Wes Clark seems to be everywhere right now. He’s online, he’s on TV, he’s even on myspace.

I think its awesome that Clark has embraced the age of myspace and created a profile. We all know that the youth turns out to vote in little numbers - probably because the candidates all seem so stuffy and far away. If Clark can break through some of that I think it will push him in the winning direction. The people he has on his staff are making the right suggestions.

Here is a clipping from the myspace bulletin Clark posted yesterday. It urges people to get out and vote…

At long last, the time has come to cast our votes — and with the future of our country at stake, Election Day couldn’t come soon enough. As Americans, it is our duty to hold our elected leaders accountable for their performance, and we do that at the ballot box.

In my short time in politics, I have learned many new clichés — one of the most notable being, “This is a critical election.” This year, it is dramatically true. The Bush Administration and this Republican Congress seemingly can not, or will not, make the right decisions about the most important issue ever to face government officials: war and peace. The only hope for a change of course in our misguided foreign policy is a Congress that will serve its Constitutional role as a check on this power of this reckless executive.

…These next 36 hours are a critical time for our country. I urge you to take an hour or two to volunteer with a local campaign or call Democratic voters in critical Congressional districts. And please forward this to everyone in your address book.

This is the time for us to stand up and be counted. Together, we will help Democrats take back Congress on Tuesday, bringing the change that our troops, our families, and all Americans so desperately need.

Sincerely,

Wes Clark

Funny Funny stuff. This guy has major skills. Just Some Comic relief to counter the depressing stuff I wrote below.

Your driving slowing looking for you exit at the end of a 12 hour drive… DAMN you miss it. But instead of driving to the next one and looping back you floor it out of frustration. You blow past the next exit, and the next, the next and then another - you seem to have lost your mind your on the edge - then along side you speeding too is a minivan…. you slow down… you take a breath and get off on the next exit. You head back from the direction you came, slowly, calmly until you reached your missed exit, but now… the exit is different … you can only hit that exit going north, going south its different.. it wont let you off.. your Irate … you loose it, your eyes bulge, fingers turn red with the pressure you squeeze the wheel with. You feel flooded with lose and anger. You give up, you slam on the break and see the cars sliding towards you.. you hesitate.. you choke and slam on the gas… but… its to late… the BMW SUV slides into you, you slide into your steering wheel and you both hit the cement wall — it all goes blank but not before a flash of red… distant sounds fade away and you sink into the emptiness that you always knew was waiting for you

Originally Posted Dec 23rd 2005

To the tides of darkness I submit
slipping away for all eternity
not in peace nor rage
but uncontested pain
with unknowing expectation
I am only to be summed again
rising as the rays burn
and into another pain I fall
knowing that here it does not end
but starts anew with an unrelenting call

Originally Posted on March 28th 2006