Jul 01 2008
This is in response to Granny Doc’s diary “This is going to be hard to write…” over at the “Big Orange.” It started out as a comment and ballooned into a full-blown diary.
If you are not familiar with Granny Doc’s writing, check her out. If nothing else at least read “This is going to be hard to write…”
DISCLAIMER: I have no idea if Granny Doc would ever agree to meet with you in a bar (or even if she visits bars on occasion.)
Hop in a barrel and follow me over the fa-a-a-a-lls.
Jul 01 2008
Hey ek!
Hey what?
Hey ek!
Hey WHAT!
Show us how you get down.
NO WAY!
Show us how you get down.
ok.
D-O-W-N and that’s the way you get down.
D-O-W-N and that’s the way you get down.
Jul 01 2008
Hello all you Music and Art fans, just wanted to let you know that I’ve been accepted as one of the visual artists at this year’s String Fling in Sterling, NY. (StringFling on MySpace) I’ll be creating two or three large canvases while the music happens, at the end of the event the pieces will be given away to people in the audience.
What’s a String Fling? 3 Days of Music, Art, Camping and Drum Camp! The gates open this Thursday at noon, day passes are available for Friday and Saturday too, so if you are in the area stop on by, support local musicians and make some new friends.
An Artist is not an Artist if s/he is not creating. The time away from the canvas was needed and now I feel like there is something ready to emerge. I’ll try to get some photos of the pieces in various stages for those who might be interested in seeing them. For now it is back to packing and sorting through Art supplies.
On the homefront:
I stopped by the local farmer’s house today, the one that will be haying my fields. Him and his son had just finished up 50 acres and looked like they could go do another 50 before lunch. Hard workers, nice people, good neighbors.
The yard has been mowed and trimmed, a new small access path is in place so I don’t have to disturb the horses in order to access the back acreage, strawberries are done for the season, apples are getting bigger, Jasper got loose yesterday but came home exhausted and smelling like the swamp and a few dead animals he must have encountered a few hours later. A quick bath took care of that…thankfully.
Happy Birthday America.
Jul 01 2008
Well, I just read Olbermann’s rejoinder on FISA and man, http://www.dailykos.com/storyo… ,if he’d just check out wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P… he would know how fruitless the idea of criminal prosecutions is. In short, Bush can pardon anybody from criminal prosecutions, charges pending or not. All you have to do is recall Dick Nixon and what he got from Jerry Ford to know this.
Neglected is the beauty thing of a pardon: if you accept, you are admitting guilt. And under the res judicata doctrine (and because the standard of proof, beyond a reasonable doubt in criminal cases, is higher than civil cases (preponderance of evidence), you accept a pardon, you probably (I say probably since a court might hold you didn’t really litigate a case by accepting a pardon) lose your civil case.
So that is the real reason why civil immunity is so important. Important to the telcoms, their owners and others involved, just so they can accept a pardon and run off scooter, I mean Scot, free. Important to strip from the bill because it is the only means to keep these folks on the hook–and get their evidence.
If FISA passes, the only thing an Obama admin. could do is not challenge the Unconstitutionality of FISA. But the telecom immunity would likely be severable and upheld.
Tell Obama no on immunity now. http://my.barackobama.com/page…
Jul 01 2008
 Muse in the Morning |
State of the Onion XIX
There is a positive view…a dream, if you will. But there is also reality.
Art Link Landscape of the Mind
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I could not stop before publishing this one. Some of you have made your disdain for me quite plain. If you were trying to harm me with your words, you accomplished your goal.
pf8 thinks I can still be an effective communicator even after the damage that some of you did to whatever respect and credibility I may have earned. I’m extremely doubtful.
But maybe I can try to add to any effort at healing. I can only hope it is not counterproductive.
Be excellent to one another, for their sake.
Jul 01 2008
You may have heard that NY CD-08 resident Adam Sullivan is challenging Rep. Jerry Nadler in the Democratic primary, but you may not know why.
Why would someone challenge such a well-established and well-liked progressive like Rep. Jerry Nadler? What could possibly be gained in such an audacious move?
Until this spring, Adam Sullivan had nothing but respect for the liberal Congressman, believing he was well represented by Rep. Nadler in his progressive voting record and outspoken criticism of the Bush administration. However, after lobbying and then meeting with Rep. Nadler on the central issue of impeachment, Sullivan concluded it was time for the Congressman to face a challenge.
Adam Sullivan is calling into question Rep. Nadler’s intransigent refusal to support Rep. Robert Wexler’s call for impeachment hearings and Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment on President Bush (H. Res. 1258) and Vice President Cheney (H. Res. 799/333). Sullivan believes that Rep. Nadler, as the Chairman of the important Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, is in a position of influence and should be working with his Judiciary Committee colleagues Tammy Baldwin, Steve Cohen, Keith Ellison, Luis Guttierez, and Robert Wexler to move impeachment proceedings forward.
Jul 01 2008
What happened here,
As the blog I love disappeared?
I found an empty garden, among the flagstones here.
Who lived here?
They must have been some gardeners who cared a lot,
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop.
But now it all looks strange.
It’s tragic how one cloudburst can damage so much grain.
Jul 01 2008
Crossposted from WWL, The Wild Wild Left, my wee blog! 🙂
Put your head under your desk in the cover position.
Anyone who hasn’t read Seymour Hersh’s “Preparing the Battlefield” may wish to do so before kissing their ass goodbye under said desk.
Or give a listen to “Fresh Air.”
Fresh Air from WHYY, June 30, 2008 · Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh believes that the United States may be closer to armed conflict with Iran than previously imagined. He writes about Congress’ funding of covert military operations in the upcoming issue of The New Yorker.A regular contributor to The New Yorker, Hersh exposed the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in a series of articles published in the magazine early in 2005.
During the Vietnam War, Hersh was the first to report on the My Lai massacre. He has been the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, five George Polk Awards, two National Magazine Awards, and a dozen other prizes. He is also the author of eight books, including Chain of Command about Abu Ghraib.
Might be the most important 44 minutes of your life.
Jul 01 2008
Hi all! Pickle here to bring you an oldie but goodie from teh tubz! I first encountered this charming and eloquent young lady’s performance on Keith Olbermann’s show a few months ago. All I can say is: SUCH AS!!!
Like, totally, OMG!!!
Jul 01 2008
Hi all! Pickle here to bring you an oldie but goodie from teh tubz! I first encountered this charming and eloquent young lady’s performance on Keith Olbermann’s show a few months ago. All I can say is: SUCH AS!!!
Like, totally, OMG!!!
