<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114</id><updated>2011-12-01T02:47:01.535-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Scribes Unlimited</title><subtitle type='html'>Well, why not?  We're a two-person crew of writers, researchers, editors, online publishers, mortgage and investment counselors.  Not bad for just two people, hmmm?  These are our ramblings and we hope you find them relatively more exciting than our work.  No, we're kidding, we LOVE the work!  (But we do miss the steady paychecks *wistful sighs* )  Anyway, enjoy and look us up sometime at http://www.scribesunlimited.com</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>86</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-8069380603975644769</id><published>2008-03-08T09:40:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-08T09:43:39.587-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Stop it Hillary</title><summary type='text'>Stop it Hillary!We are really disappointed at the way Senator Clinton has decided to use the Republican campaigners rule book to deal with her rival Senator Obama.   We were excited that Senators Clinton and Obama were running for office.  We knew it was a history making situation and we knew it was time – time for an African-American or a woman to be President.   It is a heady thought and a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/8069380603975644769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=8069380603975644769' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/8069380603975644769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/8069380603975644769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2008/03/stop-it-hillary.html' title='Stop it Hillary'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-5806160686226460913</id><published>2007-12-31T12:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-31T12:50:20.973-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New York Times: Looking at America</title><summary type='text'>EditorialLooking at America Published: December 31, 2007 – The New York Times There are too many moments these days when we cannot recognize our country. Sunday was one of them, as we read the account in The Times of how men in some of the most trusted posts in the nation plotted to cover up the torture of prisoners by Central Intelligence Agency interrogators by destroying videotapes of their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/5806160686226460913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=5806160686226460913' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/5806160686226460913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/5806160686226460913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-york-times-looking-at-america.html' title='New York Times: Looking at America'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-2383520843663891136</id><published>2007-12-13T10:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-13T10:00:52.968-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Abominable No-Man and Mr. 9/11</title><summary type='text'>The Abominable No-Man and Mr. 9/11-----------Our good president has been making his political rounds with pronounced zest in what appears to be a valiant effort to prove he is still relevant. One day he is Bush the Adventurer, the man who blundered into Iraq -- talking up the evils of Iran and the possibility of World War III. The next day he is Bush the Abominable No-Man, keeping health care out</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/2383520843663891136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=2383520843663891136' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/2383520843663891136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/2383520843663891136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/12/abominable-no-man-and-mr-911.html' title='The Abominable No-Man and Mr. 9/11'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-3273968094769952475</id><published>2007-09-16T11:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-16T11:54:15.173-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Vanity Fair -- Inside Bush's Bunker</title><summary type='text'>For any second-term president—as the pressure grows to cement hislegacy, and with many of his best aides gone—the physical bunker of an electronicallysealed, sniper-patrolled White House, which restricts his access to old friendsand new ideas, can lead to psychological isolation. Talking to administration insiders, TODD S. PURDUM learns why George W. Bush's disconnect is even moreextreme, from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/3273968094769952475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=3273968094769952475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/3273968094769952475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/3273968094769952475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/09/vanity-fair-inside-bushs-bunker.html' title='Vanity Fair -- Inside Bush&apos;s Bunker'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-1085347112041143421</id><published>2007-09-14T10:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-14T10:11:15.023-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Belichick's Folly</title><summary type='text'>So Bill Belichick was finally caught with his hand in the cookie jar, was he?  Obviously,  unless you were one of the Cleveland Browns fans before Art Model moved the team, it came as a big surprise that Mr Belichick had feet of clay.  Not to many of us.  For the longest time, a great number of people expressed deeply held opinions that the "perfect coach" went out of his way to make the team </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/1085347112041143421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=1085347112041143421' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/1085347112041143421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/1085347112041143421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/09/belichicks-folly.html' title='Belichick&apos;s Folly'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-7482224869893623758</id><published>2007-06-19T17:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-19T17:36:58.581-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How to find a terrorist when Bush cannot...</title><summary type='text'>Alright.Strap yourself in, buckle down, and hold onto your heads.  You're about to get a lesson in due diligence, and the awesome power of Google.  Bear in mind that as this post goes to press, the Secret Service and Computer Crimes Division still consider this an "open case".  Maybe one day, we'll give our friend Greg a call in the SS office and see if he has an update for us.Anyway, on with the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/7482224869893623758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=7482224869893623758' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/7482224869893623758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/7482224869893623758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-to-find-terrorist-when-bush-cannot.html' title='How to find a terrorist when Bush cannot...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-2637872195237854476</id><published>2007-06-06T09:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-06T09:58:14.802-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Go Keith Olbermann, Go!</title><summary type='text'>(Excerpt from Countdown on MSNBC, June 4th, 2007)Our third story on the COUNTDOWN, from the mind bending idea that four guys dressed as pizza delivery men were going to outgun all the soldiers at Fort Dix to the not too thought out plan to blow up JFK airport by lighting a match 40 miles away, here we go again.  Time for an update of our segment, the Nexus of Politics and Terror.  The instance is</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/2637872195237854476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=2637872195237854476' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/2637872195237854476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/2637872195237854476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/06/go-keith-olbermann-go.html' title='Go Keith Olbermann, Go!'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-9147135165072878960</id><published>2007-05-16T08:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-16T08:20:45.333-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Goodbye, Jerry Falwell!</title><summary type='text'>Do you folks realize this reduces the enemy now to just The 700 Club, Fox News and Al-Qaeda??</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/9147135165072878960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=9147135165072878960' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/9147135165072878960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/9147135165072878960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/05/goodbye-jerry-falwell.html' title='Goodbye, Jerry Falwell!'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-5730296840846097315</id><published>2007-05-10T11:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-10T12:49:19.307-04:00</updated><title type='text'>BradyNet is a den of thieves...</title><summary type='text'>Folks, we gotta tell you, when it comes to irresponsible internet practices, Bradynet (http://www.bradynet.com) has managed to pull off the best tricks we've seen yet.  We DOUBT that anyone actually monitors the forums anymore, and if so, Nigerians, scammers and spammers are free to leave their droppings in this festering community at any time.Which they do in quite an abundance.Now we don't have</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/5730296840846097315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=5730296840846097315' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/5730296840846097315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/5730296840846097315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/05/bradynet-is-den-of-thieves.html' title='BradyNet is a den of thieves...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-6955038615797717250</id><published>2007-05-01T08:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-01T08:21:35.369-04:00</updated><title type='text'>CIA Kills Dick Cheney again...</title><summary type='text'>A former CIA analyst claims that falsified documents which were meant to show that Iraq's Saddam Hussein regime had been trying to procure yellowcake uranium from Niger can be traced back to Vice President Dick Cheney.Appearing on MSNBC's Tucker Carlson Show, Ray McGovern who served in the CIA for twenty-seven years, said, "the [forged] memo leads right back to the doorstep of the Vice President </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/6955038615797717250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=6955038615797717250' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/6955038615797717250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/6955038615797717250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/05/cia-kills-dick-cheney-again.html' title='CIA Kills Dick Cheney again...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-6419672138280184501</id><published>2007-04-27T08:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-27T08:03:27.092-04:00</updated><title type='text'>George Tenet will Kill Dick Cheney</title><summary type='text'>It's a given.The former head of the CIA says without a doubt that the vice-president of this country, Senor Dead-Eye Dick "Everyone's a Quail to me" Cheney, rushed this country to war with Iraq.No ifs, ands or buts.Let the impeachments begin!