A number of things!

Another week has started and the weather in Chicago is not bad.

Yesterday it was perfect. My block had a block party - seems pretty rare in the big city - I experienced these little neighborhood get togethers in other much smaller communities but I think this is unusual in this setting. Got to meet a few new folks.

Haven't ridden my cycle for almost two weeks - first the heat - then the rain - now a commitment that required wearing a suit - so in the four wheeled monster. Can't tomorrow as I am going down to Lafayette to my sister's retirement ceremony (my younger sister - how depressing! :-) not really. Maybe I'll ride on Wednesday.

Hooray! Our US AG finally resigns! I have new appreciation for his predessesor Ashcroft who at least had some scruples. Gonzales fits in the same boat with Rove - totally political animals with no consciences. This man was a danger to US society - his memos as White House counsel probably got us into the whole torture mess - we don't have to comply with the Geneva Conventions - unbelievable! Glad that he's gone - at least there is a little justice!

And Dick Cheney falls right in line (along with Rumsfield and Wolfawicz) with his totally political behavior. It's hard to find anyone in this administration who has a little humanism in even their pinkie! Did you see this clip on our VP?

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2879&id=10983-3748630-DEO01n&t=2

What an opportunist! The father knew it was a disaster to go into Iraq and the new tricky Dicky went along then. Why did he change his story a few years later?

With all the campaigning going on (ugh), we should just have the election this fall, get bush out, and put some Democrat in office this January - give them a five year term as they will need all of that time and more to start to right all of the wrongs of the bush administration.

Remember that you saw it here many weeks ago that the Dems should go with a Clinton - Obama ticket. I think that the country is so fed up with bush and his cronies that this unheard of ticket - a woman and a black man - should win. We need drastic action for terrible times.

That's about it for now.

Take care.