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Helen & Harry Highwater's cranky weblog of news and opinion.
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Endless war is not logical by JR Mooneyham Sunday, July 27, 2008 PERMANENT LINK McCain, Obama agree: US must dominate Middle East
Has no-one at the top ever noticed that all these sexual style 'domination games' we've been playing with the planet since the end of World War II have resulted in only one awful mess after another, with horrible wastes of money and lives, both for us and everyone else? What possible logical reason can there be to continue to compound our mistakes into ever bigger and more calamitous failures? (Doing it to feed the greed of the already wealthy is not logical...) Congress just keeps on stripping rights from citizens and handing them over to corporations. This includes making up new excuses and loopholes for seizing the property of (non-rich) citizens. And keep in mind many of the new laws say no evidence is necessary to prove that you did something wrong: you can be arrested, convicted, imprisoned, and all your property seized based simply on an accusation, in an increasingly wide variety of circumstances. More on this topic can be seen at They own you and all your property too. Both big business and their Republican attack dogs depend heavily upon this fact: that basically shouting lies loudly enough and often enough makes people eventually see them as truth. Me too. The author of the web sites jmooneyham.com and jrmooneyham.com. So far my own homelessness includes only two weeks in Texas in 1979 (and I hope it remains that way!). Which are documented in Too close to the bone. From what Obama has done so far, it wouldn't surprise me for him to pick a GOP VP. Especially a woman (but not a black woman, as his cool calculations surely rule that out as making it 'too black' a total ticket). All the wooing he's doing of Republican voters (giving Bush the FISA deal he wanted, talking up war mongering and increased military buildups) at the same time turns off many Democratic voters — so he may be outsmarting himself in the end. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, as some might say. Obama doesn't seem to realize his strongest appeal is as a light at the end of the Bush tunnel. If he switches that light off, why should we vote for him? In that case he's nothing more than a younger and cuter McCain. I'm feeling sick... JR Mooneyham (www.jrmooneyham.com/) Like most of us here on the left, I'm finding less and less reason to be excited about Barack Obama. At his best I think he's basically Bill Clinton, and I never thought Clinton was anything more than an old-fashioned middle-of-the-road Republican. I just keep telling myself that for all his faults Bill Clinton was Mount F**king Rushmore compared to Bush or McCain. Helen & Harry
 The stealth invasion of Canada by Herb Ruhs, MD Sunday, July 27, 2008 PERMANENT LINK Canadian intelligence services and border patrol forces seem to be totally integrated with dominant US agencies. They apparently use bogus intelligence provided by the US enthusiastically, barring travel to Canada by US political opponents of the right-wing cabal that runs this country. The case of Maher Arar is a testament to the diminished rights of Canadian citizens, relative to US interests. Canadian troops are currently fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq against the overwhelming protest of Canadians. The participation of Canadian troops in the shameful military occupation and obstruction of democratic rule in Haiti is particularly egregious since no conceivable Canadian strategic interest is involved. Witnessing these things makes one wonder if it is already too late, if, as it seems, the functional equivalent of foreign control is not already in place in Canada. Herb Ruhs, MD Fear check by Sherri B. Sunday, July 27, 2008 PERMANENT LINK Re Anger can be power if you know how to use it by The Canadian To the Canadian: You ROCK (That's a serious American compliment, if you didn't know). You wrote: I do not consider myself a bully, nor do I look for conflict, but I refuse to give up my personal presence and dignity. Absolutely. I absolutely agree. Ahmadinejad says Iran now possesses 6,000 centrifuges
If you want a real fear check read the comments below the article. Sherri B. The only hope of preventing the looming insanity of a war against Iran, I think, would be if a Democrat or Democrats of enormous credibility spoke out loudly against an attack, and called the President a liar. But of course, the few Democrats who'd be brave enough to do that lack the credibility to be heard over the din of media lies and nonsense, and the few Dems with the credibility have that credibility specifically because they lack the courage to speak. Helen & Harry
Secret planet by Gertrude Q. Sunday, July 27, 2008 PERMANENT LINK Well, boil my blood, I thought this had to be a joke or a misunderstanding but dang me, it's for real. Americans need a license from NOAA to snap photos of the Earth from space Gertrude Q. Whispers overheard by Angry Annie Sunday, July 27, 2008 PERMANENT LINK Microphone picks up private conversation between Obama and British leader ... and guess what? There's nothing scurrilous, scandalous, or stupid in the slightest. Angry Annie Implosion of the American financial system by Mary Ann M. Sunday, July 27, 2008 PERMANENT LINK What we are seeing is a bail-out of the richest individuals and corporations. They make the rules, and their first rule is that they get bailed out first. Mary Ann M. Simple things by Amber Perez Sunday, July 27, 2008 PERMANENT LINK I really like the part in CITY OF ANGELS where Seth (Nicholas Cage) asks the little girl — who just died — what she liked most about life. She said, pajamas with feet. Good answer! If I wanted to be absolutely truthful, I would be forced to state that my favorite thing was peanut butter. That is just based on the history of how much and how frequently I ate peanut butter. Even as a child I ate it with a spoon in the middle of the night ... (my bad!) But these days the thing I really favor is taking a shower and then putting on a pair of clean Levi's and all white cotton everything else after a hot, dirty, sweaty summer day. And the best part of that is the feeling and smell of the Levi's, which have been machine washed but hung outside in the sun and wind to dry. The Levi's are old but have no tears. After sun drying they are a little bit stiff but fit perfectly, and after a little while the stiffness mellows out into well-worn cotton comfortableness. The world changes, except for Levi's — Levi's are forever. And I've worn the exact same size of Levi's since I was a teener. How boring you might think ... droll! But little things add up. After style, which is the only truly enduring quality, small creature comforts are the most important factor in human quality of life. You can vote for "love" or "friendship" but I'll take clean Levi's dried in the sun and wind. Do Americans consider it their birthright to measure quality of life by the time savings they achieve using electric appliances? I don't know and I don't really care. I just know that the smell and feel of sun dried clothes is worth the extra couple of minutes of work. Amber Perez We use the clothesline outside our apartment building, and our landlord has thoughtfully provided more clotheslines in the basement for rainy days. Helen & Harry
Chill pill prescription by Rebecca Sunday, July 27, 2008 PERMANENT LINK Re Drilling and My battle by Sherri B. On the very meagerest of evidence you assume the worst, that someone who's obviously dedicated his career to helping children is letting his own grandson be mistreated? I wonder how many others have you criticized like this — your attack sounds well-rehearsed. If you live by your espoused principles, you must be at battle every day defending an abstraction of "children" from danger and rudeness and perceived rudeness and sideways glances. Any child or children you're so adamantly protecting must be just plain embarrassed to accompany you on any errand, as every time you take a trip to the store or the post office or the park it ends in yet another battle... Dear Sherri, I choose my battles carefully and as the mother of four the day to day work of raising children leaves my fight-picking reserves a little depleted. I don't really want to battle you, but — take a chill pill, dearie. There's a word for people who never learn to let some of the lesser aggravations go without going to war and that word is NUT. Rebecca Violence begats violence by Just A Thought W. Sunday, July 27, 2008 PERMANENT LINK Re Anger can be power if you know how to use it by The Canadian Tibetan Monks don't fight back, and they never lose their dignity. Only violence causes more violence. Just A Thought W. |
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