Just my analysis of the State of the Union speech.

I swear that they must have "applause" and "stand" signs that light up.

(from left to right in the video)
Ryan Bunnell
Cassie Burke
Matt Kellegrew
Kevin Laird

At Fort Zarpaws

1-26-08 - Westside Artswalk

Read this and found that Mr. D'Souza makes the case more clearly and more convincingly that I am able.

Read the entire article here

From the column "Actually Bush Didn't Lie"

"Two leftist organizations have released a study that claims that the Bush administration lied about Iraq. Somehow I think we've heard that one before. Well, the two groups--the Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Independence in Journalism--managed to secure major media attention by making the claim that the Bush administration released 935 false statements. Clearly no one was in the mood to read all 935, so the leftist groups boiled them down to 532. We hear that on 532 occasions the Bush administration claimed that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. So the claim is not that Bush told 532 lies, but that he told the same lie 532 times.



But consider this: If Bush actually knew that Iraq didn't possess weapons of mass destruction, and yet repeatedly told the American people that Iraq had them, didn't Bush expect that following the Iraq invasion his deception would be found out? When I raise this point with liberals on campus, they typically say, "Well, we're not saying that Bush knew for sure that there were no such weapons. We are saying that his administration stacked the data." But this is another way of saying that Bush actually believed that there were those weapons, and he mobilized whatever evidence he could muster to make his case. This may reflect prejudice against Saddam Hussein's motives or even imprudent decision making but it is hardly proof of lying..."

The column is not all that long and it really does a fine job of refuting the nonsense that goes around 

pretending to be truth. 

Briana Waters Pretrial Conference Hearing is 9 AM tomorrow. Please come bear witness to this process. The judge starts a prompt court and will start at 9am sharp. Please come dressed and act appropriate for the court. The Tacoma Federal Courthouse is located at 1717 Pacific Ave near downtown Tacoma.

Carpools will leave Olympia at 7:35 AM from the Grocery Outlet parking lot on the westside.

Briana Waters was indicted in 2006 for the UW Center for Urban Horticulture arson that took place in 2001. Briana Waters is maintaining her innocence and her trial is to start February 11, 2008, in Tacoma, WA.

This is part of the green scare. Refer to the "Green Scare" page for more information. It is important that our community bears witness to this process. Much of the information in the trial will pertain to the our community and our civil liberties. This will be a precedent setting case for our time.

Found this elsewhere on the web...  It's funny!  WARNING!  Some will find it offensive due to poking fun at democrats.

The Arts Commission of the City of Olympia invites local artists and arts organizations to join a monthly community arts roundtable that will give participants the opportunity to exchange ideas, share experiences and create strong local support for their work. The next meeting will be held on Monday, February 4, 2008 at 4pm in the Olympia Timberland Library meeting room, 313 8th Ave SE.

Arts Education will be the featured topic with speakers AnnRene Joseph, Program Supervisor for the Arts, from OSPI and Lisa Jaret, Arts in Education Program Manager for the Washington State Arts Commission.

The Roundtable meetings are held the first Monday of the month, and are free and open to the public. For more information contact Stephanie Johnson, Arts & Events Manager, at 360/709-2678.

For anyone interested I posted a restaurant review of Anthony's Hearth Fire Grill. You can find it here at my blog, http://tifosi1f1.blogspot.com/

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The 5th Annual Middle East Film Festival
Origins. Exile. Refuge.
Jan 30–Feb 13

All films are free, open to the public and located at The Evergreen State College in Olympia. For screen times, guest speakers and location visit www.evergreen.edu/sesame. For more information call (360)867-6724, sesame@evergreen.edu. For a complete festival guide visit www.evergreen.edu/sesame.

This week's films and speakers:

BATTLE OF ALGIERS
Gillo Pontecorvo / 1966 / Algeria / 121 min
Wed., Jan 30, 7 pm, Lecture Hall 1

One of the most influential political films in history, Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers vividly recreates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. Shot in the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film is a case study in modern warfare, with its terrorist attacks and the brutal techniques used to combat them.

Partly based on the real-life experiences of Algerian resistance leader Saadi Yacef (who served as a consultant to the film and also starred in the film as himself), the Battle of Algiers reportedly became study material for the Black Panther Party and the IRA. It was also studied by the FBI and the US Army in the 1960s. Moreover, Newsweek warned that the film could provide a blueprint for a future "Negro" uprising in the US. Now the Pentagon has studied it for its value in counterinsurgency tactics.

Followed by Q&A with Mohammed Bentlemsani. Born in 1950, Mohammed Bentlemsani's childhood was during the French occupation and the Algerian resistance movement. Born in a town 30 miles south of Algiers in Medea Mohammed witnessed the murder of his cousin by the French occupation forces in November of 1961.

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