The Reef Ahead

I can think of one tax cut to make...

2011-11-19T07:02:00.000-08:00

The tea party falls to its knees to service the ultrarich...

2011-11-04T21:50:00.001-07:00

My favorite moment from the recent GOP debate....

2011-09-24T10:29:00.001-07:00

Why? Because any post about today's politics will make you want to vomit forever...

2011-09-17T18:51:00.000-07:00

New York at last!

2011-06-24T19:35:00.001-07:00

Superman, an American? I demand to see the long form birth certificate!

2011-04-29T11:57:00.000-07:00

Crisis? Oh look! Rich people getting married!

2011-04-29T03:41:00.001-07:00

Springtime of the Stunted

2011-04-10T12:23:00.000-07:00

A fine day for religion all around, but special kudos to reverend Butthead!!

2011-04-01T09:51:00.000-07:00

http://www.buffalonews.com/wire-feeds/24-hour-world-news/article382047.ece

Western New York, Awaken!

2011-03-25T07:19:00.000-07:00

But the Tea Party is racist!

2011-03-10T15:50:00.000-08:00

Now people quit because they tell the truth?

That's a step in the right direction folks!

For all the GOP has done, we are truly amazed...

2011-02-19T13:21:00.000-08:00

Ok, why the hell not?

2011-02-12T07:33:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.

Your Call: Who brings the most Awesome Crazy-Confederate Apologists or Americans For the Eternal Empire? Either way, all rise for their anthem...

2010-12-20T18:21:00.000-08:00

Gintrowski-Karzel: Because that's just how I am...

2010-12-12T10:02:00.000-08:00

Whispers of a kindred spirit....

2010-11-24T12:37:00.000-08:00

Having located an empty comfy chair by the sunsplashed windows of the public library, I sat down to read through my lunch break. I notice a previous patron has left a tiny stack of tasty morsels consisting of Niels Bohr's Philosophical Writings and Sylvia Plath's Ariel on a small table nearby.

Here's someone I've never met yet I know completely in my blood.

Arizona Immigration Bill-Justice at Last!

2010-04-24T18:54:00.000-07:00

Peace officers to begin rounding up illegals at once. "We'll send all non-natives back to wherever they came from" said one Navajo official, "and if they can't remember where that is, the rest of the whites are going to Saxony."

The Health Care Debate

2010-03-21T19:13:00.000-07:00

Health Reform

2010-03-21T19:01:00.000-07:00

If the right wing wants to die of ignorance-fine with me...

Today's Republicans: So Playful (via The Poor Man)

2009-09-04T05:07:00.000-07:00

The GOP likes healthcare just the way it is...

2009-08-24T15:10:00.001-07:00

"Sita Sings the Blues" online at last! See Nina's link at lower right.

2009-08-21T13:58:00.000-07:00

Dear FBI: Re: Militias

2009-08-15T16:54:00.000-07:00

Now would be a good time to check on the "well regulated" part.
I'm not sayin'
I'm just sayin'

GOP Discourse on Health Care

2009-08-14T14:40:00.000-07:00

Mimas Supremas aces her Ninja Exam....

2009-07-22T17:39:00.000-07:00

The Republican Health Care Plan-Drunk on Panda Mystery

2009-07-21T18:26:00.000-07:00

"I am sooooooooo used to this, dude!"

2008-12-14T19:00:00.000-08:00

We'll always have Denver

2008-08-05T13:24:00.000-07:00

McCain is lookin' gooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!

2008-08-05T13:22:00.001-07:00

We dare not speak its name....

2008-08-02T18:43:00.000-07:00

Matt is my new hero

2008-07-01T15:59:00.000-07:00

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

Fafnir returns!

2008-04-03T20:05:00.000-07:00

They're back!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Obama has a sky pilot problem?

2008-03-21T19:48:00.000-07:00

One sees why they do so well...

2008-03-21T19:44:00.000-07:00

People of Earth, you have been warned!!!

2008-01-17T13:34:00.000-08:00

If it's Friday, then it must be THE POLISH LESSON!

2007-12-07T10:27:00.000-08:00

Grendel's Mom!

