October 26, 2007 archive

Wooooonderful Things

California Wildfires

Governor George Bush toured the damage today in California popping up like Alfred E. Newman from one ruined dream to the next, smiling while walking on the remnants of people’s destroyed lives and livelihoods.  In his photo op he said that the Federal Government has every intention of helping out.  Once again leaving himself an out.  The man that will commit to nothing but illegal war and torture.

So what’s a burned out homeowner to do in these troubled times of global warming?  Luckily the White House was quick to respond with a hand written list.  Experts say the handwriting looks a lot like Barbara Bush’s style but will need at least three tv talking heads to confirm their hunch before coming forward.  Jump to see the list. 

writing in the raw: it’s my nature

love.death.love.death.love.sex

before my 16th birthday, my dad took me out for dinner. he said he figured it was time for the “sex” talk. whoo boy.

so we’re at dinner and i say, dad i know about sex… haven’t had it yet, but like i know about it.

he says i only wanted to tell you this one thing: don’t ever let anybody fuck you. if you want to fuck them, that’s fine. but don’t EVER let anybody fuck you.

holy shit. what did he just say?

and then we both started laughing.

my father gave me one hell of a gift: the knowledge and confidence to own myself. to own my decisions. to be my own person.

yeah, you own yourself and you give yourself… don’t ever let anybody take anything you are unwilling to give.

but when you let go, let giving yourself be a completing act. because it’s love we all want, so make it about loving somebody.

then sex is a playground, an archeological dig. it’s absurd, a comedy, a vacation of hours… it’s making poetry in grunts and groans. it’s about that slow reveal… the getting there…


maybe, when we stop letting others define us

maybe, when we stop letting life define us

maybe, when we start defining ourselves

we’ll stop creating worlds in which we hate to live

Rest in Peace Paul and Sheila – a personal tribute

I still remember the day five years ago today. I was in our lunch room at work when a co-worker called to say that there had been a plane accident involving Paul Wellstone. I ran into my office and turned on the radio. It didn’t take long to hear that both Paul and Sheila were gone. I cried the rest of the afternoon and for the first time I understood how people felt when Kennedy was assasinated.

Solar Stuff

The future….or part of it, of our energy systems.

The Iraq War….a war for oil….will cost us WELL over two trillion dollars by the time (if ever) it ends.

What would happen if we spent that money …TWO TRILLION DOLLARS!!!…..on alternative energy research? Instead of spending it to …in essence…obtain Iraqi oil for the the Oiligarchy to sell to us?

Solar, wind, wave, geo-thermal….solving nuclear safety problems, even research on fusion. Let’s put our money into that….instead of killing people to steal their oil….

…just a thought…


via videosift.com

What The Wingnuts Taught Me This Week (Wingnut Update)

The adage that one learns something new everyday is certainly fairly close to the truth especially when one applies it to Americas Society of Wingnuts. So put on your MOP gear (chemical protection suit) and let’s see what the Wingnuts have taught us.

A Waste of Silicon

A salesman friend in the electronics industry says business of okay, and in fact is changing from the ups and downs common in the 1980s.  Trade magazines say there might be an improvement in the future in solar cells and Applied Materials is even getting into the business.

http://sst.pennnet.c…

Silicon is one of the first things needed to make an electronic device.  It is made into wafers, 300mm is a common wafer disk size.  From there a complex expensive process carried out in ultraclean rooms turns silicon into everything from solar cells to mini NSA type spy cameras.  These “fabs” of course are moving increasingly to China.

Now I know we all wish the Bush years had actually been the Gore years but I do sense a fanaticism in the “carbon footprint” movement.  Yes, I’m going to cease calling it the global warming movement and opt for the true phrase “carbon footprint tax movement”.

For if the sky truely is falling and the oceans are going to rise every useless electronic device factory should be making solar cells today.  Every other use is simply a waste of silicon.  Do I really need a device which can track my location just so I can talk to other people and irradiate my brain in the process?
http://www.prolibert…

Now if you find that a little to far fetched try these.

How about putting the power of a V8 muscle car on your motocycle!
http://www.angellabs…

Or did the inventor of television discover a possible fusion energy reaction?
http://www.philotfar…
http://en.wikipedia….
Or can energy be tapped from luminous bubbles in a liquid?
http://www.futurepun…

All of these things might be possible…………

Not.  Humans are involved don’t you see.
http://www.pureenerg…
And politics.
http://www.bushflash…
http://www.democracy…

As the lead painted childrens toys arrive from the communist totalitarian police state arrive, I have to say I have my doubts.

The Kucinich Plan

In response to Buddhy’s  Can Kucinich Stop Cheney From Invading Iran? , I thought it might be a good idea to explain Dennis’ overall plan for while he’s running and when (!) he becomes President.  It’s pared down a bit:

Is Bush trying to surreptitiously fund an attack on Iran?

We all know that Bush wants $196,000,000,000 more for his Iraq and Afghanistan disasters, but something curious was tucked into the funding request. According to ABC News:

The item: $88 million to modify B-2 stealth bombers so they can carry a newly developed 30,000-pound bomb called the massive ordnance penetrator, or, in military-speak, the MOP.

The MOP is the the military’s largest conventional bomb, a super “bunker-buster” capable of destroying hardened targets deep underground. The one-line explanation for the request said it is in response to “an urgent operational need from theater commanders.”

ABC called CENTCOM to ask about it. CENTCOM said they’d look into it and call back. They haven’t yet.

Congressional Quarterly adds:

In interviews Tuesday, military experts said the new weapon was not designed for the kind of counterinsurgency campaign being conducted by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. They said the MOP could prove useful against other targets, notably underground Iranian facilities that are said to be producing nuclear weapons materials.

“A weapon like this is designed to deal with extremely hard and buried targets such as you would find in Iran or North Korea,” said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the conservative military think tank the Lexington Institute, who is also a consultant for some defense contractors.

“Clearly, in the case of North Korea, the likelihood of military action is receding as the Pyongyang government becomes more tractable,” said Thompson, referring to recent progress in diplomatic efforts to persuade North Korea to dismantle its nuclear programs.

How about Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility?

“You’d use it on Natanz,” said John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org. “And you’d use it on a stealth bomber because you want it to be a surprise. And you put in an emergency funding request because you want to bomb quickly.”

Pony Party: SLFN edition…

Happy Afternon!  I’m writing at four in the morning, and may be on the road when you read this…

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