big brother is watching

so the network/operations team is at it again.
got the ole' websense filter at work.
here is the latest in "blocked" sites:
The Onion = "Alternative Journals"
Match.com = "Dating & personals"
the entertainment section on CNN = "Entertainment"
monster.com = "Job Search"
and the greatest insult of all...
homestarrunner.com = "Entertainment"

i might just die from that one.
ironically i seem to get the nastiest porn - with pictures - via my email and that does not seem to be a problem.
priorities are all out of wack...


so my brother is in iraq.
now everytime i read about a military death or casualty, my heart sinks a little.
we are a day short of the one year anniversary of the start of the war. and things are getting nasty over there. and they still have not found those blessed WMD. Gee, i wonder why? Maybe because they were not there in the first place?!?
but, fear not good democratic lemmings, our president assures us that the world is a safer place to be.
whatever.
the back tracking this administration is doing on this issue is incredible. one of my favorites, courtesy of our friends at moveon.org and that has not been blocked... yet:
http://www.moveon.org/censure/caughtonvideo/

little donnie rumsfeld eating his own words.
i don't know. we have a president who inflicts his will as just that, his will. is ready to make the bible the new constitution and pays little or no heed to the infrastructure that has kept this country in check for the last 200 + years.

so our option is now a guy who voted to go to war and who voted for the patriot act.

politics.
ugh.

on a much, MUCH lighter note.
my good friend julie sent me the online link for her engagement pictures.
holy crap, they were amazing.
literally, brought tears to my eyes. and i am not an emotional person. i am not even pms-y.
caught the two of them how they are with each other. it was great to see.