Bush says something stupid again

This one reminds me a lot of when I was in grade school and called upon to do an oral report on a book I hadn't read:

http://guav.com/lj/MP3/TribalSovereignty.mp3

(Thanks to 31seel for the link).

Oh, joy

A week or so ago, some asshole slashed the tires on the GWoB van, which was parked out on the street (Madison) near our house. They also got all the tires on all the vans at Smeed, the business next door to us. (by "next door", I mean, it's about 6' away from the back of the house). Kinda scary, but mostly just fucking annoying.

Tonight, I'm upstairs and hear my roommates running outside. I go downstairs, "what's going on?" "The building next door is on fire" is the reply.

So I get my shoes on, grab a phone, and chase the cats out into the front yard on my way out. Didn't need the phone, as the fire department was already there, putting out the fire. Seems as if somebody had tossed something up onto the carport roof of the Smeed building. Just a little bit of smoke coming out by the time I got there, and the firefighters were up on the roof, cutting into it with a chainsaw. Looks like it's all under controlled, but I'm more than a little unnerved by the fact that we apparently have some pissed-off kids in the neighborhood who aren't stopping at vandalism and have escalated into arson. Looks like they're only hitting targets out on the main street, and haven't come back into the alley yet. Hopefully, the cops catch them before they grow enough balls to come down the alley to pull their shit.

Oh, yeah, did I mention that our house was broken into during the day about a month ago? They made off with a bunch of M's daughter's costume jewelry, half the money in her piggy bank, and a bunch of half-finished leatherwork. Dunno if there's any relation, except to point out that I'm already jumping at every noise I hear, and don't even open the front door unarmed anymore. This just pisses me off.