What I did on my Summer Vacation
OK, so I've been relatively quite on the Blogging front. You can't say I didn't warn you though, as I had predicted that my blogging would be reduced drastically once Fantasy Football sign-ups started. Welp, that's exactly what happened. But let me get you up to date on various goings on.
Firstly, on the Supreme Court vacancy, I've heard a lot of talk about the pluses and minuses of the departing O'Connor and a little talk about potential successors. The every evil Sean Hannity on Fox News claimed that Liberals were being two faced in praising O'Connor since in actuality we all hated her except for her stance on abortion. Well, I can say, as a middle of the road kind of guy that I am (though not always seem), for the reasons I stated in my previous blog, there was plenty to like. Obviously, I would have rather she NOT cast one of the votes that handed the 2000 election to Bush. An interesting caveat here: on all of the "major" issues that were decided by a single vote that went against the fascist right, it is always said that her vote was the "deciding vote". But you don't here that said when her vote went with her "party line". The fact is that Hannity and the other fascists hate her as much if not more than any pinko Liberal because technically, she never betrayed us. The thought for the day, of course is, who is REALLY more scared about her replacement. I'm totally freaked out, but I but the hard-line right wing is even more so. What if they get another traitor?
Also going on is the recent revelation that Karl Rove (aka Jabba) may or may not have divulged the identity of an undercover CIA operative to a Time reporter. As much as I would LOVE for this story to pan out into something that makes the Village Idiot and his Puppet Master look foolish, I just don't see it going that way. The problem is that none of the notes that have leaked to the press suggest that he actually named a particular person or even referenced a person as being a CIA Operative. Yes, he alluded to it, but I think the bigger story is that someone from Camp Idiot actually said something of substance to a reporter. Really. We know nothing about the motives, plans, processes or daily activities of any aspect of the current administration. All we get insight to are talking points. No thought is involved in talking points and as a result no insight is provided. This administration systematically refuses to allow the people know how they are being served and governed. And no one asks the questions that would delve into this. It's how we ended up in Iraq, how there are still a large number of people that believe Iraq was involved in 9/11, how one half of the country believes we are liberators and the other half occupiers and how right-wing media can claim that the mainstream media is biased and only shows one side of the story without being called on the fact that there really is no side of most stories. The OFFICIAL WORD from the administration is so banal and so empty of thought that anyone who doesn't want to think about the bad that might be happening doesn't have to. They can be shielded from anything they want to ignore: reality, responsibility, reason, rights. The conservatives will continue to win elections as long as the majority of the voting public chooses to not want to think.
On the wedding front, all the small stuff is slowing falling into place. We've got a guest book and pens to sign it with. We've got an semi-official estimate count of attendees (we're looking at about 65 with several people still unaccounted for). We'll be ordering the wedding favors within the next week. It's really filling out to be a real wedding.
Anyway, sorry for jamming so much random stuff in this one. Once the fantasy drafts are over, I'll be a little more on target. Until then though, I suspect I'll continue to be a little disjointed. Unless of course something really sticks out as needing to be ranted about separately.
Firstly, on the Supreme Court vacancy, I've heard a lot of talk about the pluses and minuses of the departing O'Connor and a little talk about potential successors. The every evil Sean Hannity on Fox News claimed that Liberals were being two faced in praising O'Connor since in actuality we all hated her except for her stance on abortion. Well, I can say, as a middle of the road kind of guy that I am (though not always seem), for the reasons I stated in my previous blog, there was plenty to like. Obviously, I would have rather she NOT cast one of the votes that handed the 2000 election to Bush. An interesting caveat here: on all of the "major" issues that were decided by a single vote that went against the fascist right, it is always said that her vote was the "deciding vote". But you don't here that said when her vote went with her "party line". The fact is that Hannity and the other fascists hate her as much if not more than any pinko Liberal because technically, she never betrayed us. The thought for the day, of course is, who is REALLY more scared about her replacement. I'm totally freaked out, but I but the hard-line right wing is even more so. What if they get another traitor?
Also going on is the recent revelation that Karl Rove (aka Jabba) may or may not have divulged the identity of an undercover CIA operative to a Time reporter. As much as I would LOVE for this story to pan out into something that makes the Village Idiot and his Puppet Master look foolish, I just don't see it going that way. The problem is that none of the notes that have leaked to the press suggest that he actually named a particular person or even referenced a person as being a CIA Operative. Yes, he alluded to it, but I think the bigger story is that someone from Camp Idiot actually said something of substance to a reporter. Really. We know nothing about the motives, plans, processes or daily activities of any aspect of the current administration. All we get insight to are talking points. No thought is involved in talking points and as a result no insight is provided. This administration systematically refuses to allow the people know how they are being served and governed. And no one asks the questions that would delve into this. It's how we ended up in Iraq, how there are still a large number of people that believe Iraq was involved in 9/11, how one half of the country believes we are liberators and the other half occupiers and how right-wing media can claim that the mainstream media is biased and only shows one side of the story without being called on the fact that there really is no side of most stories. The OFFICIAL WORD from the administration is so banal and so empty of thought that anyone who doesn't want to think about the bad that might be happening doesn't have to. They can be shielded from anything they want to ignore: reality, responsibility, reason, rights. The conservatives will continue to win elections as long as the majority of the voting public chooses to not want to think.
On the wedding front, all the small stuff is slowing falling into place. We've got a guest book and pens to sign it with. We've got an semi-official estimate count of attendees (we're looking at about 65 with several people still unaccounted for). We'll be ordering the wedding favors within the next week. It's really filling out to be a real wedding.
Anyway, sorry for jamming so much random stuff in this one. Once the fantasy drafts are over, I'll be a little more on target. Until then though, I suspect I'll continue to be a little disjointed. Unless of course something really sticks out as needing to be ranted about separately.
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