We went to see “A Scanner Darkly” last night, since Ben had an unexpected sleepover with a neighborhood buddy. I liked the fascinating graphic effects and the chill, yet weirdly comical, mood. I couldn’t have guessed where it was going, and I won’t spoil it for you – I’ll just say that I haven’t yet seen the synopsis that accurately described the movie. I love Philip K. Dick. As usual, Keanu Reeves was the weak point of the film. I…
I’ve added a new page – “About VirusHead.” There is a short explanation of why the blog is named VirusHead. There is also a long rambling section about theoryheads and postmodernism (only for the intensely curious). I’ve also added a page dedicated to Jehovah’s Witnesses issues, news and resources. In addition to page links (to bits of the main VirusHead site), the page lists all the titles of the blog posts on this topic, so that you don’t have to…
Yesterday I posted about Tina Trent‘s local efforts to canvass different Democratic candidates running for office at the Georgia state level. The candidates’ answers are posted on her blog. However, I didn’t post the questions. These questions are pretty good ones, and could be used as a basic template to write your own, so here you go. Remember, candidates for office are people who are applying to work for you. Find out what they stand for and what they intend…
Republican Pete Hoekstra, Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, has criticized Bush for hiding more surveillance programs from Congressional oversight. The NY Times has published his criticism of Bush on this matter. On Fox News Sunday, Hoekstra said that a whistleblower came to him with several more spying operations that were in danger of being abused without oversight. Wait… several more?? Hoekstra: …this is actually a case where the whistleblower process was working appropriately. Some people within the intelligence community…
I guess they don’t count my own pledge. They didn’t have this widget for bloggers then. I still haven’t seen the movie. Still working on the babysitting situation… I’ve added it to my sidebar for a bit. It’s strange that the javascript will work in the sidebar but not in a post.
We are an optimistic nation, a hopeful nation. Whatever our politics, we hope that our political and corporate leaders value our lives. This is a wonderful thing about America. But it does leave us somewhat open to manipulation, deceit, and betrayal. I think this Administration is disastrous to us in ways that are have been sufficiently transparent for some time but that many people don’t want to see or believe. Fellow Americans, I do believe that more of us are…