2007-11-13T14:54:00.000-08:00

Just saw a preview for the upcoming Beowulf. It makes 300 seem like a direct translation. For the life of me I cannot recall the anglo-saxon for "fuck me pumps". Serves me right for relying on the Nowell Codex...

Not forgotten

2007-10-10T17:15:00.000-07:00

Futurewatch: The war with Iran will be a mistake.

2007-09-26T15:45:00.001-07:00

Sadly,
A reposting:

Scamandros grows weary of the slaughter

At some point
either you or i must choke
on the offal
you make of each other
and to what end?
a hundred ships
is too dear a price
for any face.
glory means nothing
if to enjoy it you must be dead.
pull away from my banks
tend to the youths wallowing in my waters
pull away to those shores
where your glory is wise old age.
shields are ideal for nut gathering.
reserve your swords for cheese.
let the mad Homers
fashion epic exploits for you.
in two thousand years
who will doubt
it was the truth?

Westmoreland, I mean Petraeus, sees light at the end of his tunnel

2007-09-11T16:47:00.000-07:00

He must have swallowed his Princton Club penlight!
Huzzah fellows!
Huzzah!

Justice = More Cell Blocks!

2007-06-19T05:41:00.000-07:00

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A short history of my job: First I represent blue, then I represent brown...

2007-06-01T11:24:00.000-07:00

Blue pleads, brown takes it to the jury-both get 25 to life and the banjo plays on...

Vengence is MINE squeals Tinky Winky!

2007-05-15T12:09:00.000-07:00

Gone at last! I'll miss him like I miss Reagan!

With gleeeeeee!

Regarding the French Elections....

2007-05-07T08:43:00.000-07:00

I can't say it better than V. I. himself:

http://leninology.blogspot.com/

Who won in Iraq?

2007-05-07T06:41:00.000-07:00

Sen. Lindsay Graham (R, Lollipop Land) demonstrates that republicans are not now, nor have they ever been, aware of what the fuck they are doing or how much mayhem their chest thumping has caused...

http://www.exile.ru/2007-May-04/war_nerd.html

Kurt Vonnegut from the Paris Review Interviews

2007-04-27T12:43:00.000-07:00

VONNEGUT:
"I think it can be tremendously refreshing if a creator of literature has something on his mind other than the history of literature so far. Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak."

Ah! The Immortals!

2007-04-16T07:50:00.000-07:00

Take a Flying Fuck at A Rolling Doughnut

2007-04-13T10:10:00.000-07:00

That's how I wanted to title a posting in honor of Mr. Vonnegut, but Pandagon beat me to it, that and I really am not clever enough to say anything original about such an influential writer now he's gone west...

Greetings

Orrin Hatch tells lies

2007-04-05T09:36:00.000-07:00

http://www.airamerica.com/maddow/node/2493

Worth more than all the air time on FOX to date:

2007-04-04T09:22:00.000-07:00

I am not crushing on Matt Taibbi so stop saying that!

2007-03-12T09:37:00.000-07:00

But this snip from his most recent "Low Post" over at Rolling Stone regarding Tom Friedman is very fine indeed:

"Friedman should be hung upside down and have holes drilled in his skull for even suggesting this, of course. We're talking about one of the richest men in media, a guy who in recent years got still richer beating the drum for this war from his $9.3 million, 11,400 square-foot mansion in suburban Maryland. He is married to a shopping mall heiress worth nearly $3 billion; the Washingtonian says he is part of one of the 100 richest families in America. And yet he has the balls to turn around and tell us that the pointless, asinine war he cheerleaded for failed because we didn't sacrifice enough for it. Are you reaching for the railroad spike yet?"

Ours is a Great and Awesome CPAC!

2007-03-05T10:03:00.000-08:00

They're (the right kind of) godly AND they're not afraid to call you a faggot!
Did you know the organization was founded by a gay man?
What hilarity!
What irony!
What a pile of hypocritical rightwing bullshit!
As if the country needed more of that.