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/6419672138280184501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=6419672138280184501' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/6419672138280184501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/6419672138280184501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/04/george-tenet-will-kill-dick-cheney.html' title='George Tenet will Kill Dick Cheney'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-1368592203125660722</id><published>2007-04-23T08:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-23T08:20:29.242-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Words to live by, right Dubya?</title><summary type='text'>We're thankful to the archives for keeping this for us.  Never forget what this asshole said once just before the elections of 2000.  RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP.  Bore it into your brains, Americans.�Responsible Leadership�    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania     Thursday, October 26, 2000            Before I begin, I want to note the presence of some distinguished guests. We all know that the presidency is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/1368592203125660722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=1368592203125660722' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/1368592203125660722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/1368592203125660722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/04/words-to-live-by-right-dubya.html' title='Words to live by, right Dubya?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-1151126516036299237</id><published>2007-04-12T08:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-12T08:23:42.315-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lost in the Don Imus shuffle, a South Park gem...</title><summary type='text'>N  _   G   G   E   R   S---------------------What a brilliant, funny, shocking South Park show last month.Those that missed it skipped out on an important life lesson. We're betting Don Imus may have missed this one for sure, and it's a pity, because maybe he would have thought twice before inserting his feet into his mouth last week when he put down the incredible efforts of Rutgers Women's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/1151126516036299237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=1151126516036299237' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/1151126516036299237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/1151126516036299237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/04/lost-in-don-imus-shuffle-south-park-gem.html' title='Lost in the Don Imus shuffle, a South Park gem...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-4815947256793311196</id><published>2007-04-03T08:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-03T08:29:45.025-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sixteen Words...4 Years...</title><summary type='text'>WP: How phony letter drove Iraq war Intelligence failures surrounded inquiry on Iraq-Niger uranium claimBy Peter EisnerThe Washington PostUpdated: 6:43 a.m. ET April 3, 2007   function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) {    var n = document.getElementById("udtD");    if(pdt != '' &amp;&amp; n &amp;&amp; window.DateTime) {     var dt = new DateTime();     pdt = dt.T2D(pdt);     if(dt.GetTZ(pdt)) {n.innerHTML = dt.D2S(pdt,(('</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/4815947256793311196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=4815947256793311196' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/4815947256793311196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/4815947256793311196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/04/sixteen-words4-years.html' title='Sixteen Words...4 Years...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-116935090392352675</id><published>2007-01-20T22:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-20T22:41:45.763-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What does Bush inherit?</title><summary type='text'>If you've not had a chance to see a movie called "Inherit the Wind", starring Spencer Tracy, Frederic March and Gene Kelly (yes, he can act too!), it's worth a look.Not just to get a glimpse of how our world once was, but foreshadowing of where the world may well be heading; at least in Kansas.Men of God have long been considered in the earlier centuries as people to be revered, to be respected </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/116935090392352675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=116935090392352675' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116935090392352675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116935090392352675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-does-bush-inherit.html' title='What does Bush inherit?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-116904552933274893</id><published>2007-01-17T09:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-17T09:52:09.360-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bush Defined: Must Read!</title><summary type='text'>From Vanity Fair, January 6, 2007: Graydon Carter talks about Gail Sheehy's book "The Accidental Candidate".Ladies and gentlemen -- This is Bush.-----------------------"I was reminded of these traits when I reread "The Accidental Candidate," Gail Sheehy's prescient portrait of the future president, published in these pages in October 2000. A sampling:"When Barbara Bush took her 13-year-old son </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/116904552933274893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=116904552933274893' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116904552933274893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116904552933274893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2007/01/bush-defined-must-read.html' title='Bush Defined: Must Read!'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-116203975874359949</id><published>2006-10-28T08:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-28T08:49:18.756-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Does Bush have his OWN exit strategy?</title><summary type='text'>A Miami news service reports that George W. Bush has purchased 98,840 acres in Paraguay, near the Bolivian/Brazilian border.It has already been reported that Jenna Bush did indeed pay a secret diplomatic visit to Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte and U.S. Ambassador James Cason. There were no press conferences, no public sightings and no official confirmation of her 10-day trip which apparently</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/116203975874359949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=116203975874359949' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116203975874359949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116203975874359949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/10/does-bush-have-his-own-exit-strategy.html' title='Does Bush have his OWN exit strategy?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-116195532212981329</id><published>2006-10-27T09:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T09:22:02.140-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bush, you've been drinking again, haven't you?</title><summary type='text'>Did anyone see the video  yesterday of Dubya's stumping for JEFF Lamberti in Des Moines, for the Iowa seat?Oh, we wanted to emphasize "JEFF" because JEFF Lamberti is his real name.  It is NOT Dave.Yes, throughout his whooooole speech, Bush was delighted to say great things about Dave Lamberti."Dave and I share the same values."  "Dave is looking out for America."  Dave this, Dave that.No one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/116195532212981329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=116195532212981329' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116195532212981329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116195532212981329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/10/bush-youve-been-drinking-again-havent.html' title='Bush, you&apos;ve been drinking again, haven&apos;t you?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-116087163270507155</id><published>2006-10-14T19:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T10:26:26.813-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The President's Weak Radio Address -- The MSTie Response</title><summary type='text'>October 14, 2006:Good morning.Paul:  Hello there!Paula: Shhh. Trying to hear.Earlier this week, the government of North Korea proclaimed to the world that it had conducted a successful nuclear weapons test.Paul:  And the microwaved popcorn was reportedly delicious...Paula:  Funny how they can't pinpoint exactly what happened yet.  They know there was some kind of explosion, but hardly any </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/116087163270507155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=116087163270507155' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116087163270507155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116087163270507155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/10/presidents-weak-radio-address-mstie.html' title='The President&apos;s Weak Radio Address -- The MSTie Response'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-116085548185640692</id><published>2006-10-14T15:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-14T15:51:21.870-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And the Ohio hypocrisy continues...</title><summary type='text'>Pam Baragona of Dublin, Ohio is in an ad representing Senator Mike DeWine's re-election and giving her full support for him against challenger Sherrod Brown.  She speaks the following drivel:"My brother Rocky died while serving in Iraq. And it makes me sick that Sherrod Brown is not telling you the truth about Sen. DeWine. Sen. De-Wine was there for me and my family when we needed him most. And I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/116085548185640692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=116085548185640692' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116085548185640692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116085548185640692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/10/and-ohio-hypocrisy-continues.html' title='And the Ohio hypocrisy continues...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-116040453682092298</id><published>2006-10-09T09:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-09T11:04:48.666-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The President's Weakly Radio Address -- the MSTie Response</title><summary type='text'>October 7, 2006Good morning.In recent days, we have seen shocking acts of violence in schools across our nation.  Paul: Remember in the old days when it was just the purple nurple, the wedgie, the swirly...    Paula: Shouldn't that be "in the past several years"?    Paul:  Well, all humor aside, school violence has escalated, yes. Hey, we've had more school shootings under Bush as president than </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/116040453682092298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=116040453682092298' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116040453682092298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116040453682092298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/10/presidents-weakly-radio-address-mstie.html' title='The President&apos;s Weakly Radio Address -- the MSTie Response'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-116024077056400085</id><published>2006-10-07T11:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-07T16:04:25.140-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The "Weak"ly President Radio Address</title><summary type='text'>Before we begin, this is not supposed to be any sort of Democratic response.  