All You Want Is Somebody Listening to What You Say

Congratulations to Mr. David Sessions for correctly naming "Julius" by Phish as the song of the day yesterday. Faithful blog readers will note that Dave came up very close the day before only to lose a tough duel to Mr. Carlson. Live it up Dave and best wishes with the rest of the Seahawks season.

I would have to agree with Dave on the heinous nature of Adam Morrison's mustache.

I could not find a picture on Google Image Search that communicates just how awful this 'stache is, but let's just say that the only good reason that Adam is sporting it is because he lost a bet. Otherwise, someone living in Spokane should tell him that Wooderson from Dazed and Confused wants his facial hair back.

I finished Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward earlier today. With all of the continued speculation and controversy over the lack of tangible evidence of WMD in Iraq, Woodward's book has become a strong piece of investigative evidence for those on both sides of the war debate. I still have significant issues with certain phases of the Bush Administration's planning and selling of the Iraq conflict. One of the most critical parts of dealing with difficult situations is to know that everyone is on the same page. Dick Cheney's forceful pronouncement on August 26, 2002 that the Iraqi regime definitively possessed WMD was not backed up by any significant intelligence that this was indeed fact. Instead, the administration and others in the intelligence community said that this statement was speculative at best, but once such a statement is made, it is almost impossible to retract.

I do not think that the Bush Administration purposefully deceived the nation is deciding to go to war. Instead, the power of the WMD case was stressed because in a post 9/11 world, the CIA never wanted to feel as if they were ever going to be on the tail end of another series of catastrophic events. Anything that appeared on the radar of the intelligence services was deemed vital in light of the failure to effectively neutralize the potential threats that were aired before 9/11.

I may or may not have a post tomorrow. We will just have to see when I get back if I have time. Everyone have a great Thanksgiving and someone go buy Adam Morrison a razor for goodness sake.