I’ve had a lot of fun, many great experiences and made my share of mistakes. Am excited about the future…and things that are happening now. Don’t really want to go back. And all the good things I carry with me anyway.

I’m not really a spectator sports person, never have been. But do a lot of sports. The ones I watch on occasion are equestrienne events, and the major horse races like the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. And sometimes the opening events of the Olympics, but not really interested this year. Do like watching Olympic skiing and figure skating events.

Dona—Having lived in Carmel, and in Santa Barbara, two towns adjacent to the big fires that have destroyed 800 sq. miles….I am livid when think of all the damage done by this deranged, despicable individual. Our National Guard is off fighting his phony war to enrich Haliburton and Exxon, an destroy two other countries, while beautiful California is burning up for lack of resources. The firefighters are stretched thin, and because Bush refuses to declare an disaster (ie it’s an ‘emergency’) thus there are no extra funds that are needed esp for housing for all the displaced people. http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/07/feds_say_califo.html Today I walked through the Presidio. Can remember it from childhood…if anything much more beautiful today due to responsible management. Adjacent Chrissy Field all along the Bay, also. Such a monument of excellent urban planning and responsible use of natural resources so they greatly benefit the public while also protecting the resource. All the natural wildlife, tidal pools, sand dunes etc all have been brought back and so many people out enjoying it in a way that sustains it. And that piece of merde occupying the WH is letting our beloved California go up in smoke for lack of resources because they’ve all gone into the pockets of war profiteers. It is disgusting beyond words…at least words that could be used here. If Our Founding Fathers were alive Bush Inc would have been dealt with long ago. We deserve better, the world deserves better. He destroyed so much in 8 years it is breathtaking…I hope he burns in hell for eternity.

Thomas Jefferson Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us. I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast. Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

This is fun….on Paris subway…people really start getting into this towards the end. Diplomacy through music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF-KagTq7qY

Emma, “I have no problem with anyone demeaning the intelligence and competence of GWB, lol!” That does make an awfully easy target: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1Du_Nx9DeU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4DykmZz_YA&feature=related Europe making fun of Bush http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M3JT45j0xk And why we have a stupid president. Basic questions asked of Americans that they can’t answer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE&feature=related

Sherrie, Osama bin Forgotten sent Ann C an email…… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8diyjMf1gs And Bush is on his Tour America To Survey Damage Caused By His Presidency: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aEURwsrUSQ But there is a new Ann Coulter Song to learn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye_2a7Lrl80

Phyllis, Instead of silver shimmer or Batman comic gift wrap…how about the “Mission Accomplished” banner…..you know the one from May 2003? Hmmm, might be a tad dusty since that would make the Mission Accomplished 5+years ago. Funny, how that is. The US won WWII in under 4 years and on multiple fronts, not in a little country smaller than California with 2/3’s it’s population and no planes. But didn’t Georgie have such a swell time announcing it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFijzDyJnVE And especially with Bush being such a Top Gun…oh that’s right he was AWOL from the Natl Guard. Never mind, he was a good cheerleader http://www.the7thfire.com/images/BushCheerleader.jpg And he’s a dancing fool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOtYrD31DsU&feature=related So let’s see, giftwrap for a cheerleader who likes to dance. How about Barbie Dancing Princess giftwrap, or the Mission Accomplished banner. Hard to choose-I think he’d like both. Just nothing wih horses, he’s afraid of those, so none on the ‘ranch’. http://www.heroesforkids.co.uk/images/BARBIE/barbie12giftwrap.jpg

Lemme guess, Gary, Red State? Click to enlarge. By state average IQ that went for Bush. http://www.bushflash.com/jpg/or_01.jpg You may “fill’ that Dumya’s the best prez ever….but the historians have voted, and 66% voted him the worse in US history. And Americans overwhelmingly chose him as a worse villain than Saddam, OBL, Kim Jong II, the Prez of Iran, or The Prince of Darkness, Satan. Pretty hard to out-poll Satan as evil—-but your man Bushie did it. Good job, Bushie! http://www.metacafe.com/watch/360225/ap_poll_bush_1_villain_of_2006/

