  Ah ha! Yes, now this is what I'm looking for. Good friends. Good insults. Yeah. Up until two this morning eating at the diner after a visit to a comedy show in the Cleveland Park area. And more hang out time to come. Yes, I am the ultimate dork. But I'm a happy dork! Ooh, ooh, gathered more bits and pieces of the giant puzzle I'm trying to put together, soon I'll have some idea of what the picture looks like! Yay! Any grand thoughts on society, current events, news? I'm trying to ignore all that, while enjoying the fact that this country has never had the stomach for being an outright colonizer.
We like to subvert and control, oh yes, and not let go, but to be as obvious as Iraq? Nah uh. Heh, and we now have blame going around about that statement. Damage control is finally failing; saying it does not make it so. One dissapointment: how slow we are with world news. Actually, a lot of news is recycled, and not just in the, "well isn't this interesting" or "here's a study" sector. The Brits had an inquiry about this info months ago, before the war even if I remember correctly. And now it's "news" here in the states. Just follow the news for a couple of years, especially bits made for national and local audiences, and you'll see the cycle. So much for trend setting. 
