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Okay, so maybe not, but I realized it had been ages upon ages since I’d updated my sidebar. There are blogs that no longer publish, blogs I no longer read, and oodles and oodles of new ones that you might be interested in. So in no particular order as I do this housekeeping, I’ll direct you to some of the new ones I’m paying attention to.

Since I’m eclectic as all get out, there are lots that make no sense given what I talk about here most days, but bear with me!

First, if you’re a foodie, I recommend you sign up to receive Rufus’ Food and Spirits Guide. I’ve made a number of their recipes, and they have all been superb. They publish nearly every day.

Want the left without the nicety? Or in other words, black folks who don’t always see eye-to-eye with the President? Well check out Black Agenda Report. Good writing, no punches pulled.

Nate Silver is still working even if the election is over. So if you want to know what polling is going on on a myriad of subjects then hook up with FiveThirtyEight.

Mediaite is I would say conservative in general, but they bend over backwards in my opinion to state the truth as fairly as can be done given human proclivities. I get a lot of the “stupid” stuff from them.

Go to News Corpse if you want way left and sassy. It’s usually right on.

Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire is a must if you want to keep up with the latest political news. Short snippets, usually quotes, but through it you can get to the original writings. A must for the political junkie.

Don in Massachusetts does little shorts, nice pictures, nice sayings. A bit of everything, takes but a second to take a look. A gem often to be found.

Matt Taibbi is one of the best investigative reporters around. His stuff is simply great.

Republican Dirty Tricks is humorous. Doesn’t publish that often, but always enjoyable. Not so much if you are a Republican. But then you aren’t here then are you?

Ta-Nehisi Coates writes for the Atlantic and writes very well. His work is reasoned, seasoned, and ready for serious thought. A big plus in this haphazard Internet world.

If you want to keep up with science, well, there are several that I’ve been following, The Edge. Lots of in-depth reporting on a myriad of issues. The last was a report on the Prospect’s World Thinkers for 2013. Dawkins topped out but Paul Krugman was 5th. Always interesting.

A new entry for me is this great new  blog called Climate Consensus. It comes from the Guardian in the UK and has a couple of really bright guys writing it. Both are experts in the field.

The NCSE (National Center for Science Education specializes in climate change and evolution. They keep up on what’s happening in the states as well as what’s being published. A great site.

Panda’s Thumb is just one of the best going when it comes to evolution. They don’t publish as often as they used to, but it still keeps you up on the latest research.

If you are religiously inclined, two others that are terrific when it comes to helping to work out the kinks in religion and science. One is Science and the Sacred, which comes from Biologos. The articles are so good here. The other is a new find called God of Evolution and so far has had terrific posts.

On the good new friends list, we have Joeyfullystated, which is a lady with some really good writing and some great funny stuff to write about. You will enjoy her. Go take a look.

Finally, The World’s Top 10 of Anything and Everything, is just a fun place to stop. It will always bring a smile to your face. I promise.

You should note that I’ve added a few of our friends who have been hanging around for a while. You don’t need me to praise them, you already visit them I’m sure. But finally, I have added them to the blogroll for newcomers who are so in love with me, that they figure anybody I read must be gold too. Or something to that effect.

Happy Sunday.

The World Is Just Plain Weird

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2nd Amendment, blogging, Corptocracy, GOP, gun legislation, Politics

I had gotten, finally to that happy place. The place where I no longer obsessed about how many people were visiting my blog every day. I was content, having found my place.

Yeah, well that good time feeling didn’t last for long. There has been a significant drop in the last two or three months which is startling and inexplicable. It’s dropped by half at least, and that while subscriptions to this blog have steadily increased.

I have no idea what it means. Did I say something offensive? I surely meant to, but gosh, you don’t have to be so harsh. Wait, I’m talking to people who are still reading so that won’t do any good. How do I reach out to all the unknowns who have found a happier place to tuck into the news and explain that I’m only trying to offend nearly everyone and no one singularly?

To top this off, if you have Google reader you were met with the announcement out of the clear blue sky they are not shutting down their reader. Now I live by mine. I do. I mean dang, can’t you leave shit alone? I have enough on my plate most days without now having to do all that transfery stuff of which I am not all that good. Is there no God?

