Ahh Valentines Day ,the day of LOVE. Well enough about that. Today in congress some republicans walked out because of a vote over contempt by former Bush aides ,Miers and Bolton,to not turn over info on firings from the Bush adm. .The vote was passed 223 to 32 but the White house said it would not seek prosecution. Go figure .The Bush adm. claimed that presidential privilege covers staff, from realising information to congress. Bush once again stretches the power of the presidency like never before. This is most dangerous because future presidents will do the same thing.With no checks and balances ,and no penaltys for their actions , our leaders powers grow way beyond what was designed in the constitution. The Republican minnority leader walked out saying time would have been better spent ,passing the bill for wire tapping and e-mail spying without warrants, instead of looking at the presidents staff. He never said their time could have been better spent, while listening to countless hours of looking at steriods in baseball ,but today he has more important things to do. Me thinks we need to keep our eye on the ball ,and watch that the powers of the president dont get out of hand, after all we dont know who will be our next president and what they will want to hide. Today I cleaned my chimney out (oh what fun) and took this picture of the shiny bubblely gunk inside.Still messing with the macro setting on my camera. My Quote for V.D.--"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of." ~Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670