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the devil and the lair
Arrogant. Scheming. Gluttonous. Arrested. O.J.? Nope. Just another elected official confirming that evil and idiocy are alive and well and living together in their Illinois lair. Embroiled in a “corruption crime spree”, expletive-inclined Governor Rod Blagojevich was taken into (and unfortunately released from) custody today, on charges of corruption relative to, among other things, the Cubs, President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant senate seat, the firing of Chicago Tribune editors/critics and even a children’s hospital. To give you an idea as to his audacity, here’s a fiery little tidbit extracted from the 74-page affidavit:
On October 8, Blagojevich told a person described only as “Individual A” that he was willing to make $8 million available for Children’s Memorial Hospital, but “I want to get [Hospital Executive 1] for 50.”
Individual A felt that Blagojevich was talking about a $50,000 campaign contribution from the hospital’s chief executive officer and that the $8 million referred to a recent commitment by Blagojevich to secure state funds via “some type of pediatric care reimbursement.”
“Intercepted phone conversations between Rod Blagojevich
Shameless, selfish, devious devil.
The song’s a lot prettier than the guy (who’s in serious need of a new ‘do, anyhoo). By Longwave off their newly released CD, Secrets are Sinister. Indeed.
read the short AP version here
read the long criminal complaint here
Did I mention that today, December 9, is also International Anti-Corruption Day? How perfectly apropos.
prop 8 parody
“Prop 8 - The Musical” starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, Neil Patrick Harris, Maya Rudolph, Alison Janney and many more, lends a humorous perspective to the shocking and ridiculous passing of Proposition 8, banning gay marriage in blue California. A much deserved send-up.
Click here to sign a petition to re-open Prop 8 for California.
Click here to visit the Vote No on 8 site.
it’s a new day
A new day, indeed. Not to mention a very celebratory week. Still overjoyed, and still overwhelmed with pride and relief. My friend Cydney reminded me that Will.i.am, was reminding us that yes, we can - when some of us (yes, myself included) quite honestly were quite concerned that we might not. I was sticking with cautious optimism - but now I’m just generally optimistic, and it feels good. And now, for your celebration of a new day (gotta click on the link), I urge you to bask in the glory of just that.
Yes, we can, and yes - WE DID!!!
gratitude
I’m walking on a cloud… seriously over the moon. Filled with pride and - you guessed it, the G word. I feel like dancing, so here’s some Earth Wind & Fire to add some funkification to the satisfaction reaction over our recent election…
Funk don’t get much better than this:
I can’t ever think about EW&F without a memory for which I wish there was a video, that is, as some San Diegans may recall, the vision of Steve Poltz’s rendition of “Reasons”, a standard set piece back in the day, done in a dress in an oh-so-alluring…. um, fashion. This classic will have to do - it’s actually quite an extraordinary performance…
My God, I think I’ve got my mojo back…! Enjoy and have a beautiful, inspired, hopeful day.
Peace be with you.
feeling good
Actually, I’m sick as a dog, but in spite of it all I feel good. Tears of joy, relief, pride and hope were shed aplenty last night at the confirmation of our new President-elect, and at hearing Mr. Obama speak in Chicago’s Grant Park; a memorable speech, and a timely and historical day in American history. Thank God.
It’s a new dawn and a new day. Feel good and enjoy, and peace be with you.
elected
Here’s a little nugget from the 1974 time capsule (if only) by Alice Cooper, in honor of this all-important and hopefully historical Election Day, November 4, 2008. Now get out there and make it a great one! Peace.
there IS something funny about Palin…
…in addition to Fey :)
We’ve gotta laugh, and we’ve gotta pray.
don’t vote
A well-done appeal to register and to BE SURE TO vote… even if you think your state is going your way without your vote, PLEASE VOTE!! Just do it.
Silverman is a scream. Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio
spiralling
I’ve been under the weather since my return from my too-short vacation. Not sick-in-the-bed-head-under-the-covers sick, just a little scratchy-throated-and-tired sick, maybe a little sick and tired, too. It takes very little of my precious energy to edit myself, and so editing I am… there are enough pundits and issues out there to wax on (and on and on) about the state of the nation, the economy, the impracticality of Palin (God bless Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for making us laugh and others rethink through the Palin ‘gags’ (literal and figurative), the war (oops - edit Leslee, edit!) and everything else that should make all of us sick and tired. All that said, and on this day of a record 777.68 point drop of the Dow Jones industrials, the biggest one-day fall ever, here’s the remarkably appropriate, and yet still upbeat “Spiralling”, off the new release by Keane. Enjoy and let’s remain hopeful in spite of the events of the day, month, years… watch the VP debate, if it actually occurs Thursday night (laughter is great medicine… although on second thought, cringing ain’t so comfy…). Lastly I leave you with a thought shared last week by my friend Michael, now even more frighteningly plausible; that is, that our money may just be safer in a mattress.
Okay, I hafta - Palin’s got a (parody) problem, and her name is Fey. The funniest thing is that they don’t even have to stretch it that much to be funny. If all were right in our world and we weren’t facing the challenges as a nation that we are, I might feel a little sorry for her…
Just in case you missed them, or have turned off the TV in an effort to maintain your sanity:
The real thing:
Classic: click here
sit and wonder
And here we are… seven long, war-laden, bin Laden still-at-large years later.
It’s been a coincidentally long 9/11 week, and I’m too wrung out to go into one of my tirades, but not to tired to sit and wonder what the light of a new administration will feel like… give us some light.
From The Verve’s first new release since “Urban Hymms” like, 11 years ago. This one’s called “Forth” and worth the wait. So then, onward we go.
Hope you enjoy. Much peace, love and light to you.
Here’s another, Love is Noise. Couldn’t resist.
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