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Well, the members of the Rainbow Gathering have gathered up all their belongings, cleaned up the area, and gone home. The Federal Agents were vigilant, and hauled in lots of them for various infractions, all of them misdemeanors. The fines ranged from $25.00 to around $250.00, gladly paid. When I heard of the hundreds of agents surrounding the area, I couldn't help but picture the scene in "The Godfather". You remember it. Don Corleone's daughter is getting married and all the Mafia families are in attendance. Outside, you see Federal Agents moving from car to car, writing down license plate numbers. In this instance, however, they were taking license plate numbers from colorfully painted VW buses and pick-em-up trucks. And, they weren't in danger of Sonny coming out and chasing them away.

So, bye-bye Rainbow Gathering. See you next year in one of the Federal Parks. All in all, you were happy, peaceful visitors.

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Cindy Sheehan says she is going to run as an Independent against Nancy Pelosi. We can probably count on one hand the number of votes she'll get. Give it up, Cindy. Yesterday' hero quickly turns into today's crackpot, if the protests go on too long. We have a very short attention span, and get bored easily.

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The headline read "Take Up Arms In Defense, Iraqui Leaders Tell Civilians" Well, that shouldn't bother our leaders too much. After all, they agree that everyone should be armed to the teeth in this country, so why shouldn't the Iraquis have guns. The difference, of course, is that they aren't too worried here at home, that we will rise up against them, whereas the Iraqis might very well attack the American troops, trying to chase us away.

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Clay Aiken was apparently involved in an altercation with another passenger on a Continental Airlines flight, while enroute to Tulsa. Later, on stage, Clay told the audience that he had been beaten up by a girl. I do love a good cat fight.

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About 35,000 people descended on Roswell, New Mexico over the weekend for the 2007 "Amazing Roswell UFO festival". The festival includes live concerts, a Main Street parade and a bunch of lectures with titles such as "What Does Nasa Really Know?", and others pondering Body Snatchers. Another fun time was had by all.

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That's about all for now. Keep watching the news for the parade of Congressment who will shortly appear before the cameras to admit that their names are in the Washington Escort Service's little black book. Louisiana Republican, Davit Vitt, has jumped ahead of everyone to apologize to his family, God, and anyone else who might have been hurt by his behavior.


It'll be interesting to see if any of them can reach the standard set by Jimmy Swaggart.