This is merely an MST3K version.  Only those who loved the show (and miss it terribly) will understand what is happening here.  Enjoy!September 30, 2006 -- 38 days before D-Day. (Democratic Sweep Day)Good morning.  Today I want to talk to you about a matter of national security that has been in the news --   Paul: And </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/116024077056400085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=116024077056400085' title='35 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116024077056400085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/116024077056400085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/10/weakly-president-radio-address.html' title='The &quot;Weak&quot;ly President Radio Address'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>35</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-115984492677304854</id><published>2006-10-02T23:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T23:08:46.790-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Deleted Hastert Articles are Back</title><summary type='text'>We were dismayed to learn that a couple of worthy articles showing Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert's pledges towards shielding children from internet predators had mysteriously vanished from the Speaker's webiste, as well as the House.We decided it was in the best interest of our readers to resurrect them:------------------------------------------------Hastert Drives Effort To 'Keep Kids Safe</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/115984492677304854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=115984492677304854' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115984492677304854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115984492677304854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/10/deleted-hastert-articles-are-back.html' title='The Deleted Hastert Articles are Back'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-115929904934259296</id><published>2006-09-26T15:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-26T15:30:49.470-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And again they do the "newspeak"</title><summary type='text'>President Clinton finally got mad - and Chris Wallace, a Fox News poor imitation of his famous CBS father - was the target.  And why did President Clinton get mad? Because once again, the Bush administration, their flunkies at Fox and every other right-wing nut job on the planet, has tried to shift the blame and responsibility from Bush's narrow and weak shoulders and onto the stronger and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/115929904934259296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=115929904934259296' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115929904934259296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115929904934259296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/09/and-again-they-do-newspeak.html' title='And again they do the &quot;newspeak&quot;'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-115841225716200207</id><published>2006-09-16T08:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-16T09:10:57.213-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Practice of Selective Fear...</title><summary type='text'>We've all done this.  From one side of the world to the other, we have systematically, meticulously used our knowledge and skills with the help of electricity and our brains to choose our fears.  It doesn't matter exactly why we do it, but it's a curious anomaly all the same.For example, Paul is terrified of spiders; if he sees one in the office, he immediately points it out and expects a helpful</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/115841225716200207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=115841225716200207' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115841225716200207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115841225716200207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/09/practice-of-selective-fear.html' title='The Practice of Selective Fear...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-115798073778827217</id><published>2006-09-11T09:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-11T09:18:57.790-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The ABC can of worms...</title><summary type='text'>Last night, at about 7:59 PM, just before the new Simpsons episode, we took a quick peek at the ABC channel (5 on Time-Warner here) to see if by some miracle, WEWS our Cleveland ABC affiliate, might decide not to air "Path to 9/11".They did.Happily, we finagled with the remote control and blocked ABC.  Then we blocked Disney and the Family Channel.And blocked it will stay until November.  You see</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/115798073778827217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=115798073778827217' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115798073778827217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115798073778827217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/09/abc-can-of-worms.html' title='The ABC can of worms...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-115689847253884575</id><published>2006-08-29T20:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-30T10:20:47.370-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New Fraud Alert...</title><summary type='text'>Somewhere around the email swamp, you may come across an address called salimnazar@financier.com, from Dr. Salim Nazar, who will try to pass himself off as a representative of Fonseca Finanz of South Africa.They are supposedly an investment company that funds bonds and accepts financial guarantees  from insurance or LOC's (letters of credit) from legitimate sources.Yeah. Right.We did much </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/115689847253884575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=115689847253884575' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115689847253884575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115689847253884575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/08/new-fraud-alert.html' title='New Fraud Alert...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-115634206110307166</id><published>2006-08-23T10:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T10:07:41.123-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Republicans! How's that ________ going?</title><summary type='text'>...  flowers at our feet thing going in Iraq, hmm?   How about that mandate thing?… confiscation of all those tons of WMD’s going?  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12115-2004Oct6.html… hunt for the ANTHRAX Terrorist going?  Bush catch him yet?… freeing the Muslims in the Mid East and spreading democracies to vote in theocracy going?… giving Social Security money to Wall Street for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/115634206110307166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=115634206110307166' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115634206110307166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115634206110307166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/08/hey-republicans-hows-that-going.html' title='Hey Republicans! How&apos;s that ________ going?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-115634094221410795</id><published>2006-08-23T09:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T09:49:02.216-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Please tape this list to your voting machines...</title><summary type='text'>The following people are implicated in accepting bribe money from Jack Abramoff:Richard Shelby (REPUBLICAN SENATOR - AL)Robert Riley (REPUBLICAN GOVENOR- AL)Ted Stevens (REPUBLICAN SENATOR - AK)J. D. Hayworth (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - AZ)Dana Rohrabacher (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - CA)Doug Ose (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - CA)Richard Pombo (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - CA)John Doolittle (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/115634094221410795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=115634094221410795' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115634094221410795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115634094221410795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/08/please-tape-this-list-to-your-voting.html' title='Please tape this list to your voting machines...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-115634084179942948</id><published>2006-08-23T09:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T09:47:21.813-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Where's the Democratic Corruption?</title><summary type='text'>Governor George Ryan - under investigation with 50 related convictionsNH GOP Chair Chuck McGee - CONVICTEDAllen Raymond -- CONVICTEDJames Tobin (NE Regional Dir., Bush campaign) -- CONVICTEDScott Falwell - ConvictedAlexandra Prokos - ConvictedJohn Colyandro - IndictedJim Ellis - INDICTEDJack Abramoff - INDICTED, ConfessedGov Ernie Fletcher - Under Investigation. 13 aides indictedDavid Hossein </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/115634084179942948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=115634084179942948' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115634084179942948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115634084179942948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/08/wheres-democratic-corruption.html' title='Where&apos;s the Democratic Corruption?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-115582584779035474</id><published>2006-08-17T10:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-17T10:44:29.256-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Snakes on a Plane!</title><summary type='text'>Well, no, we don't plan on seeing it, but we did want to alert our readers of another film hitting theatres this fall...Watch out for...Cakes on a Plane!Yeah, we know.  We're sick.  We need help.  Yadda-yadda.  Hire us anyway!  Give us something meaningful to do! :-)...TheScribes...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/115582584779035474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=115582584779035474' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115582584779035474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115582584779035474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/08/snakes-on-plane.html' title='Snakes on a Plane!'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-115089659888967725</id><published>2006-06-21T09:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T11:55:22.946-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bush has no clue how bad Iraq is...</title><summary type='text'>The Ugly Truth About Everyday Life in Baghdad    By US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, Baghdad    The Independent UK     Tuesday 20 June 2006       Confidential Memo    From: US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, Baghdad    To: Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State    Subject: Snapshots From the Office    Sensitive    1. Iraqi staff in the Public Affairs sector have complained that Islamist and Militia </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/115089659888967725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=115089659888967725' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115089659888967725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/115089659888967725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/06/bush-has-no-clue-how-bad-iraq-is.html' title='Bush has no clue how bad Iraq is...