This morning, words have failed me, in response to what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico. Last night, after reading this old Calvin & Hobbes comic I sat back and realized that sometimes it seems the more things change, the really big things that need changing in the country don't.

I mentioned this to BobR, that 'I PRAY that this disaster in the gulf will finally make those big changes happen. He replied "Considering the price we're paying (we as a human race), we better get something out of it." It was profound and sensical. I wondered if that can happen. I woke up wondering it again. Words fail me these days regarding what we have brought onto ourselves as such ferocious consumers of fossil fuels. Our nation consumes upwards of 25% of the worlds fossil fuels and we only supply 3%. We must work on getting away from our dependance on fossil fuels. Can any good come of this at all?
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32 comments (Latest Comment: 06/07/2010 19:29:51 by Raine)

Good Morning.

A cautionary tale for our times:

ONCE upon a time, long, long ago, there were two candidates, the one rich and the other poor. When Election Eve came, the poor one had not a vote in the house, either of lobbyist or citizen; so he went to his running mate, and begged him, in God's name, to give him something for Election Day. It was by no means the first time that the candidate had been forced to give something to him, and he was not better pleased at being asked now than he generally was.

"If you will do what I ask you, you shall have a whole vote," said he. The poor one immediately thanked him, and promised this.

"Well, here is the vote, and now you must go straight to BP Headquarters," said the rich candidate, throwing the vote to him.

"Well, I will do what I have promised," said the other, and he took the vote and set off. He went on and on for the livelong day, and at nightfall he came to a place where there was a bright light.

"I have no doubt this is the place," thought the man with the vote.

An old man with a long white beard was standing in the outhouse, reading the National Review.
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10 comments (Latest Comment: 06/06/2010 02:25:18 by trojanrabbit)

Good morning. What you are about to read might be one of the greatest WTF moments in American political history:
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77 comments (Latest Comment: 06/04/2010 03:21:45 by livingonli)

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,631st day in Iraq and our 3,159th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start as we alwas do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing wars, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4400
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4261
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3938
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3541
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 172

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,086
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 703
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,457
Journalists - Iraq: 338
Academics Killed - Iraq: 437


This morning....the day after Memorial Day...we find this morning's cost of war passing through a new milestone. It's been a long time coming, but nevertheless it's a tough number to take.

$1, 000, 686, 400, 000 .00

On March 11, 2008 the counter stood at just half that total. It's been 812 days since then, for an increase of about $612, 763, 546.00 per day.

Small wonder the economy is in the shitter.

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37 comments (Latest Comment: 06/01/2010 22:56:17 by livingonli)

Velveeta has just previewed the latest installment of "The Apprentice" thanks to all her blackmail photo's er, good friends in the entertainment biz. And let me tell you, THE DONALD has truly outdone himself with this next installment. How he could gather such an assortment is beyond amazing.

You’ll have to tune in to see full episodes, but here is a sneak peak of “Evildoer Apprentice”:

Week one begins with a simple plan: prepare and sell your lemonade at a children’s hospital. You’d think this would be a snatch for regular people, but most of our contestants just don’t have the acumen, much less pleasantness, to be around children and their parents.
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4 comments (Latest Comment: 05/31/2010 02:39:56 by Will in Chicago)