happened to watch the original press conference on tv, C&L now has
a clip of the president’s strange jaw movement. I remember
thinking…he could be on anti-depressants.

Carole coleman (You may have already seen this – she felt like slapping GW.) if not, her story is on times online.
The emperor of the free world has no clothes. The weird thing is that
his handlers at the WH actually reffred to him as ‘the leader of the
free world’. In addition, it really brings to mind the influence of
propaganda in news reporting. Katrina response was staged, Mission
accomplished was staged. Strange for America. Very strange.

Bracing
for the upcoming winter, and the forecasted increase (70% ?!) in energy
costs for heating. Be it natural gas, electricity or oil, it seems like
this winter will be rough. NPR detailed a couple of steps you can take to cushion yourself.