Better Late Than…….

Perusing some news on the net recently, I came across an article the gist of which was that the networks concentrate (see bombard) the American public (see sheeple) with the infinite details of sensational grisly murders………because the vast majority of the public is tired of hearing about the war in Iraq…….cannot relate to it, has no one fighting this war and has not lost anyone in this war…….The public can relate easier (and wants to hear about, meet the family, see the pictures) to a murder of a young woman than to the war(occupation), where young men and some women are murdering each other in the name of war, in the name of freedom, of democracy, and coming home in body bags, without legs, without the mental capacity they had when they left……this war being fought with the public’s tax dollars, indeed the dollars of future generations……..So, is this correct?….Would the average Ms. or Mr. Public rather follow true crime or war coverage?……..How much time do the Public’s spend thinking about the war in Iraq?…………Personally, I spend what I consider a lot of time thinking about, reading about, trying to do things that may help bring about the end of this war, and prevent another one (Iran)…….

Yeah. I wrote about 4 months ago. Nothing much has changed. Except attacking Iran seems more likely. And the ice is melting faster than we thought. And food is becoming scarce and expensive for too many poor souls. Things look dire………….For my own mental sanity, and thanks to an accident of birth, or whatever you choose to believe,,,,,,,,I have the luxury of saying……..I’ll pull back, write something lighter and humorous……….this…….

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Peace. Love. Light.

Sayonora, arrivederci, ciao, see ya, bye-bye, adios,later………Maybe this blog will morph into a different entity in the coming weeks. We’ll see what The New Year brings.

Barely Back Blogging……

Who knows why I’ve not been here of late…….just too busy, that lame excuse we all tend to fall back on……I’ll just post something here whenever it strikes my fancy (google that one)…….and blather on about matters of little consequence, because the big picture is way too overwhelming……politically, socially, metaphysically…….certainly it is the “eve of destruction”, but hey, I still have Hope that somehow things will be o.k……or, in the immortal words of Bob Marley, “have no fear for atomic energy, for none of them can stop the time”……..that’s the gist of it anyhow……it’s all just flowing along as it oughta’ be……maybe they were thinking that on the planet Mars before it became The Red Planet……..

On a possibly related subject, how did these cute little animals become the symbol of the Democratic Party?…..Loveable, smart, courageous……..although we may have to drop that last one…….

Look, I have the answers to a lot of the problems that plague the planet……..just ask me……in fact, tomorrow’s post(or whenever) will be……Hannah’s Simple Solutions (For Complex Problems)

Remember, “Let a smile be your umbrella!”……Sam, Irv, and Fran sang that out joyfully in 1928…….They didn’t live on Lake Lanier, source of Atlanta”s, and some of Florida’s water supply………Change your tune, boys……We don’t even need an umbrella these days…….Still good advice for these trying times, keeps your spirits up!!…..So plaster that smile on your face and Keep On Trukkin”…….

A Woman of My Word?

So much for the daily blogging……..”something” is ailing my computer……….see you later in the month……..

The Partial Illumination Of Ms. Fortune…….

Don’t Buy It………

Don’t Buy Bush’s War………If you’ve never been to Code Pink’s site, go……..I/ we or some of us wear hot pink when we stand on the corner every week…….CODEPINK4PEACE.ORG……..Activists. Join ‘em.Other stuff i suggest you don’t buy……..Toys Made In China (remember when you could give a kid a bucket and a bunch of clothes pins?) You still can………….Redwood mulch. They cut down redwood trees and grind them up for mulch. Really……….Meat. You know why…………Pesticides. Let the bugs eat your plants. And I’d rather see the occassional roach than live in a cloud of pesticide………….Speaking of pesticide, don’t buy anti-bacterial anything, that’s what’s in it……..And last but not least,BOTTLED WATER.,,,,,,,,,,and on and on…….

Red Converse Hightops…….

That’s what I bought at The Mall yesterday………A popular favorite of preteens and women of a certain age…….They were my birthday present to myself………The tides of time can drag me kicking and screaming into old age, but I’ll dig my heels in the dirt, heels stylishly clad in Red Converse Hightops………I plan to break them in at the St.Augustine artwalk this evening. Fun. Cool.

Ok, enough of this ridiculousness and back, after today, to the grim realities of BushWorld 2007.Read the insightful  comments by Natalia/ Recent Comments on The Day After and A Dollar Short. She tells it like it is.

Sometimes A Not So Great Notion…..