George Bush Dreams of a Different World

2007-02-23T06:39:00.000-08:00

George Takei Responds

2007-02-21T12:07:00.000-08:00

The Red Cross likes Terror

2007-02-21T09:31:00.000-08:00

BoingBoing has some photos of the idiotic billboards the Red Cross has put up throughout Western New York. Unbelievably stupid fearmongering. Plus, some of them suggest that the coming disaster will be our own fault because we, as citizens, ignored the warnings of experts. Remind me again of their record in NOLA?

Bring the troops home now. (Reposted)

2007-02-21T06:49:00.000-08:00

More stories in the local newspapers about kids coming home corpses or crippled.How much waste does this bugeyed bellybutton obsessed nation need before it wakes up and sees the violence it has enabled?All the faith-based organizations in my town are using federal money to make posters that say "Nonviolence begins with me" but they don't mean it. It's violence that feeds them. It's millions that go to glitzy churches in the middle of hopeless, god forsaken neighborhoods. Pimp a million and you're a political player. Pimp fifty bucks and you go to jail.Idiots rail in support of flag burning amendments and anti-sex legislation.That kind of shit won't put eyes back in that young GI's face.Balloon juice won't reattach limbs or reconnect spinal columns.Every idiot with a "Freedom isn't Free" bumpersticker should volunteer in the VA burn unit nearest him.Perhaps he will learn a lesson in personal responsibility.Perhaps a lesson in the true complexity of reality.They should see the fruit of their crimes.They should be made to push it in gurneys.Karl Rove and Hillary should be changing bandages at Walter Reed.They should have to wipe the consequences of their actions off their hands between each bed.And comfort frightened children ripped to shreds spasming sleepless forever as a result of great power malice: its ambition, its neglect, its emptiness.George Bush can't be trusted with our rights.George Bush can't be trusted to dig latrines in Iraq.George Bush can't be trusted with the contents of a bedpan...Every day some kid, brainwashed or not, gets chewed up and spat out by my government.We accept it like overwhelmed infants.We accept it like bullied children.We should begin to act.We should begin to act like adults again.We need to be adult about this.Adults who can say noto the smug, triumphant, gleeful, selfish, heartless, walking hatred that rules this place.We need to make them bring the troops home.Or bring them home ourselves.We need to bring them home.Now.

History will judge Bush well!

2007-02-16T07:10:00.000-08:00

I saw a clip of George Bush yesterday. He said Afghanistan is "wild country", wilder than the wild west! (Cue psychokiller smirk, wait for laughter that does not come).

I thought you fellers said conservatives couldn't do comedy? It seems you are unfamiliar with "full spectrum improv" on a worldwide scale.

Oh the hilarity when everything goes "boom" among the brown people!

Cry, the beloved country

2007-02-15T08:54:00.000-08:00

The King of Zembla has a post entitled "Dolls" (Wednesday, February 7) that is a truly depressing update on race in the US.

The link takes you to:
http://www.komoradio.com/home/video/5001856.html?video=pop&t=a

Italy: A reminder for the Vatican

2007-02-09T06:23:00.000-08:00

A bible lesson for our times, or, channeling Bullwinkle, "Holy See, Monkey Do"

(cue the trombones wah wah wah waaaaaaaaaaaah!)

And now for something completely different...

2007-02-07T07:37:00.000-08:00

So, yes, the previous post was a hoot. For something meatier, take a look at the posting "The Poverty of Philosophy" over at Lenin's Tomb.

HURRA TORPEDO total eclipse of the heart (J.Steinman)

2007-02-06T09:43:00.000-08:00


"Total Eclipse of the Heart" written by Jim Steinman I'm ashamed to say that I did not undestand the importance of this fine selection when it was first released. Was I naive, crude? Or have I simply grown into the understanding of the higher emotions. Indeed, I am finally become an aesthete, thanks to Hurra Torpedo... greetings

Molly Ivins is dead

2007-02-01T06:18:00.000-08:00

She was a great voice for reason and the little people and one of my favorite things about Texas. Her absence will be very painful in the remaining Bush years.

U.S. invasion was "idiot decision"-Iraq vice president

2007-01-26T06:27:00.000-08:00

Now there's a fella' who gets us!

...George Bush, and the horse he rode in on...

