wow!  Imagine.  Wishes do come true.  Of course, they both bailed before their skeletons could all be found.  And they knew they were on the verge of being found.  Of course, Rove is going to keep up his nastiness.  I wonder if his mother is proud of his actions?  Those two men definitely needed to go, but they needed to go a long time ago.  I sit here and watch as W says Gonzales is a man of integrity.  I wonder what his definition of integrity is?  I suspect it is very different than mine.

These two men both, in their own way, set this country back decades with their partisan actions while serving this country.  And that is the problem.  They didn't serve this country, they served W, and themselves.  The country was not considered in their actions, or decisions. 

I'm not spending a lot of time on this because it will be covered by bloggers and the media in depth.  But I do hope that W will not cause a huge battle with his next choice for AG.  Hope?  hard to have that where this President is concerned.  Does he not realize how much of a mess he has put this country in with his partisan decisions?  (sigh)

I have to have faith that the next President will work for the good of the country, not just the party. 

School has started back.  I have ended the summer after teaching both sessions, and began the new semester without much of a break.  I hear the call of the beach, and just can't find a way to get there.  So, I will ramble.

In Arkansas, it has been hot.  damn hot.  And humid.  damn humid.  And since I have curly hair, I have frizz.  lots of frizz.  And I sweat.  It becomes almost unbearable at times.  We have finally cooled off to the lower 90's.  And the students have come back to town.

They all drive cars and there is limited parking so the side streets close to campus (like where I live) are now packed with cars driven by people who cannot parallel park.  So, it is a nightmare driving on these streets right now.  And the students?  are so young this year.  They just get younger.  every year.

and one of the things they will do, if they live off campus, is get a pet.  They will get a dog or a cat and then, when the pet becomes too hard, they will dump it.  At the end of the Spring semester, I found I had a very gentle lady cat outside my door.  I could not let her starve.  So, I have fed her all summer.  As well as the stray gray-striped Tom, and the big Yellow Tom who has been abused (you can see it in his walk).  And I try to be gentle with them and pet the gentle lady (whom I've named).  She will let me pet her, and I can almost get her to come up on the screen porch, but not.  She is so sweet. 

and yet some student became overwhelmed and moved and left her behind. 

And then I hear that there are people who actually support Michael Vick's actions.  Dog-fighting is only a sport?  It's no different than racing a horse?  And then I hear people say this is about race?  Trust me, if he had been a white man, I would still be as angry and as sickened as I am now.  It is not about race.  And dog fighting should be illegal and should be dealt with harshly.  Those dogs are destined to die because they can never be integrated back into society.  They can never be a pet to someone now.  And I look into those faces with those gentle eyes, and I know that men did the damage.  Those puppies were not born mean; man made them mean.  And man has to face the consequences of their actions.  Whether they be black, or white, or green.  It doesn't matter.  All that matters is the cruelty, the pure greed of men who would care so little about another living being. 

I am sad today.