Archive for August, 2008

Thought of the day from George Carlin

Because we all knew how much we would miss him at this time in our horrible lives. “Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice . . . you don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They ...Read more.

The Democratic Horse & Puppet Show

Convention weeks are a drag. You’ll hear nary a contrary opinion about the speeches made, nor about the waving and the huckstering going on. It’s all flags and pies from here on out. It’s a parade of rotted agendas and value-driven agendas. The Democrats have taken over the media for the next four days, professing ...Read more.

Amusing

From Daily Kos. I promise that I’ll stop the politics and get back to the books. Tomorrow. And I’m also sitting on some photos I took last week at the Mercantile Library. Those will go up soon as well.

Thought for the day

Hunter S. Thompson speaks to me daily. Here is one thing he told me today that really stuck out. Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish — a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to ...Read more.

McCain Response Team

Whenever McCain’s surrogates respond to criticism, to borrow from Joe Biden, they only say three things: Noun, Verb and P.O.W.

Values

The word “values” exists as a euphemism for “morals”, if you are to believe the current political punditry. Core values, our values, their values, lack of values, values different from mine, this one word, “values”, is a wonderful separating word in the Us vs. Them vernacular. I don’t really see it that way but it ...Read more.

I see you. Don't think I don't.

When is the reach of paranoia beyond our existential control? I mean, there is a point where all intellectual capacity is stunted by a gripping, voracious fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of the known, fear that you’ve been wrong all along or fear that you were right from the start, it’s this sort of ...Read more.