2007-01-16T20:16:00.000-08:00

You think of that man, who has never made a correct move in his pampered, protected life,
and you ask, who the fuck invited this moron to the table.
Then you remember he's the president,
and you can't look at strangers the same way,
on the morning train.

he's the mental slurry
in our dumpster.
the backwash
even bums
can't swallow.

and he will take us into Iran
with his eyes closed.

Fuck fancy talk about who pays for the surge.
Impeach him.
Impeach him now,
before he Really fucks our shit up.

The Surge: A Great Idea

2007-01-11T20:41:00.000-08:00

(I'm going to repost some things because this makes me too sick to write anything new)

like stretcher bearers
at Verdun
we watch
bright eyed new leaders
arrive in glory
and leave
promoted
to disgrace.

as each new commander
slams fist to palm
exclaiming
'we have the formula!'
we know to order
neighborhoods
of bandages,
forests
of coffins.

The Surge: A thought

2007-01-05T10:27:00.000-08:00

It's not supposed to work (he whispered).
It's a front...It's supposed to do one of two things:

1. Solidify the democrats as co-conspirators in the criminal Iraq caper;

or

2. Force the new Congress (assuming it has any balls whatsoever) to vote it down and
let the rightwing get on with the coming knife in the back delusion.

Why do you crow about the idiocy of George
when you know he's not in charge?

I turned to face him but I was alone on the rain dark platform.

Hussein in the Membrane: Matt Taibbi

2007-01-05T08:19:00.000-08:00

Read this little gem from Mr. Taibbi:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/13061298/
the_low_post_hussein_in_the_membrane

Comet Alert!

2007-01-03T08:04:00.000-08:00

If you have a good view of the south-west horizon, look for an extremely bright object right after sunset. (Sadly, it sets very quickly.) It's Comet McNaught (2006 P1). Yes it's real...
and it's spectacular!

Christmas 2006: Buffalo, NY

2006-12-27T11:20:00.000-08:00

thank you
baby jesus

for shoring up sales
and covering our bottom line.

for emptying our pockets
just as the heat bills arrive.

for distracting the middle class
while war in Iran looms.

for bamboozling the poor
and making doubts and riots sins.

and thank you
baby jesus

for our whiskey-soaked district attorney
screeching fear like a banshee
on the evening news.

for the progressive dynastic
city court judges
reinstating the poor house.

for the inbred helpless mob
in city hall
who otherwise could never find employment.

and thank you
baby jesus

for the shadow of shapes
that dine each night by streetlight
in our dumpsters.

for keeping us numb
to suffering
and hostile
to reality.

for making us exiles
in our own universe.

Neocons reveal the REAL reason we fight in Iraq: Gay Rights!

2006-12-19T06:06:00.000-08:00

Greg Gutfeld, over at Huffington Post (see "The March on Mecca"), explains why the right needs to subdue the Islamofascists: to protect gay rights of course silly! 'Cause you know like, Omigod! We're totally all, like "Mission accomplished" on that score here, or something?

OK, I mock, and it's not fair. Besides, it makes perfect sense and in no way further illustrates the hypocrisy of the Right: just look how many of them are turning out to be self-hating closet cases...

Get outta th' way!

2006-12-04T12:36:00.000-08:00

He's Bolton!

Ah hah ha ha (wipes tears from eyes). How I do amuse myself.

But then other times,
the rage! boundless rage!

cough, ahem

I'm George Bush and I approve of this message.

Will return to blogging soon....

2006-12-04T08:36:00.000-08:00

Still recovering from seeing Rumsfeld getting an award for his "work". Have yet to stop projectile vomiting. Will need to clean monitor and purchase new keyboard. Has anyone ever seen Bush and Borat in the same room? Just asking.

Say it Loud and Say it Proud: The Burden of Proof for the Existence of God is on the Believers

2006-11-22T07:18:00.000-08:00

So pony up, sky pilots.

Well? (said with the voice of Ronald Reagan/Montgomery Burns)

...I'm waiting...

Rummy's Replacement: Iran-Contra, the GOP gift that just keeps giving.

2006-11-09T09:56:00.000-08:00

Does Bush know ANYONE whose hands aren't filthy with blood?

