We Aren't Dying Fast Enough

The eugenicists are getting annoyed.  We aren't dying off fast enough.  And worse, human "evolution" is supposedly coming to a halt.   Oh! the humanity.  I really am speechless after reading this article, feeling a bit smacked around after suffering through the cavalier comments of Professor Jones.  He says, "If you are worried about what utopia is going to be like, don't; at least in the developed world, and at least for the time being, you are living in it now."  Besides his minor speech guffaw (don't worried?) this is all just total nonsense.  IS ANYBODY BUYING THIS??

The $700 Billion Bailout Plan

What are the $700 billion dollars for this bailout plan actually going to be spent on?  Since I have yet to find a reliable news source, or statements of any kind outlining this so-called plan, I have decided that The Onion probably has as good a guess as anyone, if not better- since no one has actually offered up a plan in the first place...

So check it out.  Because I had a sneaking suspicion this plan would be sorely misguided and without any direction whatsoever.

But, let's remember - this is all just part of the real Plan - to crash the dollar, introduce the Amero, and the North American Union, because we are just too sloppy to govern ourselves, and then microchips, credit rationing, Habitat Areas and the like can have their way with us.  Oh and I guess you won't be getting any meat on that pizza.

Hillary Clinton Doesn't Like Me

Though I have tried to post Hillary Clinton's automated e-mail response to me about ten seperate times now, I will try once more, because I choose to persevere.  

From Senator_Clinton@clinton.senate.gov:

Thank you for your e-mail.  It is very important to me to know the issues that are of concern to you.  A growing number of my constituents re now choosing to communicate with me via e-mail.  I hope you will understand that, because of the volume and range of e-mails I receive, it can take some time to send a response that specifically addresses the subject raised in your message.  I do, however, want to let you know immediately that your message has been received.  Hearing from you and others through e-mail helps me to quickly learn the views and interests of New Yorkers and others, which is very helpful to me in my work in the United States Senate.  I hope you will continue to monitor my work through my website at http://clinton.senate.gov, and I welcome hearing from you. 

Sincerely, 

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

Happily, it worked! At least Hillary's minions had the decency to sign/type her name, unlike Mr. Schumer.

Do I expect them to respond to every single e-mail they receieve?  YES for godsakes.  If it isn't asking too much, since they are the elected officials and all. (Who are we kidding?)  I expect them to respond to you and me, and MY DOG if I need them to, because they work for US.  Ohhh the lies...all the sweet sweet lies, buzzing around my head, like sticky little flies.

And Another Thing

I'd like to point out that votenobailout.org made an excellent point and I want to reprint it here for everyone to see, because it is just so damn true:

Yesterday we won. Every news report describes Congressional offices flooded with emails and phone calls opposing the bailout. But Bush has made it clear that he wants to ram legislation through Congress when it reconvenes Thursday at 12 Noon. We have to be there to tell them that we will not hand over $700 billion to the richest bankers. There should be a moratorium on all foreclosures and evictions. That's the way to solve the housing crisis. Already, two million families have either been driven from their homes or are on the verge of foreclosure. Politicians didn't hold emergency sessions to solve their crisis. Half a million workers filed first-time unemployment last week. Congress didn't hold an emergency session for them. 47 million people can't go to the doctor when they're sick. The President and Congress have taken no special action for them. 

This is so true, it makes my blood boil.  But do you know what is even worse?  These paltry, half-assed, pussy-footed responses I got from "my" congress people.

from senator@schumer.senate.gov:

Thank you for your e-mail. Each and every piece of correspondence I receive is important because it allows me to better understand the New Yorkers I serve in the United States Senate. 

      As you can imagine, my office receives a great number of messages every day regarding a variety of issues – this is particularly true of e-mails. It makes me proud to know that my constituents take an active role in our government by corresponding with me, and I look forward to responding to your concerns in greater detail. In the meantime, I just wanted to let you know that your e-mail has been received, and to ask for your patience until I send you a more detailed response.

      Again, thank you for writing. Please feel free to visit my website http://schumer.senate.gov to follow my work in the Senate and to learn more about the services my office can provide to you.

     Warmest regards 

Well I'm glad Senator Scumer, I mean, Schumer, is proud of me.

Vote No Bailout!

This is extremely important and time sensitive.  Please send a letter to your congress people and vote against the bailout bill that Bush is trying to push through like a cream puff through a keyhole.  A very rich cream puff through a very expensive keyhole.   Do not let America be overthrown by rich sniveling bankers!

Visit votenobailout.org

Forbidden Fruit

News Flash!: food prices are soaring.  So naturally, the people at the top are trying desperately to find a solution and avert a world food shortage, right?  Sure they are, for four million people.  Dr. Despommier, an obviously brilliant professor from Columbia University, has invented the "skyscraper farm" - 21 stories of "farm land" that would be easily set up in an urban situation...(Agenda 21 anyone?  And 21 stories?  Nice.)  

This magnificent skyscraper could feed four million people, and, "With the world's population expected to increase to 3 billion by 2050 and almost 80 per cent of farming land in use, the idea has never been more relevant."  So, while I've never been very good at math, I am left scratching my head and wondering how they are going to feed the other two billion nine hundred and ninety-six million people leftover?  At first read of the article, I thought they were talking about one skyscraper.  Well they go on to say "skyscrapers", plural.  But are they really going to bother to build more of these when one will probably fit their needs?  

Dr. Despommier (and do I really need to say it - pomme is the French word for apple) went on to say, "Vertical farming practised on a large scale in urban centres has great potential to supply enough food in a sustainable fashion to comfortably feed all of humankind for the foreseeable future."

So I guess the real question is what constitutes "all of humankind"?

The Big Top Is Coming To Your Town!

According to Emily Post's book of etiquette, polite society never discusses politics or religion.  Though I may be reaching for a long gone era, what have we been left with instead?  We live in the most PC society ever created yet we also have an "anything goes" policy at the same time.  Now, I'm not saying people can't talk about whatever they want, in fact, I encourage candid, thoughtful and respectful discussions at all times.  However, as the "election" nears, I am faced with more and more stupidity, slogans and dialectic nonsense.  If only people could be so passionate about something that actually matters, that isn't just a circus.   My question though, is:  how do you deal with people stuck in the joke of the presidential election?  Today at work a customer at the bar asked me "So, are you going to vote?"  What kind of a question is that in the first place?  Even if I was still a member of the walking dead, shouldn't I be slightly off-put by such an invasion of privacy?  Or is this an acceptable question these days?  He couldn't very well ask me which candidate I was going to "vote" for, so he snuck it in sideways instead.  

Can anyone think of a better response than, "Excuse me, I have to fill the snack mix" ?  I thought of a couple more, such as "Oh, I'm not a U.S. citizen, actually."  And "Are you kidding?!"  Or the ever popular repeating of a question to make the person feel like a jackass for asking it in the first place, "Am I going to vote?  Am I going to vote...hmmm....am...I...going...to...vote?  Is that what you asked me?"   Well,  since I'm trying not to fall into the "us" and "them" trap, which is exactly what the elite want (divide and conquer, etc.) I will try to think of some kinder responses, aside from just outright lying, "Of course I'm going to vote!"  

I think the non-citizen one is pretty good though.  Hell, I'm from Canada.  

Goodnight, eh!