Hammer Mill Days

Is this the Boise office? It ain't? Well then, who the hell is this, anyways? Okay, okay, get me Washington. Huh? Since when? Never mind, then... get me Lincoln. What... him too ? Jeezus.... Oh, it's you. Just try to get somebody on the phone these days! I mean, you'd think with all the portables and the VoIP and all that, it'd be easy... but nooooo . Actually, I've been trying to reach our rep over at Loathsome Prick Records - not the annoying PR guy who puts words in my mouth, but the A&R guy who takes money out of our pockets.... that guy. Wired up like a freaking christmas tree, he is. Never seen so many bleeding lights on something that wasn't a tractor-trailer. (So much for the colorful asides.) Been dialing long distance all morning and so far no luck. It's almost like they don't want to talk to us. And no, I'm not using the royal "we", nor is there a mouse in my pocket. When I call someone, it's on behalf of all of us. (P...

We're just a few months into the new congress, and it's becoming clear that the Democratic leadership doesn't have the stomach for stopping the war in Iraq. This week the Senate failed to pass a pretty flimsy measure calling for a full withdrawal (on good news) by sometime in 2008 - not exactly good news for those shipping out to Iraq for a third or fourth tour of duty. There are many reasons for this continuing failure, but prominent among them is the Democratic leadership's fear of appearing as though they don't fully "support the troops." For chrissake - how much effort does it take to knock that straw man over? Voting for funds to send soldiers into a bloody catastrophe is not "supporting the troops"; it's killing and maiming the troops. If congress defunds this policy, the Pentagon will have plenty of money to get everyone home safe, of fucking course. And yet they remain unwilling to do what needs to be done... what they were elected...

p> Big Green 's little ditty, the President's Brain is Missing, is now at #51 on Neil Young's Living With War chart . Drop on over and help get us into the top 50. Hey... if we do particularly well with this, we'll chip in on getting Dubya a new brain. Can't hoit.