Remember, remember the fifth of November...

The Frito Pundito realizes why Iraq's Civil War is so much less glamorous than ours was, a lack of stirring war songs!

I-I wish I wuz in the land of petrol
Where the damage is co-lateral
Fire away, fire away, fire away
Syraqiran*!
There's IRE's and SAMs abounding
Oh to see a Blackhawk grounding
Fire away, fire away fire away
Syraqiran

And for those who haven't seen V: for Vendetta yet, our government gives you a preview of what a dystopian fascist nation would look like played out here in the good old US of A:

A draft Bush administration plan for special military courts seeks to expand the reach and authority of such "commissions" to include trials, for the first time, of people who are not members of al-Qaeda or the Taliban and are not directly involved in acts of international terrorism, according to officials familiar with the proposal.

The plan, which would replace a military trial system ruled illegal by the Supreme Court in June, would also allow the secretary of defense to add crimes at will to those under the military court's jurisdiction. The two provisions would be likely to put more individuals than previously expected before military juries, officials and independent experts said.
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Detainees would also not be guaranteed the right to be present at their own trials, if their absence is deemed necessary to protect national security or individuals.

Honestly, why don't they just start weighing the defendents against a duck and have done with it? If they weigh the same they've obviously made of wood and therefore wi- er terrorists. There. Done.

Thursday randomness

Finally my inherent laziness paid off yesterday. I took my car in for an early oil change after the Vegas trip and the nice people at the dealership washed my car for me. And believe me, half of Nevada was sticking to my car when I drove it in there. But the Potions Mobile now looks as good as she did driving off the lot oh so many moons ago. Yay Honda!

I'm currently debating adding to the body count in the story I'm working on. The character I have in mind totally deserves to get killed, would fit into the killer's overall "theme" and would bring the tally up from only 4 (which isn't that much for a serial killer) to 5, which is much more respectable. The problem is I think it's going to take me off on another huge detour in a story that's moved past "fanfic" and into "novel" territory. And I already have to write in a bunch more scenes that should've come earlier in the story and didn't (I spent some time last night asking myself, "Hey, wouldn't Character X ask Character Y about this?" "I...er...well...fuck!"), and then there's the final confrontation with the killer and the aftermath yet to do.

So basically, as much as I like the idea, I'm thinking the body count might stay where it is. It's disappointing but overall I can't see it adding much to the story. Oh, and moonlightnrain, I tweaked the soundtrack again, but the song "Steady as She Goes" just had to start the mix once I'd really listened to it. So your extended remix is now outdated again. But this time I'm done. Really. For sure.