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-114987641638487149</id><published>2006-06-09T14:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-09T14:06:56.406-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Wicked Witch of the Right strikes again</title><summary type='text'>What is it with that wicked witch of the right Anne Coulter?  How is it that she says such vile and threatening things and gets away with it?  She actually said that President Clinton should be impeached or assassinated.  Where the hell was the Secret Service?  She wanted to have Justice Stevens crème brulee poisoned.  She wished Tim McVeigh had blown up the NY Times Building. She refers to 9/11 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/114987641638487149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=114987641638487149' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114987641638487149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114987641638487149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/06/wicked-witch-of-right-strikes-again.html' title='The Wicked Witch of the Right strikes again'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-114891207191409046</id><published>2006-05-29T09:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-29T10:58:30.706-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Beautifulpeople.net Screws up Royally</title><summary type='text'>It's always entertaining when an email comes to our office that you really didn't expect. Bear in mind, you are going to learn an important lesson here. Actually, so is this individual.---------------    Hi,The perception of beauty is ever changing. BeautifulPeople Network reflects this ideal. You can re-apply to BeautifulPeople at anytime. www.beautifulpeople.netWe noticed that your first </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/114891207191409046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=114891207191409046' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114891207191409046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114891207191409046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/05/beautifulpeoplenet-screws-up-royally.html' title='Beautifulpeople.net Screws up Royally'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-114649660120591108</id><published>2006-05-01T10:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-01T11:16:41.223-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stephen Colbert's Saturday Night...</title><summary type='text'>http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/04/29.html#a8104And don't just look at the video, listen to the response.Not a single hearty burst of laughter; mainly just nervous titters and throat-clearing, wasn't it?  The only one who really laughed uproariously was Justice Scalia, and he can afford to laugh.  No one from the Thought Police is going to be dragging HIS butt into custody, right?  Scalia </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/114649660120591108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=114649660120591108' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114649660120591108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114649660120591108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/05/stephen-colberts-saturday-night.html' title='Stephen Colbert&apos;s Saturday Night...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-114599540834230557</id><published>2006-04-25T15:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T16:03:28.363-04:00</updated><title type='text'>WANTED by the FBI: Scanning Manuals</title><summary type='text'>It's true.Oh come on, don't raise those eyebrows.  We all knew the FBI was inept way back in the great year of 2001, before hell was unleased on Earth in the form of Dubya and his minions.  We just don't want to keep pointing it out for fear of FBI reprisals late at night while we sleep.More than 900,000 documents dating mostly back to 1995, of various legal and medical content, are currently </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/114599540834230557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=114599540834230557' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114599540834230557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114599540834230557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/04/wanted-by-fbi-scanning-manuals.html' title='WANTED by the FBI: Scanning Manuals'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-114550459603604876</id><published>2006-04-19T23:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-19T23:45:06.636-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Innocent until Proven Guilty?</title><summary type='text'>And still not a single individual has been charged with a crime.A list of many of the detainees who have been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in eastern Cuba. The list includes the names and citizenship of all detainees who passed through the Combatant Status Review Tribunal process in 2004 and 2005. Some of the longer names were cut off in the document provided by the Pentagon.1. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/114550459603604876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=114550459603604876' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114550459603604876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114550459603604876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/04/innocent-until-proven-guilty.html' title='Innocent until Proven Guilty?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-114511147525429528</id><published>2006-04-15T10:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-15T10:31:15.276-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Message from a war veteran...</title><summary type='text'>I served over 13 years including 3 tours in the Middle East and I can honestly tell you that Donald Rumsfeld is THE MOST INCOMPETENT Secretary of Defense this country has EVER been disgraced with.He should be fired and prosecuted.Please allow me to explain.There are SO MANY areas and issues that this old warmongering curmudgeon has been wrong on... .and it's continuing to cost us in American </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/114511147525429528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=114511147525429528' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114511147525429528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114511147525429528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/04/message-from-war-veteran.html' title='Message from a war veteran...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-114494051004669007</id><published>2006-04-13T10:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-13T11:01:50.093-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bush vs. Nixon... another glaring similarity!</title><summary type='text'>We thought people would like this. An excerpt from a story today in the Washington Post concerning Bush's obvious lie over trailers and WMDs in Iraq:"The reporting I saw this morning was simply reckless and it was irresponsible," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. "The lead in The Washington Post left this impression for the reader that the president was saying something he knew at the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/114494051004669007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=114494051004669007' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114494051004669007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114494051004669007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/04/bush-vs-nixon-another-glaring.html' title='Bush vs. Nixon... another glaring similarity!'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-114476331256731530</id><published>2006-04-11T09:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-11T09:48:32.580-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hail to the leak...</title><summary type='text'>This is amazing.Bush LOUDLY decried government leaks some time ago, swearing before this country that if anyone was involved in leaking classified information, they would be severely reprimanded (which in most instances, would mean a $500 pay cut for a few days, we're sure), then he turned around (or "flip-flopped", if you will) and stated that anyone convicted of a crime would be fired. (Yes, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/114476331256731530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=114476331256731530' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114476331256731530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114476331256731530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/04/hail-to-leak.html' title='Hail to the leak...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-114346677901097110</id><published>2006-03-27T08:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-27T08:52:23.186-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Status of Women</title><summary type='text'>Nicholas Kristof in the NY Times has been fighting a quixotic war of words these days - he defends women's rights and extols the virtues of several women who are going against the odds in their medieval country of Pakistan. One who was gangraped to punish her brother refused to kill herself in accordance with muslim law. Instead she sued, won money, started schools and has to face her rapists all</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/114346677901097110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=114346677901097110' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114346677901097110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114346677901097110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/03/status-of-women.html' title='The Status of Women'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-114305101062652564</id><published>2006-03-22T13:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-22T13:10:10.663-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A letter regarding  Recent Statements National Security Whistleblower</title><summary type='text'>  The following is a letter sent by our friend Sandy who is a federal whistle blower and was punished accordingly.  Congressman Souder's words just added salt to the wounds.... Congressman Mark Souder   U.S. House of Representatives 2231 Rayburn House Office Building  Washington, D.C. 20515    SUBJECT:  Recent Statements Regarding National Security Whistleblowers      To Congressman Souder:     </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/114305101062652564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=114305101062652564' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114305101062652564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114305101062652564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/03/letter-regarding-recent-statements.html' title='A letter regarding  Recent Statements National Security Whistleblower'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-114200581724871069</id><published>2006-03-10T10:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T10:50:17.270-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, Barbara</title><summary type='text'>It should always be a reminder to everyone on this world of ours, that if you wish to post controversial issues on a blog, you are going to have to expect your share of people who for some reason or another disagree with your views -- and will, in some form or another, make sure you know it. :-)We are pleased for people like Barbara, who reminds us all that while we, The Scribes, may have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/114200581724871069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=114200581724871069' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114200581724871069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114200581724871069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/03/thank-you-barbara.html' title='Thank you, Barbara'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-114194434515605826</id><published>2006-03-09T17:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T17:45:45.176-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Are they kidding about letting the UAE have our ports?