In preparation for tonight's press ambush by the Bush gang, some pre-emptive reminders might be in order.

As a general rule, we should assume anything the Prez says is calculated for effect and is not necessarily accurate. Also, of course, we should all laugh out loud at every absurdity Bush utters, and to make sure our neighbors can hear us doing so.

We are not as stupid as the Bush propaganda machine thinks we are.

In addition to recently having had a major life-threatening health event which has caused me to realize how easily I might become incapacitated, the Schiavo tragedy, (now become the Schindler/ Tom Delay Congressional Circus of Selfishness and Horror), has impressed upon me the need for more proactive self-defense measures regarding the issue of living wills. I hope readers find the diary useful.

Writing this soon after today's Bush speech about his intentions regarding terrorism, etc., I am reminded how thoroughly he has abused and trivialized the word "freedom" to a point where the term itself has become functionally meaningless.

With the grandiosity typical of a zealot, Bush proclaims that everyone wants freedom. But why is this news?