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it seems to me that the democrats are being framed in a bizarre way now--as somehow "anti-war"--as favoring immediate withdrawal--which i havent actually seen and i dont think is accurate. what they seem to be angling for is something like a sane approach to this bush-made, republican-made debacle. you know, a plan. something that was optional before, apparently. something that manly Resoluteness was supposed to fill in for.
it also seems to me that this stalemate is not the only thing happening, that the bush people are madly scrambling--with co-operation from all sides, it appears, behind the scenes to figure out something that might approach sanity. i even saw something earlier today somewhere (normally i would look for it, but at the moment, i have other things to tend to so havent the time) that the bush people are looking to approach the united nations in an effort to internationalize the conflict. which is saner than either of the nitwit meme-level approaches that are being floated at the level of television identity politics, which it seems that folk are most willing to fall for, simply because it does what it is supposed to do: distract you from the debacle itself. and it IS a fucking debacle.
so i dunno, folks: i dont think this is the central or interesting level at which to look at what may happen in iraq, this pissing match over funding and what, if anything, it'll get tied to, and these one-dimensional correlates that seem to follow from it.
off to make sure that my cooking project doesnt go to hell.
i have a plan, you see.
of course, cooking is not a war. but cooking needs a plan. so does a fucking war. jeez.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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