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TW3 ... and herding teh kittehs
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:30:01 UT
Ever felt like you're trying to push a rope -- tangled and frustrated with
an impossible task? Everything is loosey-goosey in these last few days,
nothing quite 'cooked.' I've tried to grab a single subject and explore it,
but to no avail -- rounding up the news is like this Toles
'toon<[link]>[a

Battling for change we can believe in
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:17:37 UT
We continue to struggle against the concentrated effort to stop all Left
turns, by whatever means necessary. The military coup in
Honduras<[link]>is the
latest wrinkle. And although the celebrity grief-a-thon has taken
Iran off the cable channels for awhile, the situation there remains dire for

TW3 ... and the RIP's
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:31:38 UT
*T*hat *W*as *T*he *W*eek *T*hat *W*as ... both somber and surprising; most
whimsical bit in the Review is the fox with a shoe fetish ... my kinda
critter.
On other fronts, it's not all business in the news world -- Pop Culture took
a big hit today as both an
Angel<[link]>and

"Only I'm the President ..."
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:32:34 UT
Obama has just finished his press conference as I write, and he's [quietly,
confidently] flexing his muscles; love it! When asked if McCain and the
other Cold Warriors criticism had moved his position on Iran, he said, with
a grin ... *what do you think*? Love it, doubled.
He went on to indicate that only he's the prez, so he'll decide how best to

Lawn Care and WTF's
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:30:08 UT
Maybe it's just me -- maybe I'm so connected to the energetic changes that
are pushing us forward that I'm as sensitive as a March hare when I read
some of the stuff that springs up like unsightly fungus on the political
lawn, causing me to twitch and jump. Some of these things simply no longer
belong there -- *not on MY grass*. Consider:

TW3 + 1
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:15:56 UT
I'm befuddled. Ever get that way? The brain just refuses to process one more
bit of information? If it was working, I'd probably think of something
clever ... but as it's just sitting there, humming and snapping in a vacant
kind of fugue state, I haven't got much interesting to say.
As a discouraging aside, mMy son just came back from a mandatory

"From the moment I took office ..."
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:41:24 UT
This weekend, a big-mouthed Pub troglodyte political
operative<[link]>from
South Carolina drawled, in regards to a gorilla escaped from the
zoo, "I'm sure it's just one of Michelle's ancestors - probably harmless."
He later described his remark as a jest, and hoped he hadn't offended

The coup -- "revolution will be crushed"
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:08:21 UT
The NeoCons, the Theocons and the Zionists got their wish today -- and it
appears they took what they wanted despite the huge out-turn [remarkable
turn-out, actually] of Iranian citizens voting against the 'old way.' This
is what birthing a new paradigm brings ... [r]evolution and political
strife. What is configured in tyranny is pushing stronger than ever ... and

Epidemic
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:12:56 UT
*We've got one* -- no, it's not stupidity although I know you thought of
that first; it's violence of the homegrown kind and it's not just the
wingnuts that are indulging, it's also the cops who have a similar intrigue
with weapons and authority, and ultimately, misuse ... if you need a
rationale, think 'soul level.' The kids are playing with the pop guns again.

The Devil you know
Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:57:01 UT
Up to this point, Obama has been absorbed with doing massive clean-up of
Dubbys slop and handling the issues of the day -- now comes health care,
dear to his heart. This is both emotional, given how many suffer ... and
pragmatic, given how large a percentage of the economy medical costs gobble,
due to almost double in the coming decades; just about everybody agrees that

Looking down from Mount Everest
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:40:06 UT
Stunning speech, perched on that high peak David Gergen said he'd have to
reach -- *right man, right place, right time* ... for those with eyes to
see, ears to hear. Those who will not allow for the possibility of
international collaboration or peaceful coexistence will neither see it nor
seek it.
The pro/con stuff has already started,

TW3 ... and "oral understandings"
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:35:52 UT
*T*hat *W*as *T*he *W*eek *T*hat *W*as ... jumpin' -- a little of this, a
little of that, a whole lot of hot air and sadly ... for swans, cats and
squirrels ... cruelty.
Crappy news of the day is -- over 5000 killed in Iraq, now. The numbers
continue to add up.
Happy news<[link]>of

Terror on a Sunday morning
Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:48:47 UT
A heartbreaking act of domestic terrorism happened inside the Reformation
Lutheran Church of Wichita, Kansas this weekend. It's being celebrated by
some Americans, as we speak. Remember that old Righty slogan, "When guns are
illegal, only criminals will have guns?" Well ... when wingnuts go
hysterical, only hysterics will be waving them, cutting down fellow citizens

Our inevitable shame
Thu, 28 May 2009 18:31:56 UT
I'm still spun up about the torture issue, and one article today ... *
finally* ... put the bottom line in place. *Rape and sexual degradation!
*
THIS is why the torture issue can't be put to bed. What are we, the Congo?
This disgusting piece of American history must be revealed despite all it's
"honorable" CIA interrogation, as per Mr. Cheney, because we let sadism and

Decisions, decisions
Tue, 26 May 2009 18:34:02 UT
California's Prop 8 will stand -- but so will the 18,000 gay and lesbian
marriages in California; how schizophrenic is that! The decision on this
appeal was expected, given the oral arguments of a few months back; this
particular battle was one of legalize. But ... no worries, dearhearts ...
the basic issue will be revisited at every opportunity. This culture wall is