Speaking of which, God chose his earthly successor yesterday in the guise of one Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires. now known as Pope Francis I. Lots of nice things are being said about him, and I’m sure he is a fine fellow. He has lived out the preferential preference for the poor that the liberation theologists have called as the Church’s primary mission, while at the same time decrying the Marxist influence that permeates some of the that same rhetoric. He is a Jesuit, while at the same time decrying their more liberal and progressive leanings. He is a traditionalist when it comes to the Church’s teachings on social issues relating to sexual matters. He is a prayerful humble individual who decries the pomp and ceremony and trappings of office, preferring a small apartment and taking public transportation back and forth to work.

It is of course utterly unclear how all this will play out in the coming months and years. I remain realistic but hopeful that  something new is afoot, and trust that the Holy Spirit, may have rushed in once again to save this wonderful institution from itself. It usually does.

If there was any doubt that the bought-and-paid for jackasses called the GOP in Congress cares not one whit about the public sentiments no matter how overwhelming they are, one need only look at the bill that passed in Congress the other day relating to background checks for gun purchasers.

While a healthy 91% of all citizens across the land, and 76% of all NRA members favor such minimum legislation, the Senate GOP could not manage to screw up the most minimum of guts to vote yes. Not a SINGLE GOP member of the Senate voted yes. I mean even Susan Collins voted no. I mean have you people NO SHAME AT ALL? I really do think we would be better off; if at a minimum, Senate chairs in the chamber were required to carry the logos of those corporate interests who have bought these people and OWN them.

If you are worried that our political system is in danger of being subverted by corporate interests to the point of being the actual POLITICAL POWER in American, now would be the time to decide what you are going to do about it. Time is short I fear before “we the people” is nothing more than a quaint historical blip on the books. Since they already write all the “regulatory laws” that apply to them as it is, and own the SCOTUS by a vote of nearly 5 on most any issue, what the hell left is there for them to grab?

Stay tuned for the inevitable change in the national anthem.

Oh, say can you see, by the dawns early light,

what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming.

Whose bright office buildings, and nifty logos, through the perilous fight,

O’er the fences we watched were so neoned gleaming,

And the stock market’s big bull, profits shot through the roof,

gave proof through the night, that our CEO’s were still there.

Oh say does that mega corporation yet stand,

O’er the land of the poor and the home of the privileged.

 

Get your copy, no doubt you will soon be forced to sing it every morning before the work bell rings. That goes for retirees, because there will be no rest for the weary in the poor house, just a faint, “can I have more please, sir” in the soup line.

Good Morning Amerika!

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blogging, life in the foothills, new blog, New Mexico

Hello folks! Things are in some flux these days. Nothing to see here folks, just move along.

I am still in the process of teeth issues, but they are coming along. The Contrarian is scheduled to have his all pulled a week from Thursday. He’s gonna be denture man! He’s being stoic, at least until he starts to whine.

So things are hectic. We’re rearranged our schedule a bit too. Aren’t you just dying to know how? I knew you would be.

I usually shop on Wednesday. The first Wednesday is “seniors” day. I’m one now, you know. So I get a 10% discount on the grocery bill, which is no small thing actually. But other than the first of the month, I’m moving groceries to Monday, which is the newly designated “going out to eat day”.

Now mind you, this was not my idea, rather it was the Contrarian’s. I’m a lucky woman I tell ya.

So, Diego is now the neighborhood dog. He will not stay home when he sees somebody come out, dog or person. Dogs he approaches more carefully. Everyone seems patient and friendly with him. We are having a fence built around part of the front so he can go into his backyard and around the front to “watch”. We also throw out “fake” newspapers several times a week, because he adores fetching the morning paper. We are nuts.

I’m starting to work for the local animal shelter in a few weeks. Going for my orientation next Tuesday. I have to “learn” how to walk a dog. I’m worried. It sounds pretty hard.

As you may have heard, I got Freshly Pressed a couple of weeks ago. That resulted in over 800 visits and about 20 new followers. Some of them will find out that that post is not indicative of what I write on a regular basis and will fall off. Some will stay. But in visiting some  of these new followers, I thought this is one that you might well want to look at. It’s called Deconstructing Myths and is written by Jeff Nguyen. It’s both well written and provocative. Take a look, and see.

Mostly Bright Ideas is totally different, but is again well-written and seems to deal with the daily issues of family. It’s written by a man, Bronxboy. Think along the lines of Snoring Dog Studio, and run over if that floats you boat. It did mine. Bright people are there to be found!

