Saturday, In the Stark

I almost didn't write anything today. The media is all over the Olympics. I am sure it's a great honor for the athletes. The coverage of the event, however, continues to be possibly the worst presentation ever, again. Anybody who watched the opening ceremonies sober can tell you, it had all the appeal of dueling church organs playing one of Bach's slower dirges. Yawn. I will not be watching any more of it, which means this will probably be the year that the most amazing thing ever happens (but I won't see it).

Saturday Music: Nine Inch Nails, Halo 1-18. What can I say, it's an uninspired day.

News of the non-boring sort: The very large dog of the house was attacked by the very small dog of the house. The very small dog almost lost his life in the ensuing fracas. I jumped into the dogfight before the violence became lethal, resulting in multiple human injuries to this writer. I should probably check the alignment of the stars before doing anything else today.

John McCain and his Rove disciples tripled down on their determination to lie and smear their way into the White House in November. Obama's camp issued another tepid response. I broke the coffee cup I was holding when I read about it (King Kong closing his fist). The ad says B. will increase taxes on the working class. Things have so improved for working class America under George Bush, right?

I personally do not believe in divine judgment. I wish that I did, because the people telling these lies fit the definition of Christians who sin as a rule and demand forgiveness after the fact. In the Christian religions I have belonged to that is a big no-no. Baptists toss damnation around a lot, and would certainly apply that standard to these clowns in the McCain campaign, were they liberal progressives.

I don't believe in hell. I just have to keep my fingers crossed that our society will improve, and that absolute fabrications in presidential campaigns one day be made illegal. This isn't a race for a local council or police jury seat. This is a race to run the free world, and honesty should be enforced in advertising. Yes, I said that, the ads should be regulated. Violators should face a criminal record. I want that for all candidates, no matter which party they come from. If one can go to jail for a nickel of weed, then one should go to jail for attempting to delude millions of people in the free world.

Yawn.

Liberal and progressive bloggers don't seem to understand that the police state we face now developed very slowly over the last 3.5 decades. Law enforcement procedures and tactics have not changed drastically in the past eight years, aside from cops' fondness for the taser.

Things have changed drastically since I was a child. The changes came because of concerned parents, and frightened citizens, from all party affiliations. Getting tough on crime was often a bipartisan effort, and drugs became indelibly associated with serious crime after Nancy R. and George Sr. People got fed up, and overwhelmingly the end result was that the police became more and more untouchable. Sources: article, letter, article
. My sources all say the police state is a Republican thing, but became bipartisan on many occasions. You all like my Governor Allen reference? His truck never lost any nutz.

The land of the free keeps too many prisoners.
I am going to close out.
There's a bar with attractive people in it just down the street.
You folks have a nice day.