Creaking Tatters

Things people don't say anymore

No one ever says "I'm gonna feed you a knuckle sandwhich" anymore. In fact, you really don't ever hear anyone making any references to a knuckle sandwhich at all. It's almost as if we've forgotten that part of our history.

Still trying to find time to make all the blog entries I've missed over the past few weeks. Been busy building up a couple sites, like this one for the local Dean group, and this one, for my friend Amy Hills, who will be more famous than Jesus someday.

It's Wednesday, this must be Little Rock

Wow, it's been a week or so since I posted. Lots to say, no time to say it. Things that will be addressed over the next few days, with pictures, charts, statistical analysis and footnotes:

1. The wife and I went to San Francisco for the weekend. That was fun.
2. Johnny Cash died. That's really sad, but him and June are pluckin' and singin' in Heaven right now.
3. Wesley Clark will probably toss his hat in the ring today for the Presidency. Should shake things up a bit.
4. New HBO shows, Carnivale and K Street. Very excited. Of course, HBO is the only thing worth watching on cable. That and C-SPAN, of course.
5. Bought the new Jane's Addiction CD, which came with a DVD of concert footage. First saw Jane's at the first Lallapalooza in...1991? For all you kids, that's a rock concert from the 20th century, kind of like Woodstock, but with more body piercings and less mud.

Grandma Bella

My father's mother, Bella, as a child in Germany.

Fly Fly, Fly away...

My oh my. An interesting story is finally seeing the light of day:

"Top White House officials personally approved the evacuation of dozens of influential Saudis, including relatives of Osama bin Laden, from the United States in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks when most flights were still grounded, a former White House adviser said today." NY Times, 9/3/03

And if you subscribe to Salon, they have an interesting write-up on this as well:

"Americans who want to understand an important aspect of what has gone wrong with the Bush "war on terrorism" must read Craig Unger's stunning investigative story in the October issue of Vanity Fair. He provides a definitive account of how members of the bin Laden family and relatives of the House of Saud were spirited out of the country on private aircraft during the days following the Sept. 11 attacks -- when almost all aviation was prohibited."

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.

Just watched the first debate among the Democratic Presidential candidates.

The Good = There are seven candidates that I would gladly vote for and are highly qualified to lead this country.

The Bad = See above. How do we choose, and how do we rally around one candidate?

The Ugly = Joe Leiberman

But I raise my glass to all of the candidates that took part tonight, here's to all of you.

Johnny be good

From CNN:

"Hollywood star Johnny Depp said on Wednesday the United States was a stupid, aggressive puppy and he would not live there until the political climate changed."

"Depp slammed George W. Bush's administration for its criticism of French opposition to the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

"I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots," he told Stern."

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Not only am I going to go see Pirates of Carribean and his other new movie coming out, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, but I'm going to go to back and watch all the old episodes of 21 Jump Street.