I will do a post every day!……..Sounded like a good idea at the time…….Now it’s 6:18p.m. and my mind’s a blank………Well, not really, it’s quite crowded with the fruits of today’s labor’s, the headlines, old issues cropping up, demanding their moment in the sun……Which ill do I pick? Or I could do a post about something happy, some uplifting words, or something trivial……..I went to The Mall yesterday, which I do about once a year, maybe twice, I had to, there was  something there that I Really Wanted………The Mall was bustling, all those happy shoppers consuming away as if they hadn’t a care in the world! And I was one of them!……Oh. joy! Frittering away the day, munching on burgers in the Food Court (veggieburgers), running up my charge card, yep, a real American, contributing to the economy by shopping, that pastime of so many folks……usually I shop in thrift stores……..And if I haven’t already lost you to sheer boredom, what was the item I just had to have?………….

No, I won’t divulge my frivolous, self-indulgent purchase today………maybe tomorrow…….

Here is a piece of recent artwork, serious subject matter…….I don’t have the answer, but it requires compassion for one’s fellow humans……..I took the photos of the “wall” in Nogales and the brutal desert………I love Mexico, and the Mexican people…….I would like to live there……Certainly more than a bit of irony in that wish.

Greed And Misplaced Priorities

Bear in mind the title of this blog…….While the subjects of today’s rant may seem of miniscule importance, at first glance, in light of the truly bad news this week, but it does address personal transformation (Who am I to judge?!!!……Judge not, lest ye be…….I can self-righteously point to my teeny tiny carbon footprint, so………..I’ll blather on) Several news items jumped out at me from the Sunday paper recently pertaining to my post title………Let’s tackle greed first……..A new house some Rich Guy is building……..the house that Arnie’s building for himself and his family, not that I’ve ever met them……..maybe he has a really large family, like 25 or 30,maybe that’s why his house is going to be nearly FIFTY THOUSAND Square Feet, just a wee bit larger than Bill Gates house……..This behemoth sits on a mountain near Hartford, Connecticut, just a private home, just a humble abode……….So while some of us (those with some smidgen of a social conscience) are turning down our thermostats, buying smaller cars, hanging our clothes on the line, the Super Rich are still acting like Unca Scrooge………..Just imagine what good works could have been done with the millions this house cost………Yes, the rich are different from you and me…….Their self indulgence knows no bounds. If I were a Buddhist, I would simply know that Arnie Chase might possibly return in the next life in not so pleasant circumstances. But I’m not. I’d like to see him slip on a banana peel in his new kitchen, bang his head on the granite countertop, and suffer from amnesia the rest of his days……”Gee, this is a nice house, wonder whose it is?”

On to misplaced priorities, not that the former isn’t, but this is a whole bunch of people in a collective insanity……………ONE HUNDRED NINETY MILLION for a New Church…….Yes, just what we need…..another church!!……..already half the money has been in the form of donations…….folks in New Orleans still need help, and folks in Oakland, where this monstrosity will be located, also could use some help………schools need books, basic supplies…….What does building a church like this have to do with the basic tenets of Christianity?……..Nothing……..I imagine Jesus dropping in one of these days, and learning of the EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND homeless people in the United States…….”But what are these large, warm, beautiful, empty buildings in every town and city?, he asks. “Why, they’re monuments to you!”, answers the Bishop from Oakland.

Among other questions I imagine Jesus would have about The Way Things Are. Oh yes, if I were Queen, it would all be much different!!

I had decided to quit blogging…….I’ll plan on doing a post, and then time goes by, first thing I know it’s been 3 weeks……..But, instead I’m going to BLOG EVERY DAY, kind of like flossing my teeth, taking a multi-vitamin, exercising…….So, inane or profound, I’ll spit out what’s on my mind.

Distant Thunder……

If you listen closely, it’s not thunder after all, it’s the start of another war………..a war with Iran…….that’s the writing on the wall, in the blogs, in the magazines……..the rumblings of the head honchos who should know what’s going on……….It appears as though this “rogue administration” will continue on it’s path of chaos and destruction………It appears that nothing can or will stop Bush and his gang……….It appears that way to me…….Of course this is still a democracy…….um, maybe……”We The People” have the power to change all this…………Choose a path of peace…….

Surely we, the majority who want to end the occupation of Iraq will not stand by and let this administration take this country into a war with Iran………Will we?

To paraphrase Edmund Burke…….

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil men is for good women to do nothing”…………..