## TOMPAINE.com - The First Lie - Here’s an interesting little editorial from a lawyer about how the United States Constitution gives the power to declare war only to the Congress. The author trie...

## MoveOn.org: Democracy in Action - Here’s the TV ad that won the “Bush in 30 Seconds” contest. CBS is refusing to air it, though, saying it’s too controversial. What do you think?

## [Westword westword.com News : Calhoun - The Apes of Wrath: It takes a village to raze a Chinese restaurant, By Patricia Calhoun](http://westword.com/issues/2004-01-15...

## Wow, it’s already the 12th and this is my first blog entry of 2004. It’s Monday night and Beth and I just got back from a 4 day weekend in Washington, D.C. We went there to visit our friend Syb...

## “One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords, and you’re into jazz.” - Lou Reed

## Since I’ve been using my Midiman Radium-61 MIDI controller keyboard exclusively these days, I’ve found a lot of things I with they’d designed better. A week or two ago, I was inches away from j...

## I just finished watched the 2nd of the two-part “miniseries” of Battlestar Galactica. This is a brand new one, featuring Edward James Olmos as Commander Adama. It was produced for the SciFi Cha...

## Well, it’s done! Last night my band 404 Not Found played our first gig since August. That was a 5 month hiatus from live performance. The event was our CD release party for “Paper Cuts” and it ...

## Yahoo! News - U.S. Says Saddam Held Under Geneva Convention Rules: “‘He is being treated in accordance with the Geneva conventions and provided protections of a prisoner of war,’ McClellan told...

## Yahoo! News - Saddam Hussein Captured Alive Near Tikrit - Woo hoo! Finally, some good news regarding the Iraq occupation. Hopefully this will signal the beginning of the end of the resistance m...