GOOD TIMES (redux)

Look at me updating on time like a good boy, how unusual!

• The Santana bit is completely true.
• On the Blackwater Vs. Private Contractors issue I should point out that some of the private contractors are doing jobs where they are being paid great sums of money for risky work that isn't security related and some people feel that the military might be able to better do some of these jobs. However it's not like they constitute a private Bushista Army. Sorry Lefties, you're a little whack on this one.
• The angel bit came from an Idea I had while dealing with some irrational customer at work. I suggested that we hire a group of actors to play prophets/religious figures etc. to tell people to do what all of our focus tested instructions and FAQs tell them when it was pointed out... perhaps by me, that people tend to only listen to what they agree with even when it comes to Commandments. And thusly the Angel/Devil mixup was born
• The GAO piece wasn't really about the war per se just about the ministerial aspects of reforming the govt and govt services. Still, you can get an RSS feed or daily email with all the new GAO reports every day and it's almost always interesting albeit pedantic.