ALL YOUR GOSSIP ARE BELONG TO US!!!

The news about Mr. Bush tapping people's phones, (or having them tapped, whatever) really didn't surprise me at all. In fact I think my reaction went something like this:

"oh, is that really news?"

A few months ago I was on hold, and singing to myself. What was I singing?

"Remember, remember, the fifth of November,
gunpowder, treason, and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot."

yup! A jaunty little ditty about blowing up houses of government! What can I say, I love V for Vendetta, and had been recently on the website for the upcoming movie. Anyway, after the phone call was completed, I found myself feeling a little nervous. It's hard to deal with this constantly thickening cloud of uncertainty and fear that surrounds us. I think Mr. Bush and his fellow officials are putting logs on this fire, not running up with an extinguisher. The recent shooting involving sky marshals and a mentally unstable individual was really unfortunate. I don't blame the marshals, not with what little I know about the incident at this point. I feel sorry for them and the victim. Both of them steeped in this fear and unease, I'm surprised this sort of thing hasn't happened sooner. And I blame the administration, fully. Was there a 911 conspiracy? Did they know? I have no idea, and I don't care. What matters is how this whole incredibly tragic situation has been handled in these few years. As much as I dislike any kind of military action, I really felt that Mr. Bush's decision to go into Afghanistan was at least an attempt at bringing in the people responsible for what happened. He waited a few months, did some talking, and then in we went. But this Iraq thing? What the hell???? I wish I could reach right through the radio sometimes when I hear him speak. I didn't vote for him, and honestly I think we should have had some kind of oversight in that last election, it was fucked up. And I am sure many other elections have been equally fucked up. It's a fucked up system. It's big, awkward, and clumsy. But it's what we've got until we get something better, so I'd like to try and use it. So this guy is president, ok, I'll grit my teeth and wait four more years.

because I can't run away to New Zealand, as much as I want to.

I listen to a lot of NPR, everyday. Earlier this year, the little boy really started noticing what was being said on the news, suicide bombers, what's that mama? Where is there a war? Who is arial sharon? Were there so many spiders in there with him? Was it like Mirkwood?
The boy, being four, is a big fan of the president. He like rules, and he likes leaders and kings, and all that. He's going to be a little hall monitor, I'm sure. So whenever the president would talk, he would listen. And he like George Bush, and said he couldn't wait until he grew up so he could vote for him. I did nothing to convince him otherwise, he's four! Let him have it, the security and faith in leadership. Sure makes my job easier. But recently, as the debates have really heated up, the little boy and I were having lunch and he said to me:

"I think he wanted that war."

He does this a lot. He introduces a sentence with no context, and no reference to who or what or where he is talking about. "hey, she totally did the thing!" ???? Who did what? And it takes a few minutes to sort out what he's talking about. We have discussed the idea of subjects and objects and references, but this has not taken hold. "who wanted what war?" I asked between bites. "the president, I think he wanted the war, I think he's bad. When is his turn over?"

oh my god, a freakin' four year old can see through him.