Seriously- dead seriously- remember when the one scandal we had to worry about, was whether or not the president had lied about getting a bit of oval-office nookie?

Here's the deal: If Bill Clinton had installed a revolving door in the white house, through which streamed a mile-long file of large-nosed, pudgy white house aides, whom, upon entering, would strip, and take their place among a pile of their cohorts straddling Bill Clinton's naked, prostrate body, while C-Span cameras broadcast the steaming heap of flesh, live, to every household in the united states, the offense would be minor, compared to the death of one, single american in a war based on lies.

Much less 2,000.

I have a feeling that many of you don't know how much 1,000 is, really. Yes- it's 20 times 50- the square root of 1,000,000, and the number of meters in a kilometer. But these aren't numbers- these are PEOPLE. On the occasion of the 1,000th death in Iraq, I created this animation, which shows you exactly what 1,000 names look like. Take a look- if you're bored halfway through, tough- watch it to the end. These people have DIED- the least you can do is spend three minutes of your life seeing their names.

But that was yesterday- now, there are twice as many dead. In fact, it's likely that two to three times as many have died, in the meatgrinder of Iraq, since the DOD doesn't count those who have died in, or en route to, military hospitals outside of Iraq.

I could wax on and on, and try to be eloquent about this whole mess, but I can't.

This government- this administration- is a grim reaper which walks to and fro across this world, feet ankle-deep in blood. They know nothing else, but to facilitate and create death, on a massive scale. They are murderers- evil, corrupt, lying sowers of death that are bereft of the fundamental concept of humanity, and compassion.

Bush and his republican cohorts flaunt their adherence to a culture of life, by passing a midnight resolution to "save" the life of a brain-dead woman, but they turn a blind eye, while thousands die in Iraq and New Orleans. Bush vacations while soldiers die, and the poor starve.

I am emotionally numb, tonight. I cannot convey the anger that should be within me. I cannot relate the sadness that I feel.

All I feel within me, is an emptiness that goes beyond words. I wish I could be happy, considering today will most likely be Fitzmas, but I can't...

The Freeper right can't be bothered with such weaknesses- they're continuing their "yay war" messaging 'round the clock at Free Republic. Nice for them to be so brave, so resolute, so stalwart in their herculean efforts of mindlessly supporting a war that other people have to fight and die in.

Sickening- truly sickening.

Cindy Sheehan has returned to Washington DC, and will chain herself to the white house gates, until she is arrested. As soon as she's released from police custody, she'll head to the local hardware store, pick up a new set of chains and locks, and re-chain herself to the gates.

That woman has more cajones than the entire male half of Free Republic, combined.

Moveon.org is planning a nationwide vigil for the 2,000 (along with the 100,000-plus Iraqi dead), tonight. Click here to find a vigil in your area, or to host your own.

As before- I will be hosting my own vigil- and, as before, I invite all of you right-wing cowards who have threatened me, in times past, to grow a pair, and meet me, face-to-face.

New Media, tomorrow- a new animation is in the works- I've spent the evening gathering photos of the most horrific nature, for the project (due to be completed, on Monday.)

I'm sick of playing nice. Today, I watched Bush speaking to a hand-picked audience of military officer's wives, and when he launched into his standard diatribe about why the war in Iraq is so damned necessary, I was floored.

He didn't even try. He leaned, slouching, on the podium, belching out his talking points, one by one, in a weary voice whose undertones conveyed a clear message:

"I'm sick of having to explain this to you damned peons. Rove told me that Fox News had explained it to ya'll- why am I having to do this, again?"

And this time- I watched closely- and damned if the rumors weren't right- His jaw was wobbling to and fro, like crazy- Whenever he wasn't talking, he had a tooth-grinding act going on that was freaky.

I've seen this before- in cocaine addicts. The national enquirer broke the story, in the wake of Katrina, that Bush had returned to the bottle- but now, it looks like he's sending out some unlucky white house page to inner-city DC to pick up some of that peruvian blue flake.

Not Good.

Until tomorrow.

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