Kitchen Sink Omelet

So by the looks of it, the Teabaggers want to regress America to a state just after the Dred Scott decision of 1847 (affirming humans as personal property), but before the firing on Fort Sumter, the resulting Civil War and it's Emancipation Proclamation (plus the creation of the 14th Amendment), and then the 1872 amendment on Senators being chosen by election rather than appointment by state assemblies. At this point we will than have the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ to make the USA the new Jerusalem for all god-fearing whites. And by now this is looking worse than any bad dungeon-module for D&D I have ever seen.

" Political events of the past two years have delivered a more profound and devastating message: American democracy has been conclusively conquered by American capitalism. Government has been disabled or captured by the formidable powers of private enterprise and concentrated wealth. Self-governing rights that representative democracy conferred on citizens are now usurped by the overbearing demands of corporate and financial interests. Collectively, the corporate sector has its arms around both political parties, the financing of political careers, the production of the policy agendas and propaganda of influential think tanks, and control of most major media." William Greider

New GOP House Majority Tries to Redefine “Rape” and “Incest” It was bad enough when America's religious right, (who slavishly raid the muslim extremists for new ideas to oppress us for the good of our souls), did their level best to take away any and all civil rights for women. But now that they've achieved their goals of subjugating women to be second-class citizens, at the mercy of their wombs being inseminated by the holy seed of patriarchal males and thus forfeiting life and liberty, the Christian god of war still hungers for more. Now his followers want to take away womens' legal rights. While their fleshly media hatebots froth and thrash about on our screens, framed from the waist up as giant hand puppets whose puppeteers are high on the LSD of right-wing mythology, they squawk and wail of the loss of our rights and liberties yet to come. Yet the loss of rights and liberties for all of us is happening right now—and will not stop. For the drug-indu...

I sometimes think Conservatism is the American death wish personified. Every liberal concept or principle made into a government program or service has worked. America thrives. Every conservative concept or principle made into a government program or service has not worked. American withers.

I'm really coming to appreciate the utility of digital cameras. My daughter bought a wonderful Samsung L200 for me two years ago. Through it I came to appreciate it's use not just for fine photography, but for documenting as well. It makes an excellent tool for "To-Do" lists and reminders for events. I see something I need to do, like a full laundry hamper, and take a picture of it. As I go through the day I review the pictures and go, "Ah-HA--I need to do laundry," and start filling the clothes washer. But here in Maine-land, it gets damn cold; I don't want to risk my (beloved) L200. So I bought a cheap Vivitar ViviCam 25 to carry around instead. So if it freezes, no big loss. Plus, it uses 3 AAA batteries, so I don't have to worry about recharging it, and can change batteries "on the fly." I'm coming to realize that information is information; not just the information encoded in the digital image, but also the "meta-data,...

So we're supposed to force religion (preferably what people call "Christian") back into our public schools. And then  loudly protest against "social engineering"? Ramming religion down students throats is the worst sort of social engineering I can think of. We all lose.

Sarah Palin calls $150K per lecture "muzzled." I'm heading for the pet shop right now to get myself one!

Clouding is all very well and good--as long as you have a signal. Welcome to central Maine!

Commemorative T-shirts at Tuscon memorial service: Conservatives are going, "Damn! Why didn't we think of that?"

I've been waiting for all those clever conservatives with photo-editing software to come out with pics of Jared Loughner painted up to look like the Joker--but I guess he's not evil enough for them.

Conservatives: "Hate, and we'll hate with you. Kill, and you kill alone."

Jared Loughner may have acted alone--but he didn't live in a vacuum. Even loonies need some kind of support network, and will make their own if none is immediately available.

2010 wettest year on record, tied for hottest I really get tired of the media always knowing which side of their bread is buttered.