And a few more...

I tell you what, I could crop pictures quicker using
a box-cutter on the LCD screen. Anyway, here's the last
few. Click to enlarge by the way.
From the Abdul Rahman rally.

Rally for Abdul Rahman - new pictures

Not a huge turn-out, but on the upside, everyone there
was someone worth meeting. People who have concern for their
fellow man are good people to know.
The police were pleasant too -- not many hot-heads in the
crowd, except, you know, for me. No, I was well behaved too,
in spite of a rough night, and even rougher traffic getting
up to embassy row.
















At the bottom of the sign: The People's Cube, accidentally cut off.









Keeping the grown-ups in line.

No way could I have made a sign this nice. I went signless.

The sign says I heart Freedom.
That's a good thing to heart. That's the truth.

Awwwww, come on

From Reuters via Yahoo:

By Saul Hudson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington increased pressure on
Afghanistan on Thursday to end the prosecution of a man facing
possible execution for converting to Christianity after the case angered
President George W. Bush's evangelical supporters.

Angered his WHAT? Are there any Americans who are saying that
this situation is ok? Aren't we all angered? How big of a ass
must Saul Hudson be to try and paint this as another example
of evangelicals telling the president what to do. There is very
important news here. Important issues. And this sorry excuse
of a reporter has to lead off with that?

Abdul Rahman again

I hope someone is considering getting Mr Rahman out of
the country if he is allowed to go free. Would it
surprise anyone if the man was killed on his way out
of prison? And of course it's not clear that he'll
escape a mental institution even if he does avoid the
criminal charge.

Anyway, this lower work load has got me thinking about
showing up for the rally at the embassy:

Friday March 24
Noon to 1pm
Outside the Afghan Embassy
2341 Wyoming Ave NW.
Washington DC

One thing I wondered about: will there be counter-protestors?

Trey Parker and Matt Stone

Trey Parker and Matt Stone - I love you guys.

So when Issac Hayes quit South Park (because his
Scientological sensibilities were shaken by an episode)
the creators, Matt and Trey, did a farewell episode.
Sort of a, "Bye Isaac, It's been fun."
Let's see... they turned his character into a pederast,
struck him with lightning, set him on fire, bounced him
down a cliff, impaled him on a tree limb, had a mountain
lion and a grizzly bear rip him to pieces, and then
had the pieces resurrected into a perverted Darth Vader.
Oh, and I think he took a few bullets in there as well.

It's good to see the boys don't keep their anger bottled
up inside. Also - remind me to never, never piss off Trey
Parker or Matt Stone.

Fall Out

So guess who I'm seeing next month?
I'll be the one fitting right in. OK, maybe not
exactly fitting. I'll be the one with three to
five giggling girls pretending that they don't
know me. Or, maybe my kid will confess to having
a dad, I dunno. She's asked me to wear my "If It's
Too Loud -- You're Too Old" t-shirt.

Smash the State

Know what I've gotten from the stills and videos of
yesterday's protests? It's like nobody put much effort
into it. Look how this guy identifies himself as
psychological counselor. I've put more effort into
bathroom stall writings.

Though I do applaud his instincts, if you're a lumberjack
you go where the trees are.

Addul Rahman

I know it will mean little; but it is doing something anyway.

Ambassador Said T. Jawad
Embassy of Afghanistan
2341 Wyoming Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008


Sir,
I urge you to convey to your president the Christian world’s
astonishment that Abdul Rahman may be facing the death
penalty. Does Afghanistan have the right to do this thing?
Yes, at the cost of American lives, you are now a free country
and you are free to as you please. But is it right? The
civilized world tells you no. And I would warn you that you
would be taking the life of a man who worships the God of
Abraham and Isaac. Even worse, you would be doing it because
he worships the God of Abraham and Isaac. I do not understand
how Islam can justify this.

sincerely,

lumberguy

Also, an actual letter on paper means more trees to
cut down; a win-win situation.

Historic dissonance

From Opinion Journal- Best of the Web:

"President Bush sketched an expansive vision last night of what he expects to accomplish by a war in Iraq. Instead of focusing on eliminating weapons of mass destruction, or reducing the threat of terror to the United States, Mr. Bush talked about establishing a 'free and peaceful Iraq' that would serve as a 'dramatic and inspiring example' to the entire Arab and Muslim world, provide a stabilizing influence in the Middle East and even help end the Arab-Israeli conflict."--editorial, New York Times, Feb. 27, 2003

"One prominent neoconservative, Francis Fukuyama, asserts in a new book that the administration embraced democracy as a cornerstone of its policy only after the failure to find unconventional weapons in Iraq. The issue was seized upon to justify the war in retrospect, and then expanded for other countries, he says."--New York Times, March 17, 2006

Overload

Overload
What happens when the driver just can't stop
saying, 'well, maybe just one more.'