If your tastes turn more to a having a nice place to just read something or see a photo that makes you smile, then either of these two may be up your alley. The Tale of My Heart, is just lovely. I need these breaks to keep me sane. Or if sublime photos make you happy, try Gunta’s, Movin’ On. She is a great photographer.

Okay, that brings me to me, a subject dear to my heart and no doubt yours too.

I have another blog.

I know, before you say it, “AM I MAD?” or worse am I suffering from an addiction?

Well, I know I have a few, but really they make sense. The first rule of blogging is to keep to A subject, not a few subjects, but A subject. Be honest, not all that many of you cared a twittering moment about my ideas about food and diet. That don’t get an invite to your wheelhouse. A Voice from the Foothills is and always will be the first-born and the one I love most. The food blog, What’s on the Stove? is basically my personal cookbook. I post about twice a week. I don’t have a blogroll there and don’t care if anybody comes to it or not. If somebody finds a recipe they like, great, enjoy. Otherwise it speaks to my needs.

The Walking in the Shadows  blog is about faith. I expected to do more with it, but frankly decided I didn’t want to argue about church doctrine all that much. I post once a week there a reflection on the Sunday readings. It’s also a repository of various links to resource and research material. Some people read it, and I get a few comments. It is fine as it is.

The Extraordinary Words is another that serves only me basically though I have some followers there. I simply do short reviews of books I’ve just finished reading. It’s there to keep track of what I read over time, and frankly the little reviews serve to sometimes jar my memory a couple of years down the road that I actually read a book! I know, that sounds weird, but age has that effect. There are important things and not so important things. I probably post there a couple of times a month.

The new one is called Dancing in the Enchantment. It’s to serve my take on the good life and what constitutes it from my perspective. It involves food, exercise, the mind, the emotional life, the creative life, and the spiritual life. Hopefully, given those who are already following it, it might be great fun, and a chance to share joy in all its parts. I will post when I feel like it and when I have something to say. Stop by if you are so inclined.

Otherwise, I’ll end this boring post and hopefully tomorrow we can get into the red meat of politics once more.

Who Loves Ya Baby?

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I was meandering around my blog yesterday. I seldom do that. My schedule is too crazy for daydreamin’ on a Sunday afternoon.

But, I was meandering apropos of something or other and by chance clicked on my ClustrMaps icon which I had not done for like a year or so. Volumes of information poured forth, some of it amusingly and politically accurate and some of it just plain weird.

As you might expect, the talented and deliciously brilliant folks in California visit me more than any other state. The outlier is that Texas is second, and plainly there are not that many people who can read in Texas I’m quite sure. This is followed by New York, which again speaks to the chic in-the-know kinda folks that inhabit that fair land.

Florida is inexplicably next (no I’m not running through the entire cavalcade of states! give me some credit for knowing boredom when I smell it) and the only explanation is that the nursing homes set all the old geezers and geezerettes up in front of my page as a way of keeping the blood circulating from all my provocative stances on all issues of import.

Michigan favors its favorite daughter more than Iowa. I guess Iowa is pissed that I took one of their native sons away to live in the happy land of Enchantment. My new home of New Mexico is quite a distance ahead of my second home of Connecticut which apparently didn’t find my two-year stint there important enough to feel any kinship toward me.

Nothing much is of interest, except that the Washington DC area doesn’t read me nearly enough and I was just sure that I was the talk of Congress and most of the beltway. I assume being politically correct trumps political honesty. But deep down I know that Boehner of Orange sneaks a peak at what I have to say or at least has his staff prepare a synopsis/position paper, on my latest analysis.

The state that visits me least? Oh that would be North Dakota, and who the hell cares what they think? Exactly NOBODY.

Only eight have visited from the Armed Forces of the Pacific. I have no idea if that is an island or a ship, but I can allow that they may have more to do watching out for Commie sneak attacks than to read about Diego or peruse my decorating successes.

Foreign wise, the UK is by far ahead of the pack, beating out the neighbor to the north by a mile. I guess the Stanley Cup residing almost always in the US and my Canuck jokes have not gone over well. Hell, most of the damn country is uninhabited or uninhabitable, and everyone knows Polar bears don’t have thumbs to move the cursor.