The GOP: All Turd, No Blossom

2006-11-08T06:02:00.000-08:00

That is all,
as you were...

How do you like them purple fingers, you rightwing wankers?

Election 2006: Well THEY certainly wore out their welcome!

2006-11-08T05:54:00.000-08:00

Not that they were welcome to begin with...
oh, and don't look now but Tom Reynolds is in the kitchen, rooting through the garbage for chip/dip remnants.

Laura Bush Accuses Michael J. Fox of "Manipulation"

2006-10-31T10:16:00.000-08:00

Did I mention that Laura Bush is Loathsome?
No?
She’s loathsome.
Evil too.

Question: What will she do after the White House years?

25 to life would be appropriate.

greetings

The GOP: Government by No-Brainers

2006-10-27T06:10:00.000-07:00

The Vice-President likes torture.
Some GOP congressmen love little boys but others hate themselves and their sexuality.
And Rush Limbaugh, since you think Parkinson's is no big deal, you're welcome to come spend the weekend with me taking care of my father. That'll give you a real reason for your dirty little pill habit, you ignorant evil fuck.

No really, fuck the GOP and anyone who still supports them.

The GOP: Lessons from the masters.

2006-10-22T08:48:00.000-07:00

Why the Classics

1

in the fourth book of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides tells among other things
the story of his unsuccessful expedition

among long speeches of chiefs
battles sieges plague
dense net of intrigues of diplomatic endeavors
the episode is like a pin
in a forest

the Greek colony Amphipolis
fell into the hands of Brasidos
because Thucydides was late with relief

for this he paid his native city
with lifelong exile

exiles of all times
know what price that is

2

generals of the most recent wars
if a similar affair happens to them
whine on their knees before posterity
praise their heroism and innocence

they accuse their subordinates
envious colleagues
unfavorable winds

Thucydides says only
That he had seven ships
It was winter
And he sailed quickly

3
if art for its subject
will have a broken jar
a small broken soul
with a great self-pity

what will remain after us
will be like lover’s weeping
in a small dirty hotel
when wall-paper dawns

Zbigniew Herbert, 1968

Laura Bush

2006-10-05T10:42:00.000-07:00

...deserves our pity,

and endless scorn, the dumbass robot.

The GOP: A New Slogan

2006-10-03T14:01:00.000-07:00

Don't blame us, we're just in charge here!

Congressman Thomas M. Reynolds Protected Mark Foley

2006-10-03T06:10:00.000-07:00

Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds, a disgusting shill for big business and the ultra-rich, has added another loathsome feather to his cap. Not only does he want american children to live without healthcare and good schools, it is clear he also wants them to be preyed upon by his GOP colleagues.

Nice.

Torture is Wrong

2006-09-28T12:52:00.000-07:00

...and governments that torture are on the way to tyranny...
and nations that support such governments are on the road to failure.

I just wanted to say that before the loathsome cowards in Congress gut Free Speech.

Congressman Brian Higgins Supports Torture

2006-09-28T12:45:00.000-07:00

...and if you are still glad you voted for him, then yes, I do consider you a fascist or a fascist fellow-traveler.

U.S. Congress hates the Bill of Rights

2006-09-22T17:35:00.000-07:00

This from Wikipedia:"
Generally speaking, ex post facto laws are seen as a violation of the rule of law as it applies in a free and democratic society. Most common law jurisdictions do not permit retroactive legislation, though some have suggested that judge-made 'law' is retroactive as a new precedent applies to events that occurred prior to the judicial decision. In some nations that follow the Westminster system of government, such as the United Kingdom, ex post facto laws are technically possible as parliamentary supremacy allows the parliament to pass any law it wishes. However, in a nation with an entrenched bill of rights or a written constitution, ex post facto legislation may be prohibited."

This from Busy Busy Busy:
The Ticket. From the language of today's AGREEMENT UPON COMMON ARTICLE 3, per Marty Lederman at Balkanization:
(2) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The amendments made by this section, except as specified in paragraph 2441(d)(2)(E) of title 10, United States Code, shall take effect as of November 26, 1997, as if enacted immediately after the amendments made by section 583 of Public Law 105-118 (as amended by section 4002 of Public Law 107-273).

