I don't have any control over the world. And that's good.

A consumer society does in fact thrive on insecurity, and those facts of life that mitigate that insecurity (committed parents, small and livable communities, schools that actually educate, and a living civic and aesthetic tradition that points a person to a life of self-respect) are now under constant assault. Read more... )

... P.S.: Talking about a "total rewrite of the tax code," though, is a good way to provoke congressional campaign contributions from Washington lobbyists worried that their corporate clients' interests might not be protected in the "junking" process. After all, "energy bill" only scares energy companies. "Total tax rewrite" scares everybody ( Read more... )

From Charles Tayor's review of THE TERMINAL in Salon.com ( Read more... )

Glad to see that it's all coming out. This morning I was mad at scripty for not posting my excellent newt post, and wondered why I was so mad. I am cross, as my sainted grammy used to say, because I have the opinion that she totally is powermad, thinks she's a DNC rep, is conservative, and is sick... So that's my opinion and I don't like to be ( Read more... )

Because it's a diagonal and that worries them.

It occurred to me this AM that the way people in LA refer to their blingbling basketball team has changed. Before this week, they were referred to as:

"the LLLLLAkerrrs" -- as in a plummy smug radio voice.

This week:

"Motherf*cking Lakers."

It's kind of nice. Screw Phil Jackson.

No kidding:

"As much as some might try to marginalize this film as a screed against President George Bush, "F9/11" - as we saw last night - is a tribute to patriotism, to the American sense of duty - and at the same time a indictment of stupidity and avarice."http://

because the fresca machine was broke

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the only thing holding you back is yourself...& society ( Read more... )