Tuesday Get Started Stuff: Miki, Sundhine, NFL, Iowa Firepower, Woodward

Picture: Number One Daughter Miki a few years back.

-Sun trying to burn through the morning haze and get at last night's frost. Expected to be a little warmer today and a lot warmer tomorrow. Golf weather. Expect I'll be heading to the golf course directly...

-Last night in the NFL, final score is 3-0. When was the last time you saw something like that? In football?
-Also in the NFL, Redskin Sean Taylor dead after being shot. A sadness.

-From WAPO, Oprah and Bill in Iowa drumming up support for what's his name and Hillary. That's firepower.

-In Woodward's State of Denial, I'm finding it all very fascinating because the author goes to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th tier players, along with the ones at the top, to see what was going on when and where. Good stuff. Did you know that George Tenet and Cofer Black met with Condi Rice on July 10th of 2001 and told her that all the red lights were blinking about an attack on American soil from al qaeda in the very near future? She blew him off and Big George let her blow him off. (They bad.) This meeting was not reported in the 911 Commission investigation. Our government at work and doing a good job at reporting only that stuff which is deemed acceptable by the powers that be - at that time, it was all in the control of the Republicans. Not good to not have a strong and effective countervailing force, whether that be the party not in power, the Democrats, or even a Press that is independent and responsible and intent on getting the news to the Public. You know, kinda like how our democracy is supposed to work.

So it goes. Expect Diane and Lucas and Danielle, Naomi, Leah and Phil are maybe thinking about stirring out there in the dessert. Go here to learn more about Palm Springs.