I think everyone is pretty much over the sequester discussions and talk radio has done an effective job of making sure everyone understands that it’s a capriciously applied game of smoke and mirrors that really only affects Federal Employees and no one likes Federal Employees anyway. My husband is one of those Federal Employees so [...]
Mar
17
Feb
3
Liberal Analysis: Sean Penn
Category: Appropos of Nothing, General Badness, History, Loose Thoughts, Notes, Social Issues | Leave a Comment
“Step One: Form a shadow government using humanitarian aid as cover. ” ~ How to collapse a government While I don’t think we are ever past the point where we follow current events (Does anyone care or believe that Obama enjoys shooting guns? No.) every now and again it’s nice to just step back and [...]
Dec
16
White Noise
Category: History, In Memorium | 1 Comment
I had plans this weekend to write 12,000 words and finish off my novel. I took Friday off from work because my husband and I were going out with friends. I had a lot of errands to run. The bad news started early and was just relentless all day on Friday. My daughter is in [...]
Dec
5
Bernard is BOSS, baby. Nice.
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Go read this rant by Bernie Goldberg for your feel good article of the day. “envy is a powerful force, most Americans would have no problem if taxes were to go up on the so-called rich. Why should they care, they would figure? “My taxes aren’t going up.”” Yeah. He said it. I second that [...]
Dec
4
Today’s Quote via And So It Goes in Shreveport: We’re up to our asses in alligators right now and the worst is yet to come. I could not agree more completely. I posted an old movie clip on Facebook “Do you really wanna jump? Do ya wanna? Then let’s jump.” I have been reading the [...]
Nov
8
I realize Glenn Beck was all over the man playing his obnoxious and snarky sound bites weekly. And it isn’t the snark that turns me off to him, believe me. No one likes snarkiness more than I. I just never liked him. Christie is a tease, a flirt, a gamer and none of the finesse [...]
Nov
7
On the bright side …
Category: History, In Memorium | 2 Comments
Well not … bright, exactly … I guess. Um. I mean we can’t pretend what’s happened hasn’t just happened and if your brain hasn’t completely shut down you are completely aware of what comes next. But I was thinking, in a nihlist, voyeuristic kind of way … and I do have kids so I am [...]