</title><summary type='text'>Our Friend Sandy who is a former customs officer has this to say about letting Dubai and the UAE have access to running our ports:  I've listened to both sides of this argument since all of this came to light in the media.  Unfortunately, I cannot accept this way of thinking because having been on the inside and worked at the largest port (the Port  of Los Angeles) for over 12 years as a Special </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/114194434515605826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=114194434515605826' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114194434515605826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/114194434515605826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2006/03/are-they-kidding-about-letting-uae.html' title='Are they kidding about letting the UAE have our ports?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-113501828971018853</id><published>2005-12-19T13:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-19T13:51:29.726-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We hope</title><summary type='text'>It's getting towards the end of 2005 and all the pundits and the politicians are reviewing the year and see what happened.  Then in their infinite wisdom they will make their sure fire predictions for the future, i.e. 2006.  We are not going to do that.  Instead we are just going to hope. We hope  that .....    W sees the errors of his ways and decides to be the president for all the people, not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/113501828971018853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=113501828971018853' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/113501828971018853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/113501828971018853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/12/we-hope.html' title='We hope'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-113473401726095232</id><published>2005-12-16T06:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T06:53:37.293-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tom Delay's Attempt to Destroy the Grand Jury</title><summary type='text'>Rep. Tom DeLay's attorneys filed a subpoena Thursday seeking the testimony of grand jurors, including those who indicted the former House majority leader and those who rejected charges.DeLay's legal team wants to prove prosecutorial misconduct by District Attorney Ronnie Earle, who they say "shopped around" the campaign finance case against DeLay to three different grand juries before finding one</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/113473401726095232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=113473401726095232' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/113473401726095232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/113473401726095232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/12/tom-delays-attempt-to-destroy-grand.html' title='Tom Delay&apos;s Attempt to Destroy the Grand Jury'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-113146114027846378</id><published>2005-11-08T09:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T09:45:51.106-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And now, another Bushism of the Day...</title><summary type='text'>Bush's Remarks Seen As a Jab at Chavez By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WriterSun Nov 6, 6:43 PM ETBRASILIA, Brazil - In a clear jab at Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, President Bush called on Latin Americans on Sunday to boldly defend strong democratic institutions and reject any drift back to the days of authoritarian rule.Eyeing three upcoming presidential elections in Latin America, Bush </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/113146114027846378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=113146114027846378' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/113146114027846378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/113146114027846378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/11/and-now-another-bushism-of-day.html' title='And now, another Bushism of the Day...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-113003153154763969</id><published>2005-10-22T21:28:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-22T21:41:40.526-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And more "Pictures worth 1000 words"...</title><summary type='text'>Lovely sentiment, isn't it? Wouldn't it just be a beautiful thing to see captions like this show up all over the country, on every major freeway, and highway, like this one from Portland, Oregon?This is just the beginning, faithful readers.Remember that cheesy 80's miniseries "V", when the people of the world began to fight back, and swamp the cities with spray-painted slogans of radical change </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/113003153154763969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=113003153154763969' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/113003153154763969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/113003153154763969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/10/and-more-pictures-worth-1000-words_22.html' title='And more &quot;Pictures worth 1000 words&quot;...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112956048210142855</id><published>2005-10-17T10:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T10:48:02.110-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Tattle Tales</title><summary type='text'>Michelle Wie was disqualified from winning 56K in her first professional LPGA tournament.  It doesn't make me too sad, since she is reaping the wind of 10 million in endorsements.  Why was she disqualified? Because someone, a reporter, "snitched" on her.  He ran to the officials and said she moved her ball three inches closer than it should have been.  She was ssooooooooooo wicked.Yep,  evil </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112956048210142855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112956048210142855' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112956048210142855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112956048210142855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/10/tattle-tales.html' title='The Tattle Tales'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112913161383463517</id><published>2005-10-12T11:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-12T11:40:13.846-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Bill O'Reilly about to break?</title><summary type='text'>Let's talk about one of the most influential commentary people around, Bill O'Reilly.  Do you know what happens if you mention the name "Jeremy Glick" to his face these days?  You get shoved away and spat with enough profane insults and tirades, you'll wonder if he's taking a cue these days from Dick "Go Fuck Yourself" Cheney.But when Bill O'Reilly had talk show host veteran Phil Donahue on his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112913161383463517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112913161383463517' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112913161383463517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112913161383463517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/10/is-bill-oreilly-about-to-break.html' title='Is Bill O&apos;Reilly about to break?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112908981347001560</id><published>2005-10-11T23:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-12T00:03:33.490-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Cheney going down for PlameGate??</title><summary type='text'>The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg are working on stories that point to Vice President Dick Cheney as the target of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name.  Can we get an "OUCH"? :)Brilliant strategy by Fitzgerald!  Get pork-pie Rove all hot and flustered, drawing the heat off Dickie boy then WHAMMO, nail Dickie for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112908981347001560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112908981347001560' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112908981347001560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112908981347001560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/10/is-cheney-going-down-for-plamegate.html' title='Is Cheney going down for PlameGate??'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112869789885724342</id><published>2005-10-07T09:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-07T11:11:39.556-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What IS God telling Bush?</title><summary type='text'>Divine intervention has been quite prevalent in our society over the last few centuries, from the woman who suddenly finds the superhuman strength to pull her child from under a horse and carriage, to the 2004 Boston Red Sox.It stands to reason that when we call out and receive true divine intervention, usually two things DO NOT happen:  death and destruction.In a BBC documentary series slated to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112869789885724342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112869789885724342' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112869789885724342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112869789885724342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/10/what-is-god-telling-bush.html' title='What IS God telling Bush?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112810125160389661</id><published>2005-09-30T12:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-30T13:27:31.613-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This is What a Democrat Must Become...</title><summary type='text'>In receiving the survey from the DNC in the mail today, we can whole-heartedly agree that there are some wonderful issues here that we can rally around.  This political party must NOT hang its head in shame; there is a way to fight back and gather the majority of this country back into its arms again.This, then, is what we feel a true Democrat must become...Our outlook on America must remain </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112810125160389661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112810125160389661' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112810125160389661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112810125160389661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/09/this-is-what-democrat-must-become.html' title='This is What a Democrat Must Become...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112722079060942128</id><published>2005-09-20T08:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-20T08:53:10.616-04:00</updated><title type='text'>"Surface" and "CSI:Miami" win Monday night</title><summary type='text'>Well, first off, it's hard for us to get excited about new sitcoms, even as promising as "Kitchen Confidential" may have seemed in the previews.  