Damn, the 9/11 report is long...

There's a whole hell of a lot of information to take in. I might actually get the book version just for posterity.

Now for that bastion of "fair and balanced"-ness...

I didn't happen to hear it, but supposedly Bill O'Reilly had claimed on air that he'd debate anyone about the Patriot Act. Someone took him up on the offer. Who? The challenger is Michael Badnarik. Unfortunately, in following up on the challenge, Bill and/or the individuals at Fox say that the challenge was "misunderstood". Even if it was a misunderstanding, I doubt that O'Reilly would have Badnarik on. The only Republicrat alternative to see much media coverage is Nader. Besides, the excuse sounds like a lame-ass copout to me. I just think that O'Reilly and some of the other Foxies might actually be a little scared that Badnarik would wipe the floor with their collective asses when it comes to Constitutional issues. After all, O'Reilly is proud to have Pat Boone on his show. Pat Boone recently said the following things:

"I don't think censorship is a bad word, but it has become a bad word because everybody associates it with some kind of restriction on liberty,"

"But we do know that at some point a line that has to be drawn between one man's liberty and another man's license."

Mr. Boone said that if he were in charge of standards, there would be stringent controls on material. "It must be majority approved ... voluntary ... and self-imposed,"

"Censorship is healthy for any society, and that goes for arts, entertainment, anything. Self-imposed means that the majority of people say that is what we want, and it can be changed if people's attitudes change, which is how a democratic society works."

That's nice to know...try to censor me, assclown!

Dubya is legitimately concerned about atrocities and human rights. After all, that's why we went to Iraq (save for those pesky disappearing WMD), isn't it? The Darfur conflict began in early 2003. What's being done about that? If Dubya and friends are so concerned about putting an end to human suffering, we should be leading the charge to resolve the continuing problems in Darfur. I suppose that's just not as high on the priority list.