You do the math

U.S. Congress

2006-09-18T09:06:00.000-07:00

I think it is high time we adopt an old British tradition: giving parliaments monikers in keeping with their activity or characteristics. The present U.S. Congress should henceforth and for all time be known as the Congress of Torturers.

The founding fathers would be so proud.

greetings

Pope Bubbleboy pulls a Bush

2006-09-15T06:07:00.000-07:00

Do you think it is wise for the leader of the gang that brought us the crusades, the inquisition, heretic smores and blood-thirsty anti-Semitism to claim that some other religion hasn’t contributed anything but violence?

Since when is saying “and I quote” the rhetorical equivalent of a get out of jail free card?

ABC lies about 9/11

2006-09-06T12:16:00.000-07:00

Nothing funny to say about that. We really are starting to hit rock bottom.

Poland: Yet another nation taken over by dangerous idiots.

2006-09-06T10:43:00.000-07:00

The "christian" right wing pygmies that now run Poland have decided to slander Jacek Kuron and Zbigniew Herbert: two of the the great minds and hearts of the intelligent struggle against Stalinism in Central Europe. Is it an accident that the attacks on these moral and mental giants had to wait until they were both dead and thus unable to take part in their own defenses?

swine

George Bush reads Books

2006-08-30T08:03:00.000-07:00

Pardon me for asking, but, given all the problems facing the country, wouldn't it be more of a virtue for the president of the United States to be doing his job rather than claiming to be playing summer-reading-list grabass with Karl Rove?

A Tale of Two Numbskulls

2006-08-23T10:01:00.000-07:00

A noted scholar recently predicted dire happenings for August 22. Professor Lewis wrote in the Wall Street Journal that Iran's president might bring about the end of the world or otherwise do something really, really bad on that date. (So glad to see the academic world is above all this fear mongering)

Our leader, on the other hand, likes to fart or watch people crash their bikes. Stuff like that gives him a "jolly" (For fooks sake!)
Now many liberal blogs are mocking the end of the world story. Mocking!

How do they know Mahmoud Ahmadinejad didn’t do something really really bad that day?
Like, make an intern pull his finger,
laugh at an injured puppy,
or
fart in front of the supreme council.
For a jolly.

All Politics is Loco

2006-08-08T05:52:00.000-07:00

There’s war in Lebanon again, Iraq is burning holes in the hand basket, and the president of the United States of America is……
on vacation.
That’s like a surgeon laying down the knife in the middle of an emergency because his tee time is looming.
Condoleezza Rice has been named one of the best dressed by Vanity Fair: nobody wears that blood and entrails outfit like Condi!
The two obese 25 year old young professionals on my morning commute continue to spout their neocon nonsense the entire train ride. Non-stop bromides about liberal pussies and the numerous reasons “why we fight”. Except they don’t fight. They just wheeze, get fatter, and smell bad. Plus their much vaunted courage may be of dubious quality anyway based on their visible fear of African-Americans of all ages...
I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin', but that five year old looked pretty scary today.

greetings

Inhofe: A further example of why all is well.

2006-07-25T05:14:00.000-07:00

So folks, or perhaps, being outed, I should say: Achtung!Achtung! and then Hogaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! All the while shaking my monocle...
Who knew that by supporting the scientific consensus I was merely playing the role of dupe to my scientific betters, meine Oberkomendanten, as it were.

Sen. Inhofe, who knows better than say, the vast majority of individuals who have dedicated their lives to studying such things, has stated that the supporters of global warming are like Nazi's.
If so, I ask, where is my uniform huh? Where all the Aryan global warming babes at?

Sen. Inhofe, having shamed me (with the ultimate slur) out of supporting earth science, may I get some official sanction on some other Nazi stuff I've been carrying around. Please get back to me on the following:

The Theory of Gravitation (I know it's only a theory, but still)
Bose-Einstein Condensation (I simply can't trust those two)
The Hydrogen Bond (that one always had the whiff of storm trooper to it)
(gulp!) Evilution (I just want to be sure!)

