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"whenever i talk to bush supporters, they seem strangly convinced that the guy, for whatever his faults, at least does not 'play politics.' when i first heard bush supporters making such claims, i was really stunned. was i was hearing was so different from my perceptions of the president. but the more i talk to people on the other side, the more it's becoming clear to me that while many are unhappy with one or more of bush's policy, they at least see him as being a straight-up type of guy with the american people. the marriage amendment is an opportunity to unmask the proposal for what it is, not a serious policy initiative (for bush does not seem to be doing anything to try to win over the 44 senators who are against it) but rather a cynical wedge ssue. it's time to start calling bush on these things." -- "Up Your Nose", 2004-02-29

Slept poorly, woke many times, managed not to kick the cat off the bed while turning over. Odd dream fragment lingered when I woke.

When I woke up, I was oddly disturbed about the interior of the train being wrong, which I hadn't even noticed while I was dreaming it.

I give up. I'm unplugging the rest of my LAN from the net so the cranky Win98 box can have its own precious little dial-up connection while I try to download video drivers and such for it. *grumble* *pout* *gripe* *snarl* I'll be effectively offline for a few hours, most likely.