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Good article analyzing the administration's mistakes in Iraq. I'm not one of those who say the entire invasion was a mistake (I challenge anyone to say honestly they would rather raise their family for the next ten to twenty years in an Iraq run by Saddam and later his two sons, versus whatever Iraq has in its future now...), but even accepting the invasion as a given, a lot of things could have been handled better. This isn't a political blog, but I may comment more on the election as it approaches. I don't think Bush is the problem inherently, but should change some of the people around him. Best case scenario: keep Powell, Rice, and Bush himself and replace Cheney, Rumsfield, and Ashcroft and I think the new Bush administration would be much improved.

On a lighter (stranger) note--I can see this showing up on Fox this fall as a new reality series: sperm racing

According to Typepad statistics, I passed the 1000 visitor mark this last week (of course, a lot of those visitors were me, checking on the site, but still...) Since launching at the end of February, the daily average is 22 visitors per day, but the last few days have been 50-60 per day which shows the viewership is increasing in an upward curve. But, just as I was starting to feel good about myself, I see this article about a 24 hour webcam showing a family of wild boars garnered 1.5 million visitors in two weeks. Wild boars. You mean to tell me that over a thousand times more people would rather see animals wandering randomly in the wilderness than read insightful social and religious commentary? Why do I even bother...?