Nooner Deep Thought

Peggy Noonan has a jar.

It contains Words and Phrases.

She stuffs them in her mouth before a gig, and when the camera light blinks, the Words and Phrases spill out.

I think Peggy Noonan's Words and Phrases are made out of pretzels and coated with waxy pink and white frosting, covered with pastel sprinkles.

Call Them On it

For a list of Republican Senators who are plunging the State of California into the abyss, click here.

For a list of Republican Assemblymembers who are plunging the State of California into the abyss, click here.

Call them, and tell them what you think of their selfish, closed-minded, juvenile, dangerous, and offensive behavior. Then demand that they follow the governor's advice.

Maybe it's time to get rid of the super-majority requirement for a budget. If the people wanted what the minority want, the minority would be in the majority. A super-majority requirement is really a mechanism for ensuring tyranny by the minority.

Northern Lights

Now I'm afraid to see The Golden Compass.

I just finished the book, which I've been meaning to read for years. It blew my mind!

I don't see how any piece of "entertainment" marketed to Americans can possibly be as subversive as this book. I am sure I will be disappointed in the film.

I've moved!

On a learning curve, but temporarily maybe here.

Political Fast

I'm going on a fast from politics for a while. The last several months have taken their toll, and I'm empty. Mentally and spiritually. I'll be playing with my other, inconsequential blog.

D (for Democrat) Day?

From The Comments

(I've always wanted to post that):

Hi Everyone... The video of my interview this weekend with Charlie Brown is posted on my site now. This video is for all his supporters. He points out some last minute advice for all of us.

Here was my letter to BlueAmerica sites about it.

It was 10:30pm Saturday night, sitting at the kitchen table at the house of Brown family friends. The day was non-stop campaigning with Paul Hackett and then a swing by the airport to pick up Charlie's son just in from Iraq by way of Germany. His daughter flew up from Southern California and yet he still took the time to sit down and chat with me. In December his son rotates back to serve his FOURTH TOUR as a combat pilot in Iraq and I was honored to be invited to such a private family gathering.

He is genuine and forthright and sitting and talking with him makes you believe wholeheartedly that there are better days ahead for America. The momentum is completely behind Charlie and people are starting to realize that a vote for him today could save California tens of millions of dollars in a special election when John Doolittle is indicted in the next few months. The ground game here is
strong even though the territory is so large. There are active and outspoken supporters turning out everywhere for Charlie. We need a final push and my last question to Charlie was what people could do in the final 36 hours until the polls close. He is holding no funds back and is still buying radio time and will until the final hour of vote casting. If we can do one more BlueAmerica push, he can borrow against the final total in order to make radio spot buys down to the wire.

Watch Nate's great video interview with Charlie Brown here.

Win or lose, this district will never be the same again. It has been proven to be completely competitive and it will stay that way for a long time to come. Let's save some serious California tax dollars and get Doolittle out now so we don't have to bother with a special election after the whole felony prosecution thing.

Thanks everyone for letting me be BlueAmerica's 'guy-on-the-ground' for the CA-04th. I've made lifelong friends and found a leader I'm eager to keep serving and I'm grateful for the opportunity to make a difference... All the way to the victory celebration!

See the comments in the post below for the links in this story.

Depressing Beyond Belief

See this post to once again experience the contempt our elected leaders have for democracy, the Constitution, in fact the whole idea of the United States of America.

Team Brown 11-04

charlie-jan rally 11-04
Originally uploaded by blogolodeon.

How proud will we be when CA-04 sends Charlie Brown to Congress!

How Are We Going To Feel Next Wednesday?

Reading this, I wonder . . . .

At Last, No Decency

Who Needs to Apologize?

Shame on John Doolittle

As Expected, Doolittle Shrieks

John Doolittle is doing the expected Republican thing: trashing, swiftboating the veteran, Ret. Lt. Col. Charlie Brown, USAF.

For a break from that, see this profile in the Sacramento Bee about Charlie and his wife, Jan.

And click here to see a great ad pushing back against Doolittle's BS.

More Doolittle Lowlights

From the Sacramento Bee:

The most concrete piece of independent evidence that Doolittle was at least looked at by the Justice Department is in the records of the clerk of the House.

A woman named Tonya Walker, describing herself as a "secretary on behalf of work" but identified elsewhere as working for the Justice Department, went to the clerk's office in August 2005 and registered to review financial disclosure reports Doolittle filed for 2002 and 2003.

Walker also looked at records of other House and Senate members who had been linked to Abramoff, including six years of filings for Doolittle's former chief of staff, David Lopez.

Veterans Health Care - Doolittle

Doolittle cares only for Doolittle.

How They Are Screwing You

And not even with a kiss. From TPM Cafe

If the minimum wage had been indexed to CEO's salaries since 1990, it would be would be $23.03.

Oh, yeah, class warfare.

Playing Politics With Lives

Try not to be shocked:

Playing politics with our staffers' lives and security clearances is reckless and compromises the national security mission . . . .

It's time to acknowledge: There is no end, no limit, no place where the Republican Crime Machine is embarrassed to go if it will serve their hold on power.

Power for power's sake.

Don't buy in to the myth of American Virtue. Some so-called Americans are not inherently good. Some don't like the Constitution, don't believe in democracy, don't give a fig newton for equality of access, equality of opportunity (yikes, then they might have to actually work for a living).

They are bullies. They are aristocrats. They are a criminal machine who use power to get what they want because argument and fair play never lead to the things they want. For gawdsakes, middle America, wake the fck up!

GOOGLEBOMBING

Click the name: John Doolittle for the googlebomb effect.

The Name Is All

Consider the story of Rumplestiltskin.




Oh, how the little guy screamed and threw a hissy when his name was exposed! Remember, the name is always significant (if it's a good story). In old mythologies, the way to power over another person is to know that person's name.

The Republican Party is Rumplestiltskin! It's going crazy right now because the world has finally discovered its true name:

Greed
Deceit
Thievery
Slavemonger
Exploiter
Adolescent
Aristocrat
Charlatan
Rumplestiltskin