Warning. This is an uncharacteristic post. I feel the need to write about something that has been haunting my thoughts since yesterday. It’s about a quick clip I saw on the news. I don’t even remember what they were talking about. George W. Bush and Laura Bush are walking toward a helicopter. The camera’s view is from the back and to the side, so that the view is a three-quarter view from the back – you can sort of see…
SNL is reviving again, and I am grateful. These two bits made my whole week. Really!?! – Seth Myers and Amy Poehler This new segment is fantastic. I was laughing so hard that I almost fell off the couch. Worth staying up to watch. Hardball – Amy Poehler (as Hillary Clinton) and Darryl Hammond (as Chris Matthews) This was brilliant. I like the court jester approach, and there are some grains of truth in the exaggerations here. However, as with…
Some recommended reading – do your homework. Saving the World By Stopping the Pentagon’s Programs By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet All that work against nuclear proliferation – gone, gone, gone. Another way we make the world a more dangerous place. Then there is “Complex 2030,” a proposal to consolidate and update the entire nuclear complex, including the opening of a new plutonium “pit” facility capable of producing 125 new bombs a year. Estimated price tag: $150 billion over 25 years. The…
I have always loved the idea of synchronicity. I heard this song for the first time tonight as I contemplated whether to watch the State of the Union Address: Prodigal son by Jan Gloeckner If you find you keep slipping on your tongue well I got some suggestions to offer you pick one you can tie it round your neck, like a prodigal son but you won’t win the game cause it’s already won could of helped a man who…
From my dear friend Shi: Saint Theresa is known as the Saint of the Little Ways, meaning she believed in doing the little things in life well and with great Love. She is also the patron Saint of flower growers and florists. She is represented by roses. May everyone who receives this message be blessed. REMEMBER to make a wish before you read the prayer. That’s all you have to do. There is nothing attached. Prayer is one of the…
Please join more than 30 leading non-partisan Election Integrity organizations who have signed the following letter demanding that Congress enact legislation requiring a paper ballot for every vote cast. Problems throughout the 2006 primary and general elections have made it clear that only a paper ballot — not a “paper trail”, nor a “paper record” — will begin to help re-establish confidence in our tattered electoral system.