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Sometimes it's hard to decide what to post and what not to post on this blog. I think that sometimes there is far too much politics, and not enough ribaldry, outrageousness and creative material- things we served up copiously to listeners of the former Big Mattress radio show last century.

But things are very different now. I know that often I lean further to the Left than some of my liberal colleagues. My blog is disgustingly one-sided, very subjective and politically predictable. It is that way because I see these times as being more dangerous than any in my lifetime- and, because of this unusual state of the state- I feel justified in airing my thoughts and opinions freely on these pages. It is a platform which I feel lucky to even have, and I love the back-and-forth sharing with those of you who agree and disagree with me.

If Bush wins the election fair and square on November 2, this blog will be de-activated. It is not so much a case of me "taking my ball and bat and going home." It's more about me not being inspired to continue for months responding with the same old Bush jokes, Ashcroft cartoons, countless editorials and all the blah blah drama that will surely come with that unthinkable victory. I will take a break to make other choices as to how to live my life: to decide what I want to do with the extra time I will then have, to go out and undertake other ventures.

If Kerry wins, I will be more inclined to keep the blog active; there will be less pressure to be overly political, and it will be more personal, even more interactive, more creative (I hope), and decidedly much more fun.

That said, let me leave you with this Seymour Hersh article*. It gave me a genuine flashback- and it also inspired me to write the above words. So, I don't know if I'm doing you a favor by posting this, or if I'm fucking up your day. In either case, like a piece of pasta being tested to see if it sticks or not, I'm posting
it up here for you to pass on- or to eat and digest.

-Charles
Let's drink to happier days ahead..... and many wonderful dialogues!

*Seymour Hersh is the most important investigative journalist of our
time. (He broke the stories on My Lai and Abu Ghraib.) He recently
spoke about Iraq and what he had to say was, to put it mildly, quite
disturbing.
This is not a pleasant story to read. Please remember that Hersh is
extremely well connected and has access to many sources deep within
the workings of Washington. He is also extremely reliable, and when
he tells us something we can be sure that it is so.