The Raven posts about a call he got recently that appears to have been part of a potential scam. 

Another excellent reminder of why it is important never to give out personal or financial information unless you're positively sure of whom you are speaking with....

What are they thinking in Washington DC these days?

Or is putting "thinking" and "Washington" in the same sentence an oxymoron?

Granted, I try not to watch the propaganda they laughingly call news these days; but from what I gather, emperor G.W. Bush is planing to have the U.S. jump feet first into a no-way-we-can-win war in Iraq. It even sounds like he is willing to go to war with, or without the approval of Congress.   [...]

While it has become common to see comparisons between President Bush's current actions and attitudes, St. Parker at .u.n.f.o.l.d.e.d. .r.e.q.u.i.e.m. has written a very interesting editorial looking at some of the commonaities between our current approach to Iraq and the course of the Vietnam war. I strongly recomment taking a few moments to check it out...