Train graffiti

Another post that I would have done by voice at the time, if the damned voicepost was available.

On Tuesday, I took Sebastian with me up to Boston to spend the day with my parents. That is, he spent the day with them, and I worked. That's something we do on most Tuesdays.

Anyway, on the way up Sebastian noticed that someone had drawn something on our seat.

"Look, Daddy! What's that?"

I looked it over, and sure enough: it was a crude drawing of a dripping penis, complete with testicles. It was pointing downward, with the testicles on top.

"Um...what do you think it is, baby boy?"

"...it's a chef's hat! Right Daddy?"

I tried not to laugh. "That's right, Sebastian."

"...or maybe it's a 'T'?"

"Could be. Don't touch it."

Train graffiti

Another post that I would have done by voice at the time, if the damned voicepost was available.

On Tuesday, I took Sebastian with me up to Boston to spend the day with my parents. That is, he spent the day with them, and I worked. That's something we do on most Tuesdays.

Anyway, on the way up Sebastian noticed that someone had drawn something on our seat.

"Look, Daddy! What's that?"

I looked it over, and sure enough: it was a crude drawing of a dripping penis, complete with testicles. It was pointing downward, with the testicles on top.

"Um...what do you think it is, baby boy?"

"...it's a chef's hat! Right Daddy?"

I tried not to laugh. "That's right, Sebastian."

"...or maybe it's a 'T'?"

"Could be. Don't touch it."

Another Post letter

I couldn't resist making this comment on a Washington Post article about the US attorney firing revelations:

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It could not be more obvious that Gonzales and Bush consider the real mistake to be allowing Congress and the media to find out about this.

They knew what they were doing, and they are proud of it. They just regret that they got caught.

But there is still a good chance that they can get away with it. The always-compliant media has been allowing them to spin their intentionally meaningless statements as apologies. And everyone seems to be ignoring the most shocking aspect of the scandal: proof of a pre-planned, direct assault on the legislative branch by the executive branch.

The emails show that the replacements were planned more than a YEAR before a right-wing staffer for Senator Spector secretly placed the enabling passage into a bill that not one Senator bothered to read! They made their plans in advance, and subverted the legislative process when the time suited them. Why has this issue been ignored by the mainstream media?

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As always, the grammar is stilted because the Post's discussion forums can't cope with complicated characters like apostrophes and commas.

Another Post letter

I couldn't resist making this comment on a Washington Post article about the US attorney firing revelations:

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It could not be more obvious that Gonzales and Bush consider the real mistake to be allowing Congress and the media to find out about this.

They knew what they were doing, and they are proud of it. They just regret that they got caught.

But there is still a good chance that they can get away with it. The always-compliant media has been allowing them to spin their intentionally meaningless statements as apologies. And everyone seems to be ignoring the most shocking aspect of the scandal: proof of a pre-planned, direct assault on the legislative branch by the executive branch.

The emails show that the replacements were planned more than a YEAR before a right-wing staffer for Senator Spector secretly placed the enabling passage into a bill that not one Senator bothered to read! They made their plans in advance, and subverted the legislative process when the time suited them. Why has this issue been ignored by the mainstream media?

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As always, the grammar is stilted because the Post's discussion forums can't cope with complicated characters like apostrophes and commas.