Be mean... they may add you to their blogroll (or not).
I received an email a while back from my elected representative in
congress Sam Farr.
Within his chatty newsletter, important news:
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As the summer legislative session kicks into high gear, I wanted to
update you on energy issues, student loan concerns, renewing ocean and
fishing laws, this year's winner of the annual Congressional Artistic
Discovery competition, and progress on a Fort Ord Veterans Cemetery .
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Well that just put me in a ...mood. A new veteran's cemetery, oh boy!
Here's the end result of my pique:
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Mr. Farr,
I sincerely hope you aren't affiliated with the group of Democrats
that believe the propagandistic, self-serving, time-wasting H.R 861,
and the policies it supports, was worth more than toilet paper to the
2500 dead soldiers caused by the US government's attempt to assert
hegemony over the Iraqi and Afghani people, and perhaps soon, anyone
our corrupt, murderous, internationally despised administration would
care to demonize as "terrorists". cf. Somalia's ICU, whom the majority
of Somalis (unlike some of Somalia's businessmen with U.S.
affiliations) seem to have no problem with...
Leigh
http://leighm.net/
"...if we are going to do things like send Marines into Iran to force
Iranian women to wear bikinis at the beach, we are going to have a
very busy century and Arlington Cemetery is going to run out of room."
--Juan Cole, Professor of History, University of Michigan
So will Fort Ord's Cemetery. Support our troops... Bring them home TODAY!
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Today, from sitemeter, an interesting visitor:
Domain Name house.gov ? (United States Government)
IP Address 143.231.249.# (Information Systems, U.S. House of
Representatives)
ISP Information Systems, U.S. House of Representatives
Location
Continent : North America
Country : United States (Facts)
State : District of Columbia
City : Washington
Lat/Long : 38.8933, -77.0146 (Map)
Distance : 2,437 miles
Language unknown
Operating System Microsoft Win2000
Browser Internet Explorer 6.0
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Javascript disabled
Time of Visit Jun 21 2006 1:30:29 pm
Referring URL unknown
Visit Entry Page http://leighm.wordpress.com/2006/03/
Visit Exit Page http://leighm.wordpress.com/2006/03/
Out Click
Time Zone unknown
Visitor's Time Unknown
Visit Number 19,586
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Some headlines from that archive (dunno what the party at the other end
was searching *for* in my March archive.)
Bush told repeatedly that aluminum tubes were not for building a nuclear
weapon - Mother Jones
Surveillance in the sky: Homeland Security wants aerial drones with
cameras - PoliTech
Western media: Shaping susceptible minds 24 7 365 - US Media Bias:
Covering Israel/Palestine
[March 31 2006] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: I Figured It
Out… Due To Increasing Lifespans In The U.S. We’re Seeing The McCarthy
Era Again, And More Stupid Wars
I’m Sure They ‘Spiffy’d’ It Up For Him: Judge gets execution site tour -
San Jose Mercury News
[March 30 2006] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: Fishing
Stories: Let Me Tell You About The BIGGEST ‘Red Herring’ To Ever Swim
The Potomac - Immigration Reform
Fish Stories & ‘Red Herrings’ Redux: Our Fake Immigration Crisis - Alternet
Bush, Blair had ‘no evidence’ of Iraq WMDs - Australian Broadcasting
Corporation
I hope they found what they were looking for (immigration reform?).
Y'all come back now, y'hear?
Leigh
http://leighm.net/