While you are thinking about those please also answer this: How can a supporter of George W. Bush, with a straight face, accuse ANYONE of fascist thoughts or techniques. Does no one on your staff have a memo re: irony, you pathetic gasbag, I mean sir!

I am,
yours truly,
also only following orders

Hawking Heil!

The Rapture

2006-07-21T05:52:00.000-07:00

I see the "armageddenouttahere" crowd are all excited about the turn of events (i.e. war) in the Middle East because they're pretty sure it heralds the coming of the Rapture.
I, on the other hand, am pretty sure these folks have a deep-seated gore fetish. They love seeing other people suffer, then cover their sick desire with sky-pilot mumbo-jumbo. How else can you explain the glee they feel when other people are blown to shreds? It's what they want to happen!
Apologies for the repeat post, but I can't repeat the following often enough:

Please don't feel obligated
to wait for the Rapture on our account.
Y'all can clear out right now
as far as I'm concerned...
now git!

Prosecuting the Katrina Medics:(WARNING! Adult topics and language)

2006-07-20T19:23:00.000-07:00

So they finally got around to charging the alleged mercy killers.
Great.
Let me ask you this: who is really responsible for these deaths? Hm?
What ever happened to respondeat superior, if I may be so bold?
Where were the police and the DA and the ADA's and the other agents of prosecution when these people retreated to the upper stories of neglected hospitals and hand pumped ventilators and watched terminal patients suffer and searched for medicines and watched the water rise and realized they were alone and had to decide what to do with people who could not be helped?
Where was the DA then?
I bet the prosecution wasn't anywhere near NO the whole time.
Fuck you, you fucking fuck.
In my book anyone who condemns them had better have pushed a lot of gurnnies and cleaned a lot of shit and blood off of strangers just before the roof collapsed.
Because otherwise they don't have a clue as to what they would do, and they sure as shit can't bad mouth the ones who could have left, but stayed.

I say we raise money for the defense.

The GOP to the Rescue!

2006-07-20T05:36:00.000-07:00

Now that the military is allowing members of hate groups to enlist, the chickenhawk College Republicans are free at last to sign up or shut up!
Well?
I'm waiting. (Said with the voice of Ronald Reagan)

George W. Bush: Simple answers from a simple mind

2006-07-19T12:19:00.000-07:00

Mr. Bush appears to have used an infant as a prop when he signed the stem cell legislation veto. The child can be excused for not realizing that his future is being destroyed on all fronts, George Bush however, cannot.

New English for Godless Traitors

2006-07-14T05:13:00.000-07:00

I turned my head one day some years ago and when I turned back everything had changed around here. The material world looked the same but it was different, and, more importantly, the language I thought was my native tongue was foreign to me.

George W. Bush, in describing his thoughts about the situation in Lebanon states that he will support the Agents of Peace. He was talking about the folks who had just invaded a sovereign nation, again.

In the American English of my youth "thoughts" would have been pronounced "insane delusions", "situation" would have been "invasion" or "war", and "Agents of Peace" would translate as "aggressors in violation of international law".

In closing, let me simply tell you that all is well. Nothing is happening. Don't worry. Go shopping, burn gas. All is well.

Old American English, more succinct, if earthy, would have captured the preceding sentiments thus:

We are totally fucked.

greetings

Syd Barrett

2006-07-13T05:28:00.000-07:00

I'm sad to see that Syd has died. He seemed to be a sweet, gentle person and he wrote some of my favorite songs. I remember playing some of them on a twelve string to my niece (who knew the words to "Bike" and "The Gnome" at the age of four)when she was tiny. I was a fan of later Pink Floyd but in contrast to the early stuff they became dark and bad trippy. After Syd there would be no mouse without a house nor knicker thefts. After Ummagumma Roger Waters gave up on Gnomes and sunshine for good. I think many many musicians owe an unacknowledged debt to Syd. I think I'll listen to Piper at the Gates of Dawn when I get home tonight.

greetings

George W. Bush is a Disgrace

2006-07-12T06:22:00.000-07:00

I know the folks at Fafblog would have said this with more panache and wild humor but nobody's posting over there so I have to take up the slack.

I'm just sayin'

My pie blogging isn't too pretty either.

Greetings