The president has reached an agreement with the House on an Iraq attack, though Senate Democrats are still opposed since the current wording shows interest in the security of the American people, something of which they are vehemently against. Right now, all it says is that before starting a war Bush has to certify that he had no other option than force (like anyone really cares), and then every couple months he has to give a report to Congress saying something like, “Still kill’n Iraqis.”

In the dog and pony show that some people call the U.N., France and Russia still need some convincing. China says they’ll abstain from the vote since they’re evil and there government is illegitimate. Good for them. Of course, the vote doesn’t matter since we’re going to go attack Iraq anyway, but, if they don’t want to come along, more cheap oil for us (this war is all about oil, if you didn’t know; don’t let anyone outside of the right-wing conspiracy find that out, though).

There were some protestors outside the front gate of the White House, and, giving further evidence that protestors of the war with Iraq have thought processes similar to monkeys, one climbed to the top of the gate. She was arrested, but, because she came back down on the outside of the fence, she avoided a felony charge. Good to know. Next time I’m in D.C., if I see a protestor climbing the fence, I’ll have to remember to throw a rock at him to knock him down on the other side. I’ll just tell the police, “I thought a monkey was going to attack the president.” We’ll all have a good laugh and then the guy will be sent to prison for a long long time, which is also funny.