The Light That Shines in the Darkness (from Fall 2007)

In lux tenebris lucet


Light bulbs-someone must help you turn yours on.
But, they must also make you understand that you have a light bulb.
(this little light of mine…)
for it benefits the few when the many do not know that they possess a light source, because then the light is scarce, and scarcity drives prices up.

For too long so many of us have had to look to the few to find our way in the darkness, gathered around their flames like moths, afraid to lose their light.
when we own the light that has always been ours…darkness will have nowhere to hide.

The New Democrats

I think the fainting goats are the old democrats.
The Water Buffalo who stand together against the lions and crocs who would eat their young...
Them's the new Dems.

Watch how the herd is still scared, still skittish, still not what you would call brave.
But they provide the cover that the 2 or 3 fighters need to take on the predators and win.
We don't need to be heroes.
We don't need to be exceptionally brave.
We don't all need to be the ones throwing lions in the air with our horns.

We just need to let those who would feed on us know
that they might want to find a new food source.

Dems...
What's not for dinner.

Fainting goats or wooden-leg goats or...

These fainting goats slay me.
That is all.

McSame offers $ to oil companies, Hillary says "Me, too!"

Hillary: Pander, pander, pander, shameless pander, embarrassingly shameless pander, pander, attack, vicious attack, vicious, baseless attack, pander, passive-aggressive attack, Holy-Hell-I-can't-believe-she-thinks-we're-that-dumb pander, and finally same freshly laundered pander as McSame, baby.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/28/131030/283/576/504867

Mmmm...that's gooooood pander.


On the other hand...here's another chance to hear the sound of truth, people. Yet another call to the Hillary-ites out there, holding on to their tarnished and tattered dream, to listen to what a real fighter sounds like.

Hillary's gay problem

Hillary's gay problem

She'll sneak us food from the table of power, but she won't give gay folks a seat.
(not if it means talking about gay issues in mixed company, thanks...)

Obama Would "Immediately Review" Potential Of Crimes In Bush White House - Politics on The Huffington Post

Obama Would "Immediately Review" Potential Of Crimes In Bush White House - Politics on The Huffington Post

Ah...breathe it in. I love the smell of justice in the morning.

Dream with me, won't you? Dream of a future where the potential of criminal prosecution helps deter powerful elected officials from abusing their authority.

Dream of a day when government of the people, by the people, is accountable to the people.

Dream of a land where Republicans & Democrats and Independents and all those betwixt and between them agree that corruption isn't acceptable, even when admitting this means sharing some of the responsibility for allowing and/or encouraging the corruption in the first place.

Imagine all the people...regaining faith in a system that encourages, perhaps even rewards (or at the VERY least, does not penalize) Fair Play.

The Washington Times is pure evil

The Washington Times = "Rev." Moon = STOP EATING SUSHI!!

Lord, this is disgusting.
The graft, the quid pro quo-ing, the mainstreaming of a psychotic cult leader by the radical right wing.

I may never eat sushi again.

The Human Condition

Baby's first pear...
(I just found it worth sharing. It tickled me. What? I'm working on actual content of my own, give me a break. If I don't read every blog in creation instead of actually writing stuff of my own, who will?)




via videosift.com


For thems that's interested...a pic of me back when I liked beer:

Shout into that credibility gap & hear the echo

Photo by Timothy K. Hamilton


Former President of Chicago NOW, Lorna Brett Howard (a very compelling speaker, by the way) on why she switched from supporting Hillary to supporting Obama:

In Iowa, Hillary Clinton was telling people at pro-choice rallies, young women, that Barack Obama was weak on choice when he was a state senator, which is patently false. I was the president of Chicago NOW at the time and I worked closely with him. He had a 100% voting record and 100% with NARAL and Planned Parenthood.

I stayed with Hillary Clinton through that...but a friend forwarded me a piece of direct mail... It attacked Barack Obama on choice and it enraged me.

I'm supporting Barack Obama for president now because not only is he 100% pro-choice, he's 100% honest.
And this line of attack on an issue I care about so deeply is not acceptable to me.

(In the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that the reason I initially watched this clip is that I thought Lorna was Julia Roberts. I'm still not convinced she isn't.)

If You See Something, Say Something

Time - Access to Passport File Gets Easier

The expanded access does not appear to be related to the breaches of the candidates' records. But privacy experts are concerned nonetheless

Hmmm...
The Bush admin relaxed the rules for access to passport files on Jan. 9

Jan. 9 is the same day Obama's files were breached for the "first time."

