Day 272: Same Sweater, Different People

 

September 29th, 2011Today I wore the same sweater as yesterday, but for me I didn’t see the same people again, so they didn’t end up finding out [until they read this blog of course, which they probably don’t]. I went to Vietnamese class in the morning where I awkwardly spoke in class and the professor corrected all of my mistakes. I picked up BeeJohn’s book for him he misplaced at Porter’s Pub, went to EHS shortly thereafter doing some folder scanning for my boss, gave Bee-John his book at Pepper Canyon, walked on over to EHS 401 to help Debbie with a project, and walked on back to EHS Pepper Canyon to help Lance with a project, finalizing my time at EHS for the day. I went to Student Health afterwards for a checkup, went to Geisel to just chill for a bit, and then proceeded to Burger King to get a small appetizer in the form of a Whopper Jr. I desperately attempted to starve the whole day in anticipation for Phil’s but ultimately failed as I chowed the food down at Price Center. I met up with John Torres on library walk outside of his classroom where Leah picked us up and we met up at Howard’s place with Howard and Leandro. The five of us all proceeded to Phil’s in Leah’s car where the line was only 20 minutes, and I got a delicious El Toro with Fries. I snapped a picture of the cute “Barbeque” pillar at the top, before Leandro dropped us off at Leah’s car, and Leah dropped me off at my place. I ended the night relaxing and awaiting for tomorrow.

On this day in 2005, New York Times reporter Judith Miller is released from a federal detention center in Alexandria, Virginia, after agreeing to testify in the investigation into the leaking of the identity of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame. Miller had been behind bars since July 6, 2005, for refusing to reveal a confidential source and testify before a grand jury that was looking into the so-called Plame Affair. She decided to testify after the source she had been protecting, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, signed a waiver giving her permission to speak. The Plame Affair dates back to a July 6, 2003 op-ed piece for the New York Times written by former U.S. diplomat Joseph Wilson, Plame’s husband. In it, Wilson questioned the Bush Administration’s reasons for going to war in Iraq. Later that month, on July 14, undercover agent Valerie Plame’s identity was revealed in a newspaper column by Robert Novak. Wilson’s claim that the disclosure was retaliation by the White House for his op-ed piece sparked an investigation in December 2003 led by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. A 1982 law made it illegal to reveal information about a covert agent to anyone not authorized to receive such classified information. OH GAWD.

As presidential hopeful Ron Paul continues to gain momentum in his bid for the GOP nomination, former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura has suggested that the two of them could cause quite a stir if Paul would bring him on board as his running mate. “It would create unbelievable excitement if Ron Paul and I ran as the libertarian ticket,” Ventura told radio host Alex Jones of Infowars during a Tuesday night broadcast. The former governor and Navy veteran gave up a career with professional wrestling to enter politics in the 1990s. Following a term as mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Ventura waged a grassroots campaign as a candidate with the Independence Party to successfully win the race for governor of the state in 1998. Earlier this year he published a book titled 63 Documents the Government Doesn’t Want You to Read, in which he calls out America for dozens of conspiracy theories. I DEFINITELY AGREE.

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