Speaking of which, with voting for Bush by IQ of states: http://www.bushflash.com/jpg/or_01.jpg Whadaya think of that, Bushie? http://www.jcnot4me.com/images/Bush-monkey.gif

“Thank you for our tax cuts” Thank you for deliberately destroying and making our common air, water and land toxic so that 3,000 Americans die every single day from environmentally related cancers, and pulmonary disease is at an all time high in children: http://www.bushflash.com/sp.html Thank you for lying us into a war that has killed over 4,113. This video was in 2004 when the US KIA was 1,000….. http://www.bushflash.com/1000.html And Thank You for the $8,708 BILLION Federal Debt to pay for YOUR PHONY war that according to the Bi-Partisan June 2008 Senate Intell report you lied the US public and Congress into, knowing that there were no WMD and that there was NO connection between Saddam and 911 or Al Qaeda. Who’s profitted? Cheney by tens of millions by handing no-bid contracts to Haliburton, Exxon, and other Bush Admin friends. US citizens ultimately pay because this is who Bush has borrowed $$ from to pay for his illegal war: US Citizens: $2674B Japanese:$649B Chinese: $354B Brits: $249B OPEC: $102B Koreans: $66B Taiwanese: $63B Carib. Banks: $63B Germans: $55B Hong Kong: $55B Brazilians: $54B Canadians: $54B Luxemborg: $38B Mexico: $36B France: $31B Singapore:$29B Swiss: $27B Turks: $24B Swedes: $19B Irish: $19B Dutch: $18B Thais: $17B Israelis: $17B Belgians: $15B Indians: $15B Italians: $14B Poles: $13B All others: $148B US Govt. $3794B “Thank you for restoring dignity to the White House.” http://nixonisinhell.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/15bush-finger-2.jpg http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/F/_/bush_flipping_finger.jpg http://www.voccoquan.com/images/bush%20finger.JPG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv2HxRAjlHo Bush Administration screwing Vets out of their promised education over $2B http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc0BAwAJ8KY Bush KNEW they were lying us unto a needless war PER the Bi-Partisan Senate Intell Committee Report: The Center for Public Integrity: http://www.publicintegrity.org/WarCard/?gclid=CL_f8f-TqJQCFSEbagodyGyWtw “FOLLOWING 9/11, PRESIDENT BUSH AND SEVEN TOP OFFICIALS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION WAGED A CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED CAMPAIGN OF MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE THREAT POSED BY SADDAM HUSSEIN’S IRAQ.” New York Times: “The 170-page report accuses Mr. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other top officials of repeatedly overstating the Iraqi threat in the emotional aftermath of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Its findings were endorsed by all eight committee Democrats and two Republicans, Senators Olympia J. Snowe of Maine and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/world/middleeast/06intel.html?hp In a statement accompanying the report, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat who is chairman of the intelligence panel, said, “The president and his advisers undertook a relentless public campaign in the aftermath of the attacks to use the war against Al Qaeda as a justification for overthrowing Saddam Hussein.” “Senate Report Shows Intel Debunked Al Qaeda-Iraq Link Before Bush’s Speech” http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/intel.php Oh And Thank You For the Plans to Bomb Iran!! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3851426890212250833&q=genre%3Ac…

JC B- Great avatar. A video B-Day greeting for the pResident: http://www.bushflash.com/antiwar2.html

Fontessa- It must be difficult for you living in the USA. The Associated Press did a poll asking the American public to vote for the biggest villain of 2006, and the results were reported on MSNBC…see video tape below. The public was given these choices: Saddam, Osama bin Forgotten, Kim Jong II, the Pres of Iran, Satan and President 6-Pack. Bush was choosen by a wide margin. SATAN was more popular than Bush by wide margin! http://www.bushflash.com/yt92.htm Oh, and heckler’s didn’t like him at his July 4th speech either, yelling “War Criminal” and “He brought fascism to this shore” and other truths like that. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/bush_heckled_…

Carol L—I understand and often concur with your sentiments, but please stay anyway.

“I hope Obama can capture bin Laden.” James, dear, give me a break. You can find a pimple on a knat from outer space on Google Earth. He’s probably poolside at Bellagio knocking back Stingers.