Instead of creating 510,000 jobs in 2003, as President Bush predicted, the Republican-led economy has suffered a net loss of 473,000 jobs so far this year.

President Bush has had to reverse course and increase his request for reconstruction aid to Iraq more than eight-fold, from an original $2.5 billion to a current level of $20.5 billion1, largely because he earlier disregarded a well-documented report revealing the poor state of Iraq's oil industry.

I have a feeling that as the 2004 campaign heats up, the blogosphere will become an increasingly rich source of "message" brainstorming, given how easy it is to put together a relatively polished attack ad these days.

In that spirit, I've spent about two hours tonight putting together a little imagined TV spot that a Clark campaign could run against Bush (Mob Spots)

Three years of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has killed 2,477 people on the Palestinian side and 860 on the Israeli side. In addition, about 60 Palestinians suspected of informing for Israel have been killed by Palestinian militants. (SFGate)

He described the guerrilla war, still ongoing, as a battle against "terrorists and holdouts of the previous regime"—ignoring a recent finding of the U.S. intelligence community that the main, and most rapidly growing, threat these days comes from ordinary Iraqis, resentful of the occupation.

Last month, terrorists brought their war to the United Nations itself. The UN headquarters in Baghdad stood for order and compassion, and for that reason, the terrorists decided it must be destroyed.

"In summarizing the two-day discussions, Eric Lander, a molecular biologist and a leader of the Human Genome Project, urged more scientists to open their minds to learning from Buddhist meditation and related practices. He called on scientists to understand that the pathway of science is only one way to understanding. 'Science is a very powerful and effective paradigm,' he said, 'and yet we know it does not contain all the answers to all human needs. Like any one-dimensional diet, consuming only science leads to malnutrition.' " (Wired News via (Vedana)

"U.S. President George W. Bush conceded for the first time yesterday that the United States had no evidence indicating Saddam Hussein had anything to do with the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Bush made the comment in a brief encounter with reporters at the White House, an apparent bid to answer critics who have accused him of linking the Iraq war and the terrorist attacks to justify an ongoing occupation, which is responsible for mounting American deaths and draining an economy already mired in deficit."

But when she was asked about the poll numbers showing seven in 10 Americans made the connection between Saddam and the terrorist attacks, Rice [Connie] said: "We have never claimed that Saddam Hussein had either direction or control of 9/11."

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•  Friday afternoon, fly with Lane to St.Louis
•  Ride with sister from airport to Marthasville, MO.
•  Make posters of old photos
•  Mostly watch family make massive amounts of food
•  Say hello to people I haven't seen in many years
•  Surprise Dad on his 50th Birthday!
•  Eat
•  Eat
•  Hang out by backyard fire
•  Eat
•  Breakfast with the family
•  Hang out on the front porch
•  Ride with aunt/uncle/cousin back to airport
•  Fly to San Francisco
•  Have pizza with Lane on our couch

By the time I was out of school and ready to be an employed minister, I was having some serious problems with the church. That's not good. My options were pretty much "minister" or "you want fries with that?"