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This is just wrong, and should not be allowed: White, The New Orange For Pumpkins.

This “Ghost Pumpkin” needs to be stopped. I don’t care how easy they are to draw on; they are an abomination. This is how we ended up with purple “grass” on Easter and it needs to be nipped in the bud.

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On Fresh Air yesterday: Richard Clarke Turns to Fiction: Scorpion’s Gate.

In his conversation with Terry Gross, Richard Clark noted that the invasion of Iraq has done what Iran was unable to do in a decade-long war: Saddam was removed, the threat of WMDs was gone, the Iraqi army was destroyed, and the Iraqi Shi’ia are free to ally with Iran.

And what a wonderful Iran we have. The new Iranian President, who is somewhat more radical than the Ayatollah Khomeini, has called for the elimination of Israel.

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Well placed sources at The News Blog are reporting today that blogger, Steve Gilliard, is now, and has been for his entire life, a Black guy.

Apparently the fact that Mr. Gilliard has reported this multiple times, has had his picture displayed on his site and other blogs, and has never denied it, was confusing to people.

While I question Mr. Gilliard’s judgment in his support of Manchester United and his aversion to spell checking, I sort of thought that you should have realized he was Black the second or third time he said it.

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Apparently not satisfied with being a footnote, Tropical Storm Beta could strengthen to a Category 2 hurricane before going ashore in Central America.

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The withdrawal was blamed on the Religious Reich by Democrats, while Miers said it was because Senators wanted to know what she has been doing for the last five years in the Bush administration.

Apparently she hasn’t applied for a job recently and doesn’t understand that employers like to check on your work history and want you to answer all of the questions on the application.

Pat Leahy on NPR just said that the Republicans were responsible for Ms. Miers not getting a hearing.

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The White Sox win the World Series, the US is at war, and there is a flu pandemic on the horizon – 1917 or 2005, your choice.

To avoid shortages for the flu season, Roche has stopped shipping Tamiflu because of personal hoarding.

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I have been extremely busy lately because my Mother is in the hospital and visiting her is eating up time. It isn’t serious, but she is not a “good patient” because she realized early on that it was an oversight on the part of the medical staff that has caused her hospitalization and an extended stay.

The hospital visits have exposed me to television again. Trying to track a hurricane on the Weather Channel is an exercise in frustration and the content of the channels selected by the other woman in my Mother’s room is enough to make one sick.

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The soon to be Tropical Storm Beta would appear to be a threat only to Nicaragua, but Central America certainly doesn’t need the rain.

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It’s good to see that Mustang Bobby at Bark Bark Woof Woof made it through Wilma relatively unscathed and is back on line.

Based on the complaints coming from people down South, it would appear that the Florida emergency management team has been FEMA-ized.

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