Interesting:

The U.S. military rejected a 1994 proposal to develop an “aphrodisiac” to spur homosexual activity among enemy troops but is hard at work on other less-than-lethal weapons, defense officials said on Sunday.
The idea of fostering homosexuality among the enemy figured in a declassified six-year, $7.5 million request from a laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio for funding of non-lethal chemical weapon research.
. . .
“One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior,” said the document, obtained by the Sunshine Project. The watchdog group posted the partly blacked-out, three-page document on its Web site.

Tax dollars at work in the Department of Defense.

Good news. There is accountability in the Bush administration . . . at least a moment’s worth:

President Bush said the public’s decision to reelect him was a ratification of his approach toward Iraq and that there was no reason to hold any administration officials accountable for mistakes or misjudgments in prewar planning or managing the violent aftermath.
“We had an accountability moment, and that’s called the 2004 elections,” Bush said in an interview with The Washington Post. “The American people listened to different assessments made about what was taking place in Iraq, and they looked at the two candidates, and chose me.”

Great. Now that we’ve used up our “accountability moment,” what do Americans have to address the “mistakes or misjudgments” of the next four years?

I bet you didn’t know government agencies made New Year’s resolutions? Well, it appears the Social Security Administration is in the midst of starting anew.
Old resolution: manage Social Security
New resolution: Push President Bush’s political agenda

Over the objections of many of its own employees, the Social Security Administration is gearing up for a major effort to publicize the financial problems of Social Security and to convince the public that private accounts are needed as part of any solution.
The agency’s plans are set forth in internal documents, including a “tactical plan” for communications and marketing of the idea that Social Security faces dire financial problems requiring immediate action.
Social Security officials say the agency is carrying out its mission to educate the public, including more than 47 million beneficiaries, and to support President Bush’s agenda.

Better gear up folks. The Bush administration is pulling all the stops. This one is going to get nasty.

Lovely. Joan Rivers comments on the Prince Harry’s Nazi outfit during Larry King Live:

KING: What’s your read on this royal scandal? I know you know Prince Charles.
RIVERS: I adore him. I feel very sorry for Harry. It’s a mixed message world. You can’t go (UNINTELLIGIBLE) “The Producers” where they have chickens doing the Nazi salute. The kid is at a private party. The invasion of privacy that a friend takes a picture on a cellphone, it’s sad. And he did apologize. Leave him alone.
KING: But they don’t, right? The tabloids will never let this…
RIVERS: You know the tabloids. They’re still about me and my breasts. How low can they go?

So it’s okay for him to dress as a Nazi as long as there aren’t any public cameras around? And what kind of “mixed message” is someone in the British royal family receiving about donning a swastika? Sheesh.
Seasoned Resonance readers may have gathered that I don’t have much use for the celebrity hype industry to begin with. So Ms. Rivers is standing in a pretty deep hole to begin with. And for her, a person who has created an identity in analyzing what celebrities wear, to ridicule others for commenting on the inappropriateness of someone’s dress is pathetic.
How do these people get air time?

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