to have to be steadfast. And again, the president will continue and, I think, very eloquently stated, countries that harbor these terrorist organizations will be held responsible, so it’ll be their choice, not ours. It’ll be their choice.

RUSSERT: But after Afghanistan, you’d have no problem going after Saddam Hussein?
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RUSSERT: Senator Lieberman, should we include Iraq as a military target in this war against terrorism?

LIEBERMAN: Well, of course, I feel that so long as Saddam Hussein is in power in Iraq, the United States is in danger. And I think if you look at the words of the president’s statement to Congress, again, the war against terrorism, it says, we’re not going to be safe until we rid the world of people who have the capacity and the intention to strike at civilians to achieve political ends.

There is some evidence to suggest that Saddam Hussein may have had contact with bin Laden and the Al Qaeda network, perhaps even involved in the September 11 attack. That raises my suspicions.

But the more important point is, we know that Saddam would like to do us the worst kind of ill. We know that he has worked on chemical and biological weapons and, in fact, has used them against his own people and against the Iranians. In my opinion, therefore, Saddam is a terrorist.

And, therefore, we should–it should be a centerpiece of our policy after we finish the business in Afghanistan and bin Laden to end that regime. It begins for me by supporting the Iraqi opposition, the people within Iraq that want to get rid of him. But then, ultimately there has to be an American and, I hope, allied military component to that. Because as long as Saddam is there, our lives are threatened.

Note: Yesterday’s jibjab video seems to be popular.
Here is the one that first made it big (Kerry-Bush 2004)

Second note I got excited when I saw that my blog hits were up; I then realized that many were merely coming here for Misty May photos.

See “eye candy” on my sidebar to be directed at a, well, “comprehensive” Misty May photo site.