By George, she’s got it! :-)

http://www.tmsinternational.co…..?catid=115

Honey! Clear our schedule! I’m gonna be tied up at the ‘puter all day, Tues. – yeehaw!

{{{{{{Safe trip all}}}}}}

Here are a couple of links to helpful hints about how to navigate in the Lake. I just bookmarked them a long time ago, and still use them as reminders. Again, if you get stuck on something, just give a holler, & some kind soul will surely jump in to help.

http://www.firedoglake.com/200…../#comments

http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..en-thread/

And not to mention that our military was driving out all the Arabic language speakers at the same time, many of whom did not “ask or tell.”

I’m old enough to remember the “China Policy” of the early cold war and the days of Joe McCarthy. Everyone who understood China was driven out of the state department so that for 20 or 30 years they could pretend that China was that little Island off shore (now Taiwan). Even as a child I could detect the insanity of this, since they hadn’t censored globes, I knew there was that other place with the wall and the millions of people. I could never understand how pretending it wasn’t there accomplished anything. Will the United States ever learn that manufactured “truth” doesn’t cut it or work?

Tuesday 15th Novr [1774] Yesterday, in compliance with the request of the Select Men, Genl. Gage orderd that no Soldier in future shoud appear in the Streets with his side Arms. Query, Is this not encouraging the Inhabitants in their licentious and riotous disposition? Also orders are issued for the Guards to seize all military Men found engaged in any disturbance, whether Agressors or not; and to secure them, till the matter is enquired into. By Whom? By Villains that wou’d not censure one of their own Vagrants, even if He attempted the life of a Soldier; whereas if a Soldier errs in the least, who is more ready to accuse than Tommy? His negligence on the other hand has been too conspicuous in the affair of Cn. Maginis to require a further comment. . . .

Sunday, 20th. Hard frost continues. A day or two ago the Comr. in Chief applied to the Select Men for the use of Faneuil Hall as a place for the Troops to attend Divine Service. They most Graciously refused to comply with his Request, as a grateful return for his singular compliance with all their desires. Was it for this he gave a protection of an Officers Guard to their Brick-kilns, to secure them from the Labourers who had not been paid for their work? and after affording such Protection asking to become a Purchaser of the Bricks, and receiving for answer No, they were to be appropriated to other purposes than accommodating the King’s Troops. Was it because he disarmed the Troops to please them that the Select think it incumbent on them, to oppose him in every thing? But his . . . deserves it. Is it not astonishing that the daily instances of the opposition of the People shoud tend to make him more earnestly attentive to them? . . .

Friday, 16th. [December 1774] The Regt. march’d into the Country to give the Men a little exercise; this has been practised several days past by the Corps off duty; as they march with Knapsacks and Colours the People of the Country were allarm’d the first day; think those troops were sent out to seize some of the disaffected People; finding that is not the case they are since grown very insolent.

A little updating, and it looks like it oould be Bagdhad 2007 to me.

Hello from the wild west of the lower Pioneer Valley, Boston1775!

Was Hillary a no show yesterday on the vote?

dunno but FWIW, supposedly McCain didn’t plan to show, heh…..