in other news....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unbowed by public doubts, President George W. Bush
plans to announce on Wednesday that he will send about 20,000 more U.S.
troops to Iraq as part of a long-delayed shift in strategy in the unpopular
war. Bush's plan may represent his last best chance to salvage the U.S.
mission in Iraq and turn around frustration with his handling of the war.
Administration officials said Bush will announce plans to deploy about
20,000 more U.S. troops to join 140,000 already in Iraq -- most to Baghdad
and 4,000 to volatile Anbar province.

AND

Many of Bush's own Republicans expressed unease and a USA Today/Gallup poll
said Americans oppose the idea of increasing troop levels in Iraq by 61
percent to 36 percent.

ME THINKS:

are you kidding me dude?? Here's a common theme from the documentary
aspect of cinema. From all the documentaries that I've watched for the
past year (fahrenheit 9/11, who killed the electric car, when the leeves
broke, enron: the smartest guys in the room, etc., etc.) the common theme
all have to do with how bush is f*ckin up. NOW - whether you're a donkey
or an elephant - you gotta admit that this war thing is going just a bit
too far and we need those kids back here. it's reported that 3,000 lives
have already been sacrificed in that relived vietnam fight. is there even
an answer to this long debate? come on man....think for a little bit about
what's going on here and listen to the people. we're a democracy - aren't
we?

IN OTHER THOUGHTS (non-political):

let's talk about sports. mcgwire doesn't make it into the baseball hall of
fame because of the steroid era?? gimmie a break....it's the past already.
work toward making the future better! don't hinder the people that
might've or might not have f*cked up in the past. let me tell you
something about that specific time in social culture when baseball watchers
and non-baseball watchers were on their toes everytime sammy sosa and mark
mcgwire were at the plate. i would be watching a television show and the
network would do picture-in-picture to show their specific up at the plate.
it was an unreal time. and when either one of them smacked it outta there,
it was unreal! bars would go crazy and jaws would drop on how far that
shiet would go. they picked up baseball to another degree where i've never
seen it. and yes, steroids was at question even at that time....but they
did something for baseball back then and when you think about it, they're
really harming themselves for doing it.

i dunno - maybe i'm just a softy and maybe i thought they did something
great for the culture of baseball, but don't deny the guy from getting into
the baseball hall of fame. didn't you let pete rose in there for
gambling?? this is just my opinion and that's that.....