On typing, so taking a break. IMing hurts just too much despite the enjoyment of chatting with friends. Think there has been some improvement in the numbness cause I sure can feel the pain. Not sure which is worse. Sometimes numb is nice cause it hurts less thou then I am weaker, clumsier, less able to do stuff. Can’t win either way.

Googled, “Hillary Clinton Internet” and got this from FrontPage Magazine in the top slot.

During the Clinton years, journalists who probed too deeply into Clinton scandals ran terrible risks. Journalists were beaten, wiretapped, framed on criminal charges, fired and blacklisted. They experienced burglaries, IRS audits, smear campaigns and White-House-orchestrated lawsuits.

Some may have paid the ultimate price. In February, 1998, just as the Clinton impeachment was gathering steam, Sandy Hume, the 28-year-old son of Fox News anchorman Brit Hume, suddenly turned up dead of a gunshot to the head. He was covering the U.S. Congress for the magazine The Hill, and was known for his excellent sources among Republican insiders. Sandy Hume supposedly committed suicide, but friends and associates have questioned the official story.

Cool, get on the Clinton’s radar and come up among the unliving. Can you say Vince Foster? Sure, I knew you could.

Poe: In July 1995, Hillary’s Shadow Team produced a secret report which identified the Internet as a special danger to the Clintons’ power. The report proved prophetic when journalists such as Matt Drudge, Christopher Ruddy, Joseph Farah and, of course, David Horowitz, began using the Internet to publish stories that Big Media would never touch.

In February 1998, Hillary announced that the Internet needed an “editing or gatekeeping function.” By the time she spoke those words, Hillary was already hard at work putting her gatekeeping machinery into place.

Her most damaging attacks against the Internet came disguised as private lawsuits, brought by third parties. For instance, Hillary operative Sid Blumenthal sued Matt Drudge for $30 million in 1997, charging defamation. The lawsuit was clearly orchestrated by the White House. David Horowitz came to Drudge’s rescue, providing him with free legal representation, and got slapped with an IRS audit for his troubles. The case dragged on for years, but, soon after the Clintons left office, Blumenthal dropped his suit.

Contrast this with this quote of one said Hillary Clinton as posted by Matt.

Re-electing President Bush will mean a loss of freedoms and “create an America we won’t recognize,” Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is telling potential Democratic donors.

In an e-mail appeal distributed by the Democratic National Committee to help Sen. John Kerry’s presidential campaign, the former first lady said “the stakes in this election are incredibly high.”

“If they get their way, you and I will be living in an America governed not by our hopes, but by our fears,” Clinton wrote. “We’ll be living in an America where we see our freedoms diminished when they ought to be embraced, our rights restricted when they ought to be strengthened.”

Guess it depends on one’s definition of freedom. Only rights I see restricted will be mine and any who oppose the Hillary juggernaut under a Democratic administration. That’s the one flaw in the Patriot Act. In the right hands, as is now, no one’s rights are violated. in the wrong hands, we have no rights. Yes, I know I’ve touched on this subject before but considering her remarks, it’s well worth remembering.

Hey, why not. Jim inspired me thou I doubt my answers will differ substantially from his. And since the link to the post is giving a 404, going with the main one, . Blogspot may be prettier but it isn’t more functional.

1. If you had a choice of dinner with George W. Bush or John Kerry, which would it be, why and what would you serve?

Gee, Dubya definitely. He has a sense of humor and would be fun not be boring like dead wood there. Doubt there is an antidote to botox. I’d serve steaks, yep nice thick juicy sirloin, mmm.

2. What are your three major criteria for choosing who to vote for?

Who will actually do something about defending me against those Islamic extremists, not bow down to the French here. He who will uphold the sovernity of the U.S.. Keeping my taxes low is nice too.

3. Do you plan to vote “for” someone or “against” someone?

For George W. Bush.

4. What bothers you most about this presidential election?

Think it has hit a new low in mudslinging or at least a more prevalent low, think Moveon.org

5. How much does a candidate’s religious affiliation have to do with your decision to vote for him?

Um, not much at all. I have no beef with the Catholics. More than not, would be saying, “Go Pope!” Now whether or not a candidate practices their religion is another thing. And I do have serious reservations if the candidate was Muslim. Not too fond of Dhimmitude.

6. When do you think the first female president will be elected?

2008 and it better be Condi. If not, expect a world like this.

7. Who, among prominent politicians, would you most like to see in the White House?

Currently, Dubya, after him, Condi. She’d be awesome.

8. Who, among all people, would you like to see in the White House?

Same as above. Well, unless you include Trey and Jim. Maybe Mitt Romney too.

Made a new/old skin very loosely based on the Zen one at the WP Styles Competition, and I mean very loosely. Titled “Legs” cause didn’t want to have peeps think it was totally zen. Some might recognize the pic too.

Included the Zen one, somewhat modified for comparison. See which you prefer.

Also redid the original Sephy skin, now titled “Chibi Sephy” and with that I may go back to bed, dizzy, making typos up the wazoo.

Water dish here, unlike Lair’s glass ones. Well, they break. Around these kitties, plastic is safer. And no, I haven’t checked today’s damages. Although, on the whole, cats are less damaging than Al Gore. Course, if they figure out what to do with the toilet paper, might be a bit messy.

Jay has the scoop and some examples of just how spiffy free can be.

Course, not one to keep quiet, I have a few examples of my own of spiffy design without duplicating Jay’s list.

Now with all that inspiration, I need to get to work here.