It's going to flop -- big time.Why, you ask?  Because NBC has "Surface".  This was a welcome surprise to us for two reasons: One, it's not like your ordinary hokey "alien comes to Earth and causes problems" series.  It reminds us some of USA's "The 4400</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112722079060942128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112722079060942128' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112722079060942128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112722079060942128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/09/surface-and-csimiami-win-monday-night.html' title='&quot;Surface&quot; and &quot;CSI:Miami&quot; win Monday night'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112684178819187141</id><published>2005-09-15T23:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-15T23:36:28.196-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bush Lied and People Died!  AGAIN!</title><summary type='text'>Bush’s attempt to deflect attention from his ineptitude are inconsistent with the administration's own homeland security response plan, which directed the federal government to act on its own authority to quickly provide assistance and conduct emergency operations following a major catastrophe, pre-empting state and local authorities if necessary. According to DHS' December 2004 National Response</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112684178819187141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112684178819187141' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112684178819187141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112684178819187141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/09/bush-lied-and-people-died-again.html' title='Bush Lied and People Died!  AGAIN!'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112678857084681396</id><published>2005-09-15T08:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-15T08:49:30.860-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What IS it about First National Bank of Marin?</title><summary type='text'>People are always so busy worrying about one little number.  It's not their golf game, or their chess rating, or their level on some zany Dungeons and Dragons game.  But it's such an important number in our lives, America is obsessed with it.  If you have a low number, it can keep you from buying the things you need, like a house or a car.  It can even prevent you from finding an honest job.  Of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112678857084681396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112678857084681396' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112678857084681396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112678857084681396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/09/what-is-it-about-first-national-bank.html' title='What IS it about First National Bank of Marin?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112661633045847358</id><published>2005-09-13T08:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-13T08:58:50.466-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tragedy at St. Rita's</title><summary type='text'>Sept. 27, 2001 -- It took the nursing home nearly two months to remedy a pattern of deficiencies in which a doctor or family member was NOT informed of a resident's health changes, and to provide private phone usage to residents. It took nearly three months for them to comply with the rules of physical restraints, and to provide clean linens and bedsheets to everyone. At least some of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112661633045847358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112661633045847358' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112661633045847358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112661633045847358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/09/tragedy-at-st-ritas.html' title='Tragedy at St. Rita&apos;s'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112635887761034852</id><published>2005-09-10T09:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-10T09:27:57.616-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Photo of the day...</title><summary type='text'>Hey, who says the media doesn't get it right?!  :-)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112635887761034852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112635887761034852' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112635887761034852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112635887761034852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/09/photo-of-day.html' title='Photo of the day...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112576808195530682</id><published>2005-09-03T13:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-03T13:21:21.963-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Letter to my congresswoman...</title><summary type='text'>Captured from another blog, this just really says it all.  We have got to stand up as a nation and DO something.----------------------------A Letter to my Congresswoman.Congresswoman Schultz:The colossal screw-up by all members of this Administration in regards to virtually every aspect of American life has reached -- and passed -- the breaking point. President Bush's incompetence and, worse, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112576808195530682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112576808195530682' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112576808195530682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112576808195530682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/09/letter-to-my-congresswoman.html' title='Letter to my congresswoman...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112566514792552736</id><published>2005-09-02T08:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T08:45:47.933-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Where have all the leaders gone?</title><summary type='text'>It’s not a matter of politics; it’s a matter of leadership.   As I listened to the angry words of Mayor Nagin of New Orleans, I realized that somewhere in the make up of this country we have achieved a failure of leadership that is so profound, that thousands of people have had to die to camouflage it.  I know the Mayor is in despair, and I know he tried to evacuate his city to lessen the impact </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112566514792552736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112566514792552736' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112566514792552736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112566514792552736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/09/where-have-all-leaders-gone.html' title='Where have all the leaders gone?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112557732378445987</id><published>2005-09-01T08:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-01T08:22:03.796-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah, the differences between Democrats and Republicans...</title><summary type='text'>We couldn't help but look a little stunned when we checked out two websites yesterday, the homepages of the Democrats and the GOP, as of 12:00 PM EST.Yeah, we know, it made a lot of sense to us too once we thought about it.  Well, what can you really expect?"It appears that the money has been moved in the president’s budget to handle homeland security and the war in Iraq, and I suppose that’s the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112557732378445987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112557732378445987' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112557732378445987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112557732378445987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/09/ah-differences-between-democrats-and.html' title='Ah, the differences between Democrats and Republicans...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112514893390814040</id><published>2005-08-27T09:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-27T09:22:13.913-04:00</updated><title type='text'>those were the days</title><summary type='text'>Need we say more........ Ahh, the good ol' daysby kosWed Aug 17th, 2005 at 11:47:32 PDTQuotes from when Clinton committed troops to Bosnia:"You can support the troops but not the president."--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)"Well, I just think it's a bad idea. What's going to happen is they're going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years."--Joe Scarborough (R-FL)"Explain to the mothers and fathers of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112514893390814040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112514893390814040' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112514893390814040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112514893390814040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/08/those-were-days.html' title='those were the days'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-112410914012197984</id><published>2005-08-15T08:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-15T08:32:21.583-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What IS it about Sagbama Express Road?!</title><summary type='text'>Amazing.  We just rec'd an email from someone named Nwaokorh Adams, a barrister in England, contacting us because of some horrible car crash that took the life of Thomas Richard, his wife and their three children on a stretch of road in Nigeria called Sagbama Express Road.Well, we were curious about the accident, and looked up "Sagbama Express Road" on the internet, and boy were we shocked!  So </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/112410914012197984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=112410914012197984' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112410914012197984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/112410914012197984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/08/what-is-it-about-sagbama-express-road.html' title='What IS it about Sagbama Express Road?!'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111952938057648712</id><published>2005-06-23T08:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-23T08:23:00.586-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Karl Rove's comments Re: Downing Street Memo</title><summary type='text'>On MSNBC:ROVE: I'm glad you brought that up because I want to put that in context. First of all that is the British — a Brit making a comment about what he perceived to be U.S. policy.~~First off, this is an individual taking notes of minutes; these are not comments. Does Rove seem to think a man from the United Kingdom is unable to write as well as one from America? Some of the greatest and most</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111952938057648712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111952938057648712' title='42 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111952938057648712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111952938057648712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/06/karl-roves-comments-re-downing-street.html' title='Karl Rove&apos;s comments Re: Downing Street Memo'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>42</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111927166131513864</id><published>2005-06-20T08:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-20T08:47:41.320-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And now, a message to the Republican Right</title><summary type='text'>A brief message to the Knuckledragger wing of the Republican party:You guys are idiots. Plain freakin' idiots. In fact, we've never seen such a collection of morons in our lives, and that includes the Nixon band of fools!  