Stomach flu is not fun...

Words to the wise. I've been smitten by a savage case of stomach flu. I live in Connecticut but have heard of folks from coast to coast getting dropped like yesterdays news. In situations like those, when some poor sod is complaining about his/her sickness I always say...very smugly...I don't get sick. Go ahead and snicker for I've been rendered useless...I now live in fear of being more than about 12 paces from working plumbing:)

Speaking of plumbing. The Sh*thole that is Iraq is unravelling before our eyes. The western press will regale you with stories of Iraq being on the 'Brink' of civil war or they'll flip-flop all over the place (See the NY Times coverage...) Here's a nice piece by The Ausralian titled "Gates of Hell are Open"

"Jordanian regional analyst Labib Qamhawi says the beleaguered country is on a precipice. "I would say the threat of civil war is very, very imminent now," he says. "Unless the religious leaders and the political leaders on all sides join forces in preventing this possibility, we might see ourselves in the middle of a vicious civil war in a country that lacks effective central power.

"This is a recipe for disaster because a large country like Iraq cut into pieces and partitions on various grounds [will not work]. The Iraqis must now gather forces and form a government of national unity that would prevail in the country, that would act as central government.

"The failure [to do so] is fusing various types of tension, whether religious or ethnic. The Sunnis must be rehabilitated within the Iraqi political system."

Makes you wish Saddam were still in power...but not quite...or maybe...:)

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Blow the Whistle. Lose your job. Jason Leopold continues his excellent coverage of the Plame Affair with THIS piece on the Bush Administrations attempts to silence criticism...remember current UN Ambassdor John Bolton visiting Judy Miller in jail? Leopold starts to fill in the blanks with how/when Bolton was involved in the leak...Fitzgerald must have a flow chart a mile high at this point...

Did you see that Phillipine President Gloria Arroyo declared a state of emergency? Didn't think so...

Stay Naked.