I know we all get caught up in b-ball this time of year ... but the real madness is the anniversary that just went by. Seven years ago yesterday this country launched a pointless and incalculably damaging war. Enough of us fell for the fear mongering and hatefully simplistic world view of the Bushies and neo-cons that we invaded another country on the flimsiest of fabricated pre-texts .

Just a quick note before I head out. Gotta let my friend Alice know that when she's out at Stanford she needn't look for Condi. Seems the ex-Bushie is now traveling with Aretha!

Condaretha (as I like to call the duo) just performed in Philly in a concert to help raise money for the inner city kids that the Bushies pushed under the bus in favor of tax cuts for their rich Republican cronies.