Well, they weren't exactly stupid, they were more arrogant, short-sighted and interested in illegalities.  HEY!  That's just like our current administration!When we say idiots </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111927166131513864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111927166131513864' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111927166131513864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111927166131513864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/06/and-now-message-to-republican-right.html' title='And now, a message to the Republican Right'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111919482098141707</id><published>2005-06-19T11:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-19T11:27:00.993-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fair and Balanced??</title><summary type='text'>You've got to wonder what Fox News is thinking these days.Incredible, damning evidence that proves beyond a shadow of doubt that Bush rushed to war with Iraq to settle Daddy's old score, and they don't seem to find it fit to print on their website, but they DO however seem to waste a lot of bandwidth scoffing it on the TV shows.Not one person has come forward to suggest, "Well, yes we might be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111919482098141707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111919482098141707' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111919482098141707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111919482098141707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/06/fair-and-balanced.html' title='Fair and Balanced??'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111866655520540344</id><published>2005-06-13T08:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T08:42:35.210-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There are some days ....</title><summary type='text'>You know, there are some days when getting out of bed just isn't worth it.  Paul received a dawn phone call from his girlfriend Siti in Singapore telling him that her uncle had died. While she was here, he was taken ill and the past 6 weeks have been really hard on her and her family. After her own father passed away, this uncle was intimately involved in the raising of Siti and her sisters, so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111866655520540344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111866655520540344' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111866655520540344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111866655520540344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/06/there-are-some-days.html' title='There are some days ....'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111780387207215782</id><published>2005-06-03T08:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-03T09:04:32.076-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Did the Ohio GOP steal money?</title><summary type='text'>From the Associated Press a week ago, we were rather alarmed to hear a growing story about stolen coins.  Now, okay, coins are stolen all the time, usually because most of America is incredibly stupid NOT to keep coin collections in a bank or a private trust offshore. :-)  Paul once had a coin collection; sure, silver coins, a few gold ones, some rare old Indian nickels, etc.  Got tossed in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111780387207215782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111780387207215782' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111780387207215782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111780387207215782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/06/did-ohio-gop-steal-money.html' title='Did the Ohio GOP steal money?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111764026636266465</id><published>2005-06-01T11:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T11:37:46.366-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ok, so we are a little obsessed</title><summary type='text'>Ok. So everyday,like clockwork, we check our online bank account.  It's a little obsessive  but on several occasions it has been worth it. Once a restaurant charge was several dollars over what it should have been.  A couple of calls - to the deli and the bank and it was cleared right up.  Another time (and another bank) we checked and discovered that all our money had been used to buy hip-hop </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111764026636266465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111764026636266465' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111764026636266465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111764026636266465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/06/ok-so-we-are-little-obsessed.html' title='Ok, so we are a little obsessed'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111720123462941852</id><published>2005-05-27T09:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-27T09:40:34.633-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The emotion of George V. Voinovich</title><summary type='text'>Senator George Voinovich sometimes comes through. His  impassioned speech on the Senate floor begging his colleagues to stop the nomination of that abomination  in a blue suit, John Bolton as UN ambassador reminded me that he is a good moderate sort, not given to the excesses that his right wing compadres espouse.  I used to  work for his administration at the City of Cleveland.  Never once was I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111720123462941852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111720123462941852' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111720123462941852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111720123462941852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/05/emotion-of-george-v-voinovich.html' title='The emotion of George V. Voinovich'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111720059935225062</id><published>2005-05-27T09:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-27T09:29:59.356-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Religious Right has no sense of humor...</title><summary type='text'>Laura Bush was a huge hit at the Press Club a few weeks ago, telling anecdotes about her husband and talking about differences between Andover and Yale and raching in Texas.  But no matter what she tries to do, the religous right of this land just simply have no sense of humor.  Look at Texas's Second banana to the village idiot Tom DeLay.  Last night on "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" the story</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111720059935225062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111720059935225062' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111720059935225062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111720059935225062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/05/religious-right-has-no-sense-of-humor.html' title='The Religious Right has no sense of humor...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111711275937388549</id><published>2005-05-26T09:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-26T09:05:59.376-04:00</updated><title type='text'>9/11 and the American Empire</title><summary type='text'>http://download.alciada.net/911/911-DavidRayGriffin-CSPAN2.wmvThis speech was given by David Ray Griffin at the University of Wisconsin on April 18, 2005, and it is worth listening to for an hour.This man raises two plausible questions, and gives damning evidence of two very real scenarios that played out on 9/11.First, that the Bush administration KNEW in advance all full details of the Al-Qaeda</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111711275937388549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111711275937388549' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111711275937388549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111711275937388549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/05/911-and-american-empire.html' title='9/11 and the American Empire'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111702938355190932</id><published>2005-05-25T09:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-25T09:56:23.556-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And now for our "EH?" of the day!</title><summary type='text'>It is being reported today that gasoline prices, after a bumpy decline of a few weeks, are on the rise again starting May 30th, just at the start of the busy holiday season.The reason?  The powers that be have decided that Americans will be traveling LESS this summer.  Well, we might just be!  This is exactly what they WANT.  So we don't see or talk to our familes and friends and raise our levels</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111702938355190932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111702938355190932' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111702938355190932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111702938355190932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/05/and-now-for-our-eh-of-day.html' title='And now for our &quot;EH?&quot; of the day!'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111694522985570293</id><published>2005-05-24T10:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-24T10:33:49.860-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Focus on your OWN Family...</title><summary type='text'>Well!Wasn't that a surprise... (yeah riiiight)  We knew a compromise would be reached in the Senate and this whole "nuclear option" would blow right up in the face of Frist (or should we call him Fritz for Hitler's sake?)What WAS the surprise was Dr. James Dobson (you know, the idiot who is timid of Spongebob Squarepants?) of Focus on the Family coming out rather vehemently and saying that the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111694522985570293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111694522985570293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111694522985570293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111694522985570293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/05/focus-on-your-own-family.html' title='Focus on your OWN Family...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111686477126248516</id><published>2005-05-23T12:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-23T12:12:51.266-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What's Wrong with this picture?</title><summary type='text'>"Scores of convicted rapists and other high-risk sex offenders in New York have been getting Viagra paid by Medicaid for the last five years, the state's comptroller said Sunday"AAAGGGGGGHHHHHSo does this mean that when they go out and rape 13 year old girls, they will be able to keep them from getting  abortions if they happen to get pregnant? The Supreme Court will make certain that these </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111686477126248516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111686477126248516' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111686477126248516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111686477126248516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/05/whats-wrong-with-this-picture.html' title='What&apos;s Wrong with this picture?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111685688584504171</id><published>2005-05-23T09:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-23T10:01:25.863-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Did you ever wonder...?