I’m big in the Philippines and India, not so much in Switzerland or Finland. Go figure. If there is a correlation I have yet to figure it out. Folks from Trinidad and Tobago (boy it must be strange to be a pair of countries forever tied, kinda like Siamese twins?–or is that politically incorrect–conjoined twins? better?) visit more than those of Nigeria. Again, I’m flummoxed as to why.

I’m guessing, though I have no intention of tediously counting all of them, that I am nearing a visit from nearly every country on the map. One wonders how thy came to find me, and I’m sure each has a fabulously funny story to relate as to that. Contact me and I can feature your little story. Beyond that it is little wonder that the world is in the state it’s in if they have the time to read my blather.

But I’m sure you wanted to know all this.

At least now you have something to talk about at the dinner table. “Hey dear, did you know that Sherry over at A Voice From the Foothills has more visitors from Trinidad and Tobago than from Nigeria? That’s really odd don’t you think? Please pass the salt.”

It’s Friday, only about eleven days to go before I can take my brain back out of the freezer where I have stored it for safekeeping.

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Parachuting into Hammocks of Heavenly Ham Hocks

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blogging, budget, faith, Health care, life in the meadow, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, SCOTUS

Yes, well you don’t stay up nights thinking up these titles do ya?

It’s hard, I tell you. I have a wastepaper basket full of rejects before I settle on the perfectly descriptive one that like a laser, pierces directly to the point I wish to make.

You can now be suitable impressed.

On the home front,  I’m a day from finishing the bedroom packing. I have only a shelf in the hole of Calcutta (closet) left to do. I actually found that much as the wardrobe in that movie, you can enter an alternative universe directly at the back of the closet. I stuck my arm through and pulled out a plum. . . .oh nevermind. And my name is not Jack.

A whole lot of the selling off of stuff is now taken care of. A friend of ours is going to take possession of tractors and rototillers and so forth and so on, and sell each at its appointed time. That’s a huge step forward, and so we will soon be at the visit to the real estate agent, visit to the RV sales and rental, visit with the bank, and blah blah blah. We’re hoping to get out of here by the first of May.

So, so much for that stuff.

¶

I’m thinking to start a new weekly post on Friday. I got the idea from  Morning Joe and Up. Each does a closing segment called “what did you learn today”, and “what did you learn this week”.  I thought it might be fun. So, I’m saving up tidbits of stuff I’m learning to put on that post. If you wish to contribute, and I surely hope you will, just send along what you learned (subject matter is wide open) to troyspeyton@iowatelecom.net and let us know. No links are necessary unless you wish. I haven’t come up with a catchy title yet. Something snarky of course. Suggestions welcome there too.

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I ran into a number of posts that I found worth your consideration this weekend. This first was I thought extremely revealing about what it means to live faith, even when you don’t have any. It reminds us that morality and values know no religious ideology; in fact they can well be independent of religion at all. Please take the time to read Rethinking His Religion.

Apropos of the SCOTUS oral arguments on the Affordable Health Care Act, is a fine piece in New York Magazine. Jonathan Chait writes The Barbarism of the Health Care Real Crusade and points out the essential difference between Democrats and Republicans on the issue. Fundamentally, Democrats believe that health care is a human right, while Republicans think it is an earned benefit that is obtained by personal responsibility. If they provide help at all, it is to be temporary and offered with plenty of rules. Chait although debunks some of the usual bogus claims made by the Right.

On the other hand, if you would like an amusing but frankly insightful look at Willard, then you can’t do better than How Mitt Romney is like a dog. The analogies are on point. Dana Milbank is your author.

On the other hand, don’t miss the ongoing weekly series by Steve Benen, called Mitt’s Mendacity, vol XI. Maddow has pointed out that all politicians lie a bit, and all stretch the truth. What Romney does is way beyond that. He lies, and the sooner people start using those words, the sooner he may realize that he needs to stop. Over and over, the truth is presented to him and he continues to mouth the same crap. Just bold-faced lies that are proven falsehoods. People are beginning to wonder if Mormonism allows lies as part of their doctrine. We rather doubt it. But then Mitt seems to shy away from his faith so perhaps he’s not much of a practitioner.

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I haven’t seen any analysis of the Ryan budget that finds it anything but absurd and ugly. It says that it does not want a safety net turned into a hammock, since you know we all want to just lay back and live on the edge of poverty with our awesome federal subsidies. