Here is a source for government documents: http://www.outragedmoderates.org/

"...with some 140,000 troops in Iraq, the richest 1 percent of Americans about to get a five-figure tax windfall and millions of urbanites worrying about suitcase nukes, it's surely worth asking how George W. Bush's mind really works."

I've been looking in the online classifieds and I have a few leads in the Bellevue area. I'm thinking Bellevue because of school at the end of next month. It is also close to 405 thus the commute to the new shop at the end of 405 in Mukilteo.

No running tonight. I ran with the Monday night Eastside Runners at Redmond Towncenter and it was supposed to be an easy run. The route took us down to the Sammamish trail and then up the powerlines to the high school and then a bone-jarring down the hill back to the start. And they went fast. I lost sight of the leaders but kept my eye on one of them long enough to follow the (unknown to me) course. I'll take tomorrow off too.

My nephew Evan is now in a rehabilitation hospital in Boston, pretty much pain-free, learning to function with with his new challenges. When Elissa was sick all those years ago I spearheaded an effort to get the family a computer, and now Evan has his own. I knew that e-mail would be instrumental in keeping everyone abreast of the latest news, as it has in this latest emergency. Evan has his own e-mail now and he can IM his friends. Good. Take care y'all.

Aum Peace Peace Peace.

I wasn't sure how I would do, but I was able to complete a 14 mile run today. It took me just under 2 hours. Now I know that I can again do the race in Woodinville on the 6th. I'll try to add another mile on next week's big run. Not much other news than that. Peace.

From a blog that was linked in my referral list:

"Perhaps Kerry should just stand up and say, in effect: listen, this is the kind of people we are up against. Such people are unworthy of holding power in America. A vote for them is a vote for a country run by lies, propaganda, and character assassination. If that's what you want, then vote for them. But if you want a fair, decent and honest government that tells you the truth and lets you make up your minds on the basis of the facts, and if you want fair, clean, respectful and sane political campaigns in which the facts are laid out plainly for your consideration, then vote for us."

We had a nice run past Bill's house this morning. I broke away from the pack to pursue the leader, and to my surprise I caught him. Maybe I'm ready to race. I ended up doing a 47 min (more or less) 6.2. And The Eastside Runners' summer picnic was held today north of Redmond on Cottage Lake. The rain may have dissuaded a few from attending. Between the two events I registered for the Super Jock and Jill Half Marathon to be run in Woodinville in two weeks. I wasn't aware that it was coming up so soon. I'm going to try for a long run tomorrow and maybe put my apartment back together, even though I'll be looking to move. Wish me success.

Just the apartment itself and its location might not be enough. I was told that I should consider moving, even though at face value it may not seem the best thing. I was finishing Jane Roberts and Seth's The Unknown Reality, Volume One, and ran into this on the last page in the epilogue:

"It is obvious that when you move from one place to another you make an alteration in space - but you alter time as well, and you set into motion a certain psychological impetus that reaches out to affect everyone you know...Such messages are often encountered in the dream state. Empty houses are psychic [underlined] vacancies that yearn to be filled. When you move, you move into another portion of your selfhood."

-pg. 259, from the 742nd session, April 16th, 1975.

So, what might happen in New York for the RNC? Ted Rall has an idea,

"Anti-Republican sentiment is rising to a fever pitch here as the dog days tick down to the dreaded affair. A poll cited by the local ABC affiliate shows 83 percent of New Yorkers don't want their city to host the RNC. And many of them are planning to do something about it."

I haven't read the whole thing, but any thoughtful person should find this piece enlightening. Step back from what you might think of how the world works and then consider what this person has to say, such as:

"Or take the notion of 'political correctness'. It is true that movements of conscience have piled demands onto people faster than the culture can absorb them. That is an unfortunate side-effect of social progress. Conservatism, however, twists language to make the inconvenience of conscience sound like a kind of oppression. The campaign against political correctness is thus a search-and-destroy campaign against all vestiges of conscience in society. The flamboyant nastiness of rhetors such as Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter represents the destruction of conscience as a type of liberation. They are like cultists, continually egging on their audiences to destroy their own minds by punching through one layer after another of their consciences."

Political theory is what I enjoyed so much in school.

Now that my apartment is quite clean, I thought I'd have my own little margarita toast to it. Maybe I can toast a new television. Sonya is having a party this Saturday. Will she be toasting her television? I doubt it. She'll probably be toasting her motorcycle. That is an appropriate toast if I ever heard one.

Sarah B. got published!

I entered the temple and there they were. Dressed in saffron robes, sitting on either side of the great hall I could feel they were more than friends. They lend a quiet stability I forget about. Their life there has made them tough and I am humbled by their work. They are a true part of a thousand points of light. Thank you. Aum, Peace, Peace, Peace.

I was just looking at the classifieds and I might broaden my search....but I like the eastside.

G'night.

Y'all shouldn't miss Sue's entries:

"It's time I started writing about this."

"That night I sat through the first of what would be more than four hundred humiliating Open Meetings."

"Everything Not Forbidden is Compulsory."

and

"why go home?"

I'm sitting at "home" now with a sunburnt face and a sore body. Bob finally talked me into climbing a portion of Mt. Rainier. It took us four and a half hours to climb from Paradise to Camp Muir. We had to trudge up a 4,600 ft. elevation gain which ran through a particularly long snowfield. ... Not ... easy. It is best to bring something you can slide down on. We think we did all right but poor Bob has to go to work tomorrow.

I put home in quotations because Archstone is raising my rent and I haven't started to look for an alternative in earnest. I'd like to live in Issaquah but that would make my commute even harder. I don't want to live in Bellevue even though it is closer to school. I like the eastside so anything across Lake Washington is sort of out of the question. Lee seems to think that my place is just right. Tracy is supposed to visit next week but I'm not sure what will transpire and the apartment still hasn't been put back together. She had looked here for our bump last year but I usually don't add that sort of personal stuff. I think we are bumpy again, so Tracy, do what you think you have to do. I'm past being concerned about the outcome or much of anything else.

I think I got some good shots of the Muir Snowfield and the scenery up there. Y'all have a great week.

I can publish from e-mail now.

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They
never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and
neither do we."

"The D’s all think Boston is a swell town and are happy as clams, which so infuriates right-wing commentators who insist it’s all a charade. According to them, liberals are not allowed to be cheerful, friendly or patriotic, and anyone who is can’t be is a liberal."

I've joined the Eastside Runners. We ran last Saturday in Bellevue and yesterday on Mercer Island. Maybe I'll get to one of the Monday night runs in Redmond too. It is strange but good to be out among other people for a change. How does that sound to the family back at home? I'm actually out in public! I can't act like a yankee for ever.