</title><summary type='text'>We're both regular posters over on the Yahoo boards, and we especially love to dig into the trenches and partake in the political debates that spawn about as fast as salmon in a stream.But they're really NOT quite debates these days.  It seems to us anyway that whenever we get into a political "discussion" with someone of the Bush camp, it's usually a mixture of intellectual conversation and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111685688584504171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111685688584504171' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111685688584504171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111685688584504171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/05/did-you-ever-wonder.html' title='Did you ever wonder...?'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111616482858920116</id><published>2005-05-15T09:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-15T09:47:08.593-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A bit of downtime and a farewell to Singapore...</title><summary type='text'>Well, our guest leaves tomorrow to go back home, and we're really going to miss her.  We especially feel badly that for the past week she was sick with a cold. :-(  Well, at least she had company for her misery..."Savvy Guide to Digital Photography" is a HIT.  It was ranked 98,000th on Amazon.com yesterday, and it's probably not fallen off too much.  We know we sold about 1500 copies so far, but </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111616482858920116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111616482858920116' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111616482858920116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111616482858920116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/05/bit-of-downtime-and-farewell-to.html' title='A bit of downtime and a farewell to Singapore...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111574236778016054</id><published>2005-05-10T12:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-10T12:26:07.796-04:00</updated><title type='text'>We've been sick... :-(</title><summary type='text'>It's never fun being sick.It's a lot less fun when you're reduced to blogging political mumbo-jumbo, but here's a shocker right off the London Times.  Naturally we never hear about this on CNN or even Faux News these days, right? :-P---------------------------88 Congress members seek answers on secret Iraq plan--    5/10/2005 8:00:00 AM  GMTEighty-eight members of Congress have signed a letter </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111574236778016054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111574236778016054' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111574236778016054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111574236778016054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/05/weve-been-sick.html' title='We&apos;ve been sick... :-('/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111503915744802313</id><published>2005-05-02T08:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-02T09:05:57.450-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to America!</title><summary type='text'>Or the Un-tied States as we fondly like to refer to them.Last night we welcomed a really nice, beautiful woman from Singapore.  She's going to be staying about two weeks with us, and we're really excited to have her as our guest!Jeers to New Jersey's airport in Newark, however, whose idiot workers made her miss her first flight to Cleveland.  Not sure what these people were thinking.  Our friend </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111503915744802313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111503915744802313' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111503915744802313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111503915744802313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/05/welcome-to-america.html' title='Welcome to America!'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111498241061554085</id><published>2005-05-01T17:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T17:20:10.616-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Greek Easter!</title><summary type='text'>Or May Day, or whatever turns you on... We'd like to take a moment to greet any Greek readers, and let them know we haven't forgotten them.  So, happy Easter.  Although you may be wondering why the Greeks celebrate this joyous occasion about one to five weeks after the Western Christians enjoy it.Wellllll, it's really pretty simple.  The Orthodox church, which is the first of the churches, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111498241061554085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111498241061554085' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111498241061554085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111498241061554085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/05/happy-greek-easter.html' title='Happy Greek Easter!'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111481128873859259</id><published>2005-04-29T17:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-29T17:48:08.740-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mission accomplished...</title><summary type='text'>Well, why not?  Everyone seems to get a kick out of saying that lately, especially when you consider what it meant two years ago. :-PWhat WE mean though is that we closed our first deal yesterday, about 5:00 PM.  Yes, it's the log home deal.  Yay!  We should be looking at a huge payoff in a few weeks or so.  And we're already hard at work on the next project.We're enjoying this part of our job; </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111481128873859259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111481128873859259' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111481128873859259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111481128873859259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/04/mission-accomplished.html' title='Mission accomplished...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111470930793150349</id><published>2005-04-28T12:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-28T13:31:18.176-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Me first, me first!</title><summary type='text'>Let's take a look at Cleveland, Ohio, shall we? We live about 8 miles from the city, close enough to look down from a small hill and see the spire of the Terminal Tower. You'd never think this was the case, but there's about 40% unemployment down there.Ah yes, we see the jaws dropping. We CAN'T be talking about CLEVELAND, can we?? "Bite your tongues, Paula and Paul, this can't be TRUE! Cleveland </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111470930793150349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111470930793150349' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111470930793150349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111470930793150349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/04/me-first-me-first.html' title='Me first, me first!'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111462544032319158</id><published>2005-04-27T13:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-27T14:10:40.323-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Paula's views for the day...</title><summary type='text'>If wishes were fishes, we'd all be kings -- or at least rich.I wish a LOT of things, mostly just to be comfortable and not have to worry about where the next $310.00 is going to come from to pay our outrageous gas bill.  What in the world has happened?  Why do we have to pay for things that should be part of our pursuit of happiness, you know, life, liberty, the POH, etc.  Where did we go wrong?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111462544032319158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111462544032319158' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111462544032319158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111462544032319158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/04/paulas-views-for-day.html' title='Paula&apos;s views for the day...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111452055579085904</id><published>2005-04-26T08:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T09:02:35.793-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tuuuuuuuesdaaaaaaaay..</title><summary type='text'>With apologies to the Moody Blues, which can still bang out a rousing song when they put their minds to it.  I miss them; the last time I saw them was in a Simpsons cartoon called "Viva Las Flanders" (I think), in which Homer takes Ned Flanders to Vegas, in probably one of the funniest episodes of all time, in my opinion.Paula just came in and said in a perfect Zoidberg (From "Futurama") voice, "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111452055579085904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111452055579085904' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111452055579085904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111452055579085904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/04/tuuuuuuuesdaaaaaaaay.html' title='Tuuuuuuuesdaaaaaaaay..'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111443524921385209</id><published>2005-04-25T09:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-25T09:21:32.910-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Monday Musings...</title><summary type='text'>Do you ever get that sense of "Gee, I want something to happen, come on, come on, make it happen, pleeeease."?We're sitting on pins and needles again waiting on a phone call. We're not actually involved in the phone call itself, but our client is. You see, this is our book investee. He's going to speak with a chief investor in the firm today, and we're always a little apprehensive and nervous. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111443524921385209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111443524921385209' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111443524921385209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111443524921385209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/04/monday-musings.html' title='Monday Musings...'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12362114.post-111419810449631656</id><published>2005-04-22T14:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-22T15:28:24.500-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday. 4.22.05. -- Our introduction</title><summary type='text'>Hmm, this is rather exciting, really.  We've never owned a blog before so, hi-ho there all you internet people.  Welcome to our lives!  You'll wish you never knew about us soon, but glad to see you readers along for our ride.Well, to start with, who the hell are we, and why are we typing to ourselves?  We must be mad.  On the contrary, we're pretty normal!  We're Paula Kalamaras and Paul Kraly, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/feeds/111419810449631656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12362114&amp;postID=111419810449631656' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111419810449631656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12362114/posts/default/111419810449631656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scribesunlimited.blogspot.com/2005/04/friday-42205-our-introduction.html' title='Friday. 4.22.05. -- Our introduction'/><author><name>ScribesUnlimited</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04329974853089115095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
