Zane Gray

My friend Zane died last night after a short illness. He was good company and always kind. He will be missed.

The GOP and the Ignorance Demographic

We have completed a process that began when the Repubican party conciously went after the disaffected Southern democrats after the Democrats endorsed the civil rights movement.  The result, a bipolar party with the boring low energy traditional component strangely hitched to the can of mixed nuts that have always inhabited the ignorance demographic of the south and intermountain regions of this country.  Motivating the base for the new GOP has meant empowering and affirming the creation science/prayer in school/right to life/homophobic crowd, gold standard economics, anti science anti environmentism, while faning racial sterotypes, zenophobic impluses and paranoia among the gun nuts and the UN is coming for us cohort of our society.  They courted it, they wanted it, now they have it in spades.  A classic case of having a tiger by the tail.  A cure will come, but only when they are totally in the wilderness.  They must be defeated in the House.  Then the GOP can rejoin modernity and redefine a progressive path for legitimate conservative values.  There can be no real progress in solving this country's problems until both parties reject the mythologies and prejudices of ignorance.  Reason, science, facts and a common recognition that for prosperty to be preserved it must be shared in some measure by all.

THE HORSE TALKERS

The Koch Bros. issue one mild reading between the lines missive and all of a sudden the unruly children are picking up the play area. Amazing what a few billion dollars can do to refocus the political mind, especially one whose place in power has been bought by that same money in the first instance and whose only economic alternative is as a shoe or car salesman. (Does the blatant ignorance of these Tea Party representatives not scare you?) - Of course it is great fun to manipulate the gullible voters through their prejudices and mythologies, and to hype the evils of "big government" when in pursuit of lower taxes and stymying regulation of your extraction industries etc., if you are a self-centered billionaire, but a whole lot less fun when the morons you have sold to the gullible public start to really act on all that BS you have underwritten them to say; threatening to turn the world economy and all your vested wealth into a vapor of chaos, which is were everything goes in the absence of rational government. I love the laundry list of government agencies the Reps. have been feverishly voting to reopen, it reminds one of Perry's debate, as it would seem that even collectively now, they can't remember what part of the government it was that we did not need.

Congratulations Siobhan Keane Queen Puck 2013.

Queen Soibhan, Mary and I wish we could be in  Killorglin to celebrate with you.  Your reign is a credit to the Puck Fair.

Bad President My Sweet Bippy. You Go Jimmy. Integrity is a Good Thing.

Down With Deforestation.

Some say they shave because hair is "dirty." If it's so dang dirty, why don't they shave their heads? It's just wrong. See, Ban Brazilians &; Just Say No To Hardwood.

The Enemy is Us.

Arkansas State Senator Jason Rapert has reportedly responded to the Mayflower oil spill by playing on Exxon’s remorse.   He has convinced Exxon to re-commission the Valdez, to make continuous runs from New Orleans to Little Rock.  The new legislation allowing more stream pollution helped, and of course, there were a few tax breaks thrown in.  A spokesperson said “It will create jobs. Working with industry-not regulating them is the key.  What could possibly go wrong?"
 

Science & The Arkansas General Assembly

 It’s reported that a Republican senator was overheard discussing gay marriage yesterday- “Procreation isn’t just the primary purpose of marriage-it’s the only purpose. We’re not just talkin about tradition, this here is science.  God sends babies to married people.  If we allow homasexyals to marry, He’s honor bound to send um babies.  As sure a Jesus walked with dinosaurs, they’ll pass on them homasexyal genes.  After a while, everyone will be homasexyal, and the whole world will go to Hell.  If dinosaurs hadn’t turned queer, they’d be around today.”  Whether the report is true or not, I don’t know.  It’s frightening that it could be.  (Senator Rapert wasn't named, but I like the picture.)

The Roman Easter Parade-Is It About Jesus or Just Smells & Bells?

"Today's the day when a bunch of old men in Rome put on their red dresses and fight over who gets to wear the prettiest hat."  Mrs. Betty Bowers

Arkansas Legislature to Ban Masturbation.

The Arkansas State Senate in it’s zeal to purify the state, is considering a bill which would ban male masturbation (self-abuse).  “It not only causes warts, it’s murder” according to one senator.  “Sperm and egg cells are genetically unique haploid humans who have a right to life," he said. A more moderate group in the House suggests that, instead of an outright ban, that males be required to wear condoms and give the semen to the state to be used to fertilize eggs harvested during vaginal probes of women seeking abortion.  “Those eggs would go to waste on a woman who would seek an abortion anyway,” said one representative.

Alive At The Johnny Mack Brown High School

Thanks, The Other Jim.

Shortly before Christmas, someone dropped this fine brew and note at Cuz's office. Thank you so much "The Other Jim." These folks must be my kin. See, My Profile at
http://www.blogger.com/profile/06644617320283553932
A belated Merry Christmas to ye "The Other Jim." Both Cuz and I have tried to find out who you are so we could thank you. If ye see this message, come say hello. If you're a spirit who only comes by at Christmas, please say "hello" next time if you're allowed.