But, I totally believe the pish-poshing of the idea that these two facts are related and even the suggestion of the possibility of institutional involvement in this piffle makes me laugh. Laugh, i say. Hands on hips, bowl full of jelly-belly shimmying, chin to sky, trumpeting Ha-HAAAA!

You people who see dirty deeds done dirt cheap when you look at perfectly innocent mistakes, gaffes, flubs and bloopers...you people make me shake my head, roll my eyes and guffaw. You silly, silly, vigilant, familiar with history people.

I Just wanted to pass this on...Hey! I Must Be Young!

Finding Political News Online, the Young Pass It On
by Brian Stelter for The New York Times

love this:

A December survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press looked broadly at how media were being consumed this campaign. In the most striking finding, half of respondents over the age of 50 and 39 percent of 30- to 49-year-olds reported watching local television news regularly for campaign news, while only 25 percent of people under 30 said they did.

KILL YOUR TELEVISION!
seriously...

MURDER YOUR NIGHTLY NEWS!
(or at least neglect to feed them your attention so they will wither and die, starved of the eyeballs they need to survive)

SMOTHER YOUR PUNDITS
(in bloggers and youtube, cuz bloggers have to provide LINKS and youtube vids don't repeat in an endless loop!)

Change will only happen when enough of us stop consuming the undercooked, overseasoned, and de-contextualized drivel the teevee people would have us believe is news (every damn one of 'em, CNN is no better than FOX, we must understand this) and we start nourishing ourselves with news they have not processed for us.

The blogs and news sites on the internet ain't perfect, but they're significantly less evil than what is available in any other medium.

A Golden Oldie

The Tide Is Turning

From Bob Cesca at The Huffington Post
A nice little video with bits of The Speech

Koo-koo-ka-choo, Mr. Richardson. Jesus loves you more than you will know

HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY...(we non-Christians call it Friday)





Richardson Endorses Obama.
He says it's time for Democrats to stop fighting each other (or something).

A cute story from earlier this month.


The Swamp: Bill Richardson's tough call, short of endorsement

Richardson related an anecdote from one of the debates:

He had fielded a question and then, as the next point went to another candidate, leaned toward Obama next to him on the stage and whispered, "'Boy some of these debates are really boring, aren't they?' Or something like that. And he said, 'Oh god, yeah, you're right.' "

As the two were whispering, a question suddenly veered back to Richardson -- who hadn't been paying attention. "I looked at Obama and he says [whispering] 'Katrina. Katrina.' And I go back and say, 'Well, my three-point plan on Katrina is ...'

"Obama could have thrown me under the bus. But he didn't. So I said, 'Thanks, Obama,' and he said, 'Just listen next time.'"

.

Last time this happened was in 1992. Guess who was the target then.

George (J. Edgar) "W"hoover Bush Buddies Repeat Watergate Maneuvers?




In the New York Times:

State Dept. Punishes Aides for Obama Passport Breach

Statement from Obama campaign:

This is an outrageous breach of security and privacy, even from an Administration that has shown little regard for either over the last eight years. Our government's duty is to protect the private information of the American people, not use it for political purposes. This is a serious matter that merits a complete investigation, and we demand to know who looked at Senator Obama's passport file, for what purpose, and why it took so long for them to reveal this security breach.

More in depth coverage, including quotes from NBC and officials on HuffPo

Are we sure the W doesn't stand for Whoover?

A chap named Jason Linkins over at The Huffington Post put this video up under the title:

BBC report sheds light on Bush "Hoovervilles"

5 out of 6 Fox Talking Heads Agree: We Must Destroy Obama

This was on the Fox.com site 10 minutes ago.
(Along with many anti-Obama stories, at least one of which is an almost verbatim duplication of a WorldNetDaily story. A screen grab from the WorldNetDaily site is after the Faux image...)

And we should not be angry with Hillary for ignoring her committment to boycott Fox-sponsored debates, why?





And below we have some of WorldNetDaily's recent "News" article titles.
(my favorite is the one about some relatively tooth-free fella who says something about doing drugs and having sex with Obama. I mean...Come ON. There is no WAY the guy pictured in the story was EVER even near Obama's league... You just can not GET that high. I'm not posting the pic or even a link here because I don't want to drive any traffic to the site or help this person gain any more fame from this lunacy.)

2008, meet 1928. Are you sure you're not related?

Great Gatsby, Batman!

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New York Times editorial board gets it right

Editorial
Mr. Obama’s Profile in Courage

Published: March 19, 2008
What is evident is that Barack Obama not only cleared the air over a particular controversy — he raised the discussion of race and religion to a higher plane.




(The line between those who will seek out the truth and those who will refuse to look or listen couldn't be more clear)