I'm Baaack!

Ugh. What can I say? School was getting in the way of me writing about the world in general.

Happy New Year! Hopefully this one will be a lot better than the last (I'm think 2006 mid-term elections!)

Anyway, let get into it. As everyone and their grandma knows, ole Jack "Gee your hair is pretty" Abramoff" is giving up a bunch of his buddies. Look for him to turn up on the bottom of a lake somewhere. This goes all the way to the top people. Just remember this when you pledge your allegiance to politicians (especially Republicans) - They are only your friends until the well runs dry. We all see everyone scrambling to give away all the money ole Jack gave to them. Even our vaunted President. Sigh. You couldn't pay for this type of bad publicity. Tom DeLay stepping down (and in the right direction - keep walking buddy, you're almost to the door). Bill Frist. Karl Rove. Don't think we have forgotten.

This administration needs a quick reality check. Eighty percent of our Marine soldiers lives lost in Iraq could have been prevented if they were given the body armor that they have been asking to have for some time now. This body armor was available in 2003. It is three years later and they are just now getting around to it. Even the staunchest patriot and Bush supporter has to scratch his head and wonder where the hell is all this money going to. Iraq is not visibly rebuilding. This is the second (third?) election for an actual government - still not going well even though we are paying for the propaganda.

Wake up people. If you have not checked out your local elections and candidates, I suggest you do so right now. This circus has got to stop. Speaking of stop. I'd better end this section of the blog before they wiretap MY phone. Was that static I heard over the phone??? Hmmm.

It's Tin Foil Hat Day!

Yes, Halloween was only a week ago, but that does not mean all the scary stuff is gone. In fact, much of it is still lingering.

Our beloved Patriot Act has reared its ugly head once again. But thanks to the stalwart morality of librarians, we can all read Harry Potter in a somewhat uneasy peace. Since its induction, the Patriot Act has allowed the FBI unfettered access to our phone calls, emails, financial records, and even our library selections. What is even more disturbing is that those who hand over your information are legally silenced from informing you that it has been requested and confiscated. Thank goodness there are those that are not OK with this very Un-American past-time.

Kudos to George Christian, who is in charge of the digital information of several Connecticut libraries, for resisting and challenging this clear violation of our rights as citizens of this great country. I, for one, refuse to exchange my freedom for the promise of security. And if the last few months of hurricane responses are any indication of the amount of "security" this administration is offering, I'll take my freedom, thank you very much. Anyone still sitting on the fence on this issue is a fool.

A wise man once said:
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"

Amen, brother. Amen.

Even THEY admit they are crazy!

[Darkened movie theater. Suddenly, projected on the screen, a giant cross superimposed over this woman's face screaming at the audience]

IN A WORLD. WHERE CRAZY CHRISTIAN'S FANATICISM IS USED FOR POLITICAL GAIN.

Yes, kids.

We have been saying this for quite some time now, but this is the first time I have heard actual proof in the perpetrators own words. Lobbyist Jack "Gee your hair looks great" Abramoff and his former business partner Michael "Pretty Boy" Scanlon (it does sound like scandal-on, I can't make this stuff up) are accused of bilking Native Americans of about $66 million dollars and laundering it to pay for government favors. These plans are always pretty slick until you are caught. That is when the ugly details sprout legs and run about.

Scanlon, former aide of Tom DeLay (of campaign money laundering and conspiracy fame), confessed the source code of recent Republican electoral victories: target religious conservatives, distract everyone else, and then railroad through complex initiatives*. This is an excerpt from a memo that was read at a Capitol Hill hearing from Scanlon to a tribe that describes his plan to protect their gambling interests:

"The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees," Scanlon wrote in the memo, which was read into the public record at a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. "Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them."

If anyone thought I had the tin-foil hat on before, let me just say, "HAH" and leave the evidence to stand on its own.

Wanted: Porn . . . For my iPod?

It had to happen. Any successful visual technology/media is always heralded by porn. Yes, porny porn porn. Adult material designed to titillate (pun intended). My person view is that the porn industry needs to jump on this. Hey, you need to be cutting edge and who wouldn't want their porn collection in their pocket?

For example, you are on a trip with someone or a group that is slightly more exciting than drying paint. Before PodPorn, you would entertain thoughts of murder by spoon. Instead, you can ditch those dregs and watch your favorite "boyfriend(s) or girlfriend doing that thing you love oh so well. I admit that I have been on trips where there was a big lull in the action, if you know what I mean. If I would have had my special boys there to entertain me for a bit, the overall enjoyment of the trip could have been salvaged. Now, I have another wonderful option! Yeah, I can hear you say "you could just watch a movie", which is true. But this is a road that is built on skin. If you want to play in the visual media world, you're going to have to get dirty.

Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.

P.S. Yes, that is Jeff Gannon aka J.D. Guckert. If you don't know who this is . . . please Google. The story is just tasty.

Who DOES this anymore? Verlorene KKKinder

I have to give my main man, iBear, for "breaking" this story. Honestly, who in this day and age really thinks this way. If you are really of this mind-set, you probably need to hook up with these people, who are threatening to secede from the US of A (fingers crossed! Please oh, please oh, please!).

If you can go about your daily life without help or interaction from a person of a different ethnicity, sexual orientation, or country of origin, then please tell me where this place is located. I need to send a taste of the REAL America. Give them a big dose of Beef Vegetable Stew (forget that Melting Pot crap).

Seriously, these people need to have their own township or state (Georgia perhaps?)

Here is a link to the video of these demonic Olsen twins. Yikes.

That was one scary Halloween

Hello Kitties!

It's been ages since my last little blog adventure but as you well know, the world did not stop turning.

I had a happy Indictment Day. The only thing that would have made it better would have been Karl Rove receiving one of those lovely letters. You know, the ones that say, you, sir, are screwed. One for Cheney wouldn't hurt either, but you can't have everything.

Well, since Karl did not get his well deserved present in a hand-delivered envelope, he was able to get the plot of Super-Conservative, Crazy out of his Gourd Supreme Court Justice to the nomination table. Like anyone did not see this coming. Harriet Miers would have a better chance of running through hell without getting burned while wearing underwear made from price-gouging gasoline. Seriously. Put on your tin-foil hats if you must, but I am in agreement that this was a sacrificial lamb offered to the Democrats for them to scream a resounding 'NO!'. Then, when she is 'suddenly unable to be a nominee', out comes the hard right kook. Enter Mr. Samuel Alito. One big, scary Halloween trick from President Bush. Our rights look destined to go the way of a greasy,late-night breakfast after a night of bar-hopping.

However, there is a silver-lining in the fact that Bush is "slightly less popular than back fat is with super models" (thank you Rachel). The only people that will go along with this is his ultra-conservative, hard right, snake-wielding base constituents. And if these people are still hanging on the Republican teat after the overwhelming evidence of lies of going to war; vast incompetence in dealing with disasters (with forewarning) in these days of post-9/11; and the indictment of two high-ranking Bush Administration official and one SEC investigation (ala Martha Stewart) of another, then there is no hope for these red state yahoos.

Oh Scott McClellan, I so want to read your book when this Administration is done!

On the Next . . . Sick, Sad, World

As if this world isn't sick enough.
Must we endure George H.W. Bush slobbering all over Barbara.

ew. Ew. EWWWW!!!!

Toledo WHAT! Rollin' Hard in the 'Ledo!

Please excuse my ghetto demeanor, but I just had to say that. If you haven't heard or watched CNN over the weekend of October the 15, 2005, you may not have noticed a slight skirmish of a story in Ohio. Apparently, the self-proclaimed Nazi party of the United States decided to march in Toledo, Ohio in protest over a dispute a local white resident was having with black gangs. OK so far. I have nothing against people exercising their first amendment rights, even if I don't agree with them. HOWEVER, my problem is with the chosen venue and the history of the two, three, and four groups involved.

First of all, most protestors do not march throughout residential neighborhoods. These events usually take place at a courthouse, capital building, etc. But let us just say that this protest needs to happen in a residential area. Fine. They received proper approval. Fine. My question involves judgment of the city's officials, especially the mayor, who is black. Here is the question:

Why would you knowing allow a group known for inciting violent reactions and behaviors to march in an environment where violence is inevitable? I know that the black mayor does not want to be sued by Nazis because he would not allow them the freedom of speech, but at the same time he has a commitment to his citizen to keep them safe. Were the citizens of Polish Village (where the march was to take place near) given the chance to dialogue about this group's visit? Were the black citizenry (also where the march was to take place around) given this option?

I know that part of town and it is predominantly black and poor. With the history of violence, of lynching, of rape, of cutting off penises and displaying them in pickle jars on corner stores; why do you think these people reacted this way? Black people did the 'ignore it and it will go away' all the way up to the 60's. Yet there are still states that have not made lynching illegal, just as the federal government had not done years before.

If someone is known for killing you, why would you allow them free reign to advocate it in front of your house?

I'm not saying that the violence was justified, but it damn sure wasn't unexpected. The City of Toledo needs figure out if the citizens' rights are worth sacrificing versus hatemonger visitors'. Because of a dim-witted move by the city's administration, damage was wrought, people were injured, tempers were heightened, and hate was fed.

To the Administration of Toledo, Ohio: Pick up a fucking chess set and learn how to play the game.
To the Nazis: In the words of George W. Bush - Mission Accomplished.