Issues in the White House

   A time magazine showed up today dated June 2nd. Thats more than a week away. Aren't they getting a bit ahead of themselves? Or is it a magazine FROM THE FUTURE?!

   "They've declared her dead more times than a cat's got lives" they quote Bill CLinton as saying (About Hillary obviously) in their Verbatim section. To me that doesn't mean "hah they were wrong before!" so much as "yeah a lot of people are saying that.. maybe they've been right all along??" If _I_ wanted to run for president and people kept telling me I had no chance, I wouldn't point to the fact that I was still trying as evidence they were wrong and should therefore change their tune and say I can win.

   Her winning is now a mathematical impossibility isn't it? I believe I heard such announced. How can she be running a serious campaigne that cannot possibly win? Its not just incredibly silly, it is also incredibly selfish -- she IS continuing to cast doubt on Obama's qualifications even if she's promised to mostly play nice now; and moreover, he's having to spend money to keep her from making him look bad by showing him up in upcoming states, money he could better spend during the actual election; and of course SHE is gratuitously spending money from Democratic donors who would otherwise probably donate it to Obama for the actual election.

   So why's she still running? I think its just a psychological hangup of hers. It simply does not make rational sense, but she has ISSUES with giving up on the dream because she's been set on it for so long.

   I think world leaders often do things for no other reason than, or at least primarily motivated by, their personal psychological issues. For example, Iraq. I do NOT believe we are there for oil. Everyone likes to say that but I don't see how that works ... its not like we're taking their oil for ourselves. I believe we are there because Bush had a psychological hangup on it.
   I have always believed it came down to "Saddam shot my father, I'm gonna get him!!!" No oil, no WMDs. Psychological hangups and irrational decision making.

   And for that matter, if Clinton is going to be as blunt-headed and irrational about this as she is being, I don't think it bodes for her making the most rational decisions during her administration. We don't need any more American presidents changing world history based on their hangups.


Simple Instructions
   This morning I made baked beans. The can said "empty contents into saucepan, heat to simmer." Sounds simple enough.
   But then I wondered "what exactly is a saucepan? ... and what does it mean to simmer?"
   I put the bean in a pot and proceeded to heat them. Then I was informed I had to stir them too. That wasn't in the instructions, rude. Cooking is complicated. (=