Monday, December 19, 2005

Monday Evening Raccoon Blogging

One more of these. This was taken outside with me standing about six feet from Mr. Raccoon...and yes, I was careful. Several of you have sent me links to sites that explain that these critters can carry rabies or other nastiness. Thanks for your concern but I don't get that close to them. I just think it's amazing that at least one of them doesn't run when I step outside. He hangs around with an attitude of, "Take your damn pictures if you have to. Just so long as you fill the food dish and clear out."

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Recommended Reading

Fred Kaplan reviews Bush's recent speeches.

• Posted at 8:25 PM · LINK

Recommended Reading

I've been reading more articles on the domestic spying matter, doing my best to avoid the pieces that defend Bush just because it's Bush, or damn Bush for the same reason. There's a lot of writing out there by folks who were so eager to begin spinning for their side that they didn't bother to learn the facts of the matter first. This piece by David Sirota seems to me to have a rational handle on the matter. And yes, I know he's a partisan writing on a (mostly) partisan weblog. But I think he raises the questions that need to be answered before we'll know what this is all about.

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