I will try to be a little more active this week, as I was busy performing at the Fallujah Funny Bone last week. Tough crowd, the hecklers don't yell out insults if they don't like you, they just blow themselves up. By the way, interesting thing in Iraq is that all the guys who work at the 7-11's there are caucasian. Who knew?

I remember as a kid they used to have those Scared Straight programs to motivate kids to stay on the straight and narrow. I think the Iraqi prison abuse videos make them seem mild. Remember the cliched line about being sent to a "Turkish Prison?" Time to change the site.

The only way I can see the Bush administration salvaging this occupation is to install Colin Powell as Secretary of Defense, have Richard Armitage move up to top spot at the State Dept. and scrap any involvement of Cheney besides stirring up the Right-wing base on the fund raising circuit. Another wise move would be to have John McCain put in charge of overseeing the abuse of the prisoners, as he appears somewhat equitable with the rest of the world, as he underwent years of torture as a POW in Viet Nam. Powell, Armitage, McCain, and Chuck Hagel, who said yesterday he thinks Rumsfeld and Meyers need to consider resigning, are the kind of Republicans who should be running the country. Instead we have neo-conservatives in charge of the defense dept. and right wingers making social policy.

Read this column from last week by noted Republican, George Will.

Will blasts Bush for his lack of intelligence and diplomacy. I don't agree with a lot of Will (George, not Carroll) opinions, but I've always admired him for his intelligence and it's that quality that I believe has turned him against Bush on a lot of matters. The non-intellectual style the Shrub wears on his sleeve must put a double knot in the bow-tie Will wears around his pencil neck.

Watching Meet the Press, last Sunday, I was impressed with the opinions expressed by Senators Warner, Leahy, General Wesley Clark, and even Lindsay Graham, a guy I've had little use for in the past. All 4 of them had better things to offer than the empty statements the Bush administration have served up.

I would love for any Bush supporters to weigh in on why they think the administration has handled Iraq well, because I haven't seen much logic since the U.S. went in nearly unilaterally.

(Note baseball fans, I will weigh in on PNC park, tomorrow, as I just got back from working in Pittsburgh.)