Friends and Neighbors, Our Exalted Leader,
Duhbya, is comin’ to town Thursday night through Friday morning. Time to go up on your roof and leave him a greeting. I’m
trying to choose from these:
if lies were oil
we’d have a gusherout, out
damn
duhbyabush
be
goneflunk bush
dump duhbya
impeach bush
Kenny Boy Lay & Jack Abramoff say hi!
Bush
Abramoff
LayDeLay
BUllSHit (an old favorite)
Add your own ideas in comments or send me photos of your greeting. I’ll post them on
www.rooftoprevolt.com.
peace, mjh
Monthly Archives: January 2006
Foreseeing the Next Republican Disaster
“National security is more important than the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. And to use it to try and get someone
elected will ultimately end up in defeat and disaster for that political party.” — Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.
I Feel Better Already
Political Leanings to Hidden Biases By Shankar Vedantam
When presented with negative information about the candidates they
liked, partisans of all stripes found ways to discount it, Westen said. When the unpalatable information was rejected,
furthermore, the brain scans showed that volunteers gave themselves feel-good pats — the scans showed that “reward centers” in
volunteers’ brains were activated. The psychologist observed that the way these subjects dealt with unwelcome information had
curious parallels with drug addiction as addicts also reward themselves for wrong-headed behavior.
Cutting the corruption
Cutting the corruption by Arthur Levitt Jr.
Now
removed from Washington and viewing its problems from the perspective of the private sector, I’ve come to think that our federal
government is plagued by some of the same problems that have been hurting corporate America, primarily a lack of transparency,
accountability and independence. As with many of the disgraced corporations of the past few years — Adelphia, Tyco and WorldCom, for
example — so it is with Congress: Conflicts of interest abound, oversight has been myopic and those given the public’s trust have used
it to enrich themselves. …
[L]awmakers need not look far for an example of how to reform themselves. Just as Congress passed the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002 to clean up American industry, it should pass similar legislation to clean up American government.
I highly recommend you read the entire piece linked above. These are practical suggestions for cleaning up a
process from someone who has mucked out other stables. mjh
PS: The Albuquerque Journal titled this “Our
Congress Cannot Police Itself” — which is not at all the message of this piece.
god damn these mean fools
Consider Bans On Protests at Funerals By Kari Lydersen, Washington Post Staff Writer
At least five Midwestern states are
considering legislation to ban protests at funerals in response to demonstrations by the Rev. Fred Phelps and members of his Topeka,
Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church, who have been protesting at funerals of Iraq war casualties because they say the deaths are
God’s punishment for U.S. tolerance toward gays.
Though the soldiers were not gay, the protesters say the deaths, as
well as Hurricane Katrina, recent mining disasters and other tragedies are God’s signs of displeasure. They also protested at the
memorial service for the 12 West Virginia miners who died in the Sago Mine. …
Shirley Phelps-Roper, Phelps’s daughter and an
attorney for the church, said if legislation passes, the group will challenge it in court. “Whatever they do would be unconstitutional,”
she said. “These aren’t private funerals; these are patriotic pep rallies. Our goal is to call America an abomination, to help
the nation connect the dots. You turn this nation over to the fags and our soldiers come home in body bags.“
Hiking The Narrows Rim Trail
A couple of weeks ago, I took a drive
out to El Malpais and hiked a new-to-me trail, The Narrows Rim Trail. It seems likely that this trail leads to an overlook opposite La
Ventana Arch, but I didn’t make it that far.
Old Dog, New Trick?
Did anyone else notice that after wasting his swan song pissing on the blogosphere, Steve Lawrence has a new line (sorry). OK,
The Line on KNME (7pm Fridays) isn’t quite new anymore, and surely not New Media (until it has a podcast — YAWN!).
But
hold on. After Lawrence excoriated bloggers, who joins him on the set: Joe Monahan, one of the few bloggers making money. And what’s
this?! Next week, conservative blogger Mario Burgos will be the guest (what, is Greg Payne afraid to ride the bus after dark? Is Bohnsack
too busy re-writing Pong for Ruby?). And, no, I haven’t overlooked that regular Gene Grant is a blogger (I may be the only person Gene
Grant ever yelled at on his blog — or possibly anywhere). So, is Steve surrounding himself with bloggers to make himself look good by
comparison?
Regular readers would assume I had to be happy that Joe replaced Dimdahl for the week. Surprise! The ever dour, fast-
talking monotone Monahan made me miss the sly Burnsian-smile of Dimdahl, his skin so smooth and hair perfectly white (or are those hairs
transparent, like a polar bear’s?). Though I can’t stand Dimdahl most of the time, I imagine it most be wonderful to sit with Dimmy in
the warming hut aprés ski, drinking wine and passing a fatty; he’s probably brilliant while high.
I’d say we all need to
support these local TV shows, though Kate Nelson’s In Focus at 7:30pm is much better — The Line is the McLaughlin Group for people
under 50. But after my re-education at TheFix, I adhere to Capital
Darwinism which declares “if you can’t make a go of it, sod off, ya wanker!” It’s the profit motive, stupid! mjh