BEEN AWHILE, BEEN AWAY...HERE'S ENTRY #100

Not much to say about the extra-FISA wire-tapping, other than that Kelso is fairly sure that the NSA is pretty pissed that they may have to cut back on non-Al Qaida taps now because Kelso knows they were laughing their asses off at much of Kelso's "chatter" with friends and associates and if they're certainly going to miss the baseball futures, NHL, NFL, and NCAA.

The real criminal in all this is -- once again -- The Tissue Of Lies who sat on the story until past the 2004 election, only coming out with it in the face of James Risen's book. This sure is their style. They are neither liberal nor conservative, but rather always down with the status quo and a Kerry win promised all kinds of investigations that would ultimately prove very embarrassing. Same with Bloomberg. Stories of agents provocateurs at the 2004 Republican National Convention were kept under wraps until after the little guy's coronation.

Now that the LA Times is part of the Chicago Tribune empire, there really is no news outlet that reports the news except perhaps the Wall Street Journal and San Francisco Chronicle. One wants to include the Boston Globe, but under Tissue ownership, how reliable is it really? The Web is still best. Check out all of the overseas papers and as many blogs as you can. Kelso has stumbled upon a pretty good one: THE HERETIK.

It all looks pretty depressing from here which, paradoxically, means the right-wing approach may be the best for those of a left-wing bent: 2nd Amendment gives you a fighting chance when the ship really goes down, though events in New Orleans have kind of suggested that it is the Republicans who take peoples' guns away. The "personhood" of corporations and continued deregulation may provide a constitutional basis for real live persons to reclaim their rights and their privacy. And, finally, as there is no way the average American is ever going to get jack shit back for all their taxes, an even lower tax approach, with cuts benefitting every American seems better than the raw deal most have now. And never mind the estate and cap gain cuts. That ship has sailed.

Alexander Cockburn said it best with regard to this stuff: "What is a left-winger to do? First of all, he or she has to realize how many friends they have on the right."

Of course, an end to these hideous wars would also be nice, although, it surely seems as if one or more of these spots are next: Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Colombia or Bolivia are next up. Love the latter three, bringing freedom and democracy to democratic capitalist states.

REST OF BOWL GAMES

* TULSA +7 OVER FRESNO STATE
* VIRGINIA TECH - 7 1-2 OVER LOUISVILLE
* V.TECH/LOUISVILLLE UNER 55 1-2
* WISCONSIN +11 OVER AUBURN
* WEST VIRGINIA + 7 1-2 OVER GEORGIA
* PENN STATE -8 OVER FLORIDA STATE
* TEXAS +7 OVER THE MIGHTY RUBBERS OF WATTS
* SOUTH FLORIDA + 4 1-2 OVER NORTH CAROLINA STATE

And by the way, are they're bigger crybabies than the Israelis? Kelso never thought he'd live to see the day when Ariel Sharon was considered a peacenik, but then again, he never thought he'd think back to the Thatcher and Reagan era as some sort of Socilaist Golden Age.

A final note: Give Hole's "Celebrity Skin" a re-listen. Velly, velly good stuff.

Kelso's Nuts love you.