Hammer Mill Days

Settle down, now. That's right. Keep calm. ( Zamboola - grab the net !) That's right, nobody's gonna' harm you. ( Not that net, you idiot... the fishing net !) Nice monster.... Whoops, sorry. Didn't mean to ignore you. Just kind of got our hands full over here in Big Green -land. (No, not Greenland .... Big Green land. Just a turn of phrase - let it pass, let it pass). Not that we're incapable of coping, lord no. Why, we've got some truly unique talent to work with over here. Hell, Big Zamboola himself is an entire planet of wisdom, substantially reduced in size, but still... And Marvin (my personal robot assistant) holds all the knowledge of the ages within his somewhat threadbare memory banks. (It would be helpful if he would just let a little of it out once in a long while, but there you have it.) So sure, we can handle just about anything. Though if any of you have any experience working with giant sea creatures - particularly the more belligerent var...

People can disagree about what might be the best course for America's Iraq policy, but one thing is certain: the only way to stop the U.S. war in Iraq is to cut off the money for it. I know, I've been over this ground many times, but it remains the case that Bush is never, never, never going to voluntarily bring the troops out of that miserable hulk of a country. That leaves only one option - turn off the revenue tap. The Democratic congressional leadership and "front runner" presidential candidates make this out to be a complex affair, but it's really much more as Rep. Dennis Kucinich describes it. To cut off the funding, congress doesn't need to pass any legislation at all - quite the opposite. Simply block any further supplemental spending bills for the Iraq war. This will force the administration to implement an orderly withdrawal. If they don't agree to approve specific funding for a withdrawal and reparations plan along the lines of what George McGo...