All the moral justification needed for the US to invade Iraq and hang Saddam from the highest spire until vultures pick his carcass clean =>

Because it can.

What good is it to be an empire if you can't initiate unprovoked, unilateral action from time to time.

BTW, if I hear that this is a war for oil one more time, I swear I'll take a hostage. Earth to whack-job kooks (both on the left and the right): There is plenty of oil in the world, and they are finding more every day. War will in all likelihood send oil prices up and hurt the US economy, not to mention probably wreck Iraq's oil producing capacity in the short term once they employ the Swiss strategy and blow their wells sky high. Only a diehard conspiracy theorist could concoct a way for this to be of some benefit to GWB and his cabal of Fatcat Oil-baron Cronies(TM). A much more likely theory is that Bush Jr. is attempting to do a little legacy repair for dear old dad, the man who will be remembered by history as the guy who couldn't finish the job in Gulf War 1, and who lost his position while Saddam was able to keep his.

Another semi-plausable theory is that Jr. is hoping for a ratings bump that will get him through 2004. Still, if this is supposed to be some sort of Wag-the-Dog scenario, it seems like it's a little premature to me. George H. W. was riding high in the polls in 1990, only to suffer ignominious defeat a little over two years later. And if there is one period of history that GWB could be said to have studied with scholarly rigor, it is 1988-92.
jkb at 11:12 PM

Happy Freekin' New Year =>
Given that January 1st is nearly devoid of astronomical significance, and thus an almost a random date for the new year, then the 12th of that month couldn't be a much worse date for my New Year's greeting. Here's hoping that on the final tick of 2003, you're still breathing and your bank account has a positive balance.

My goals for this year:

• Make more money, but not so much that my daughter's financial aid suffers
• Learn how to use my anger to discover my fears and expectations
• Lose 10Lbs. (this is a perennial favorite for some, but a first for me)
• Have more sex
• Get my son into karate
• Get my daughter into a good college (see above)
• Ditch all my crappy cars for one car/truck that is slightly less crappy
• Get more quality sleep
• Create a plan for organizing my life (I am under no illusions that the actual organization process will take less than a decade, but having a good plan wouldn't be a bad place to start)
• Write more, edit less - it's easy to remain perfect if one does nothing
• Drive closer to the speed limit (the fines are bad enough, but traffic school is sure to cure anyone of lead-foot)
• Call my mom more
• Learn some drum rudiments
• Return friend's emails in a more timely fashion
• A bunch of other boring crap that I won't burden the reader with, but that needs to get done

Even a bad movie needs a script, and that's mine for now - plenty of re-writes are in store no doubt.
jkb at 11:18 PM

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About me and this site =>
My name is John Bordage. I grew up in Maine, went to college in Boston, then moved to San Diego county, where I live with my wife, two kids, a cat, a roommate and his dog. I divide my attention between my family, my steady day-job as a carpenter, my freelance work as a tech consultant, playing drums in two bands, and staring at a computer screen for amusement and edification.

This site was developed using Dreamweaver 3, though the code was mostly writen by hand or cut-and-pasted from other examples. Work was done on both a Celron PC and a Mac G4, depending on which one my daughter was using at the moment.

Disclaimer =>
All opinions writen by me on this site are mine alone, and not those of my employer, my clients, my family, my bands, my mother, my pets, or any other person or entity that is not me. In fact, some of the opinions stated within are not even mine (sometimes I just like to say crap to see what it sounds like).

Those who are easily offended, ill humored or just plain ignorant should avoid this whole affair, as I will probably say something to offend just about anyone at least once, unless of course you like to be annoyed, in which case read all you like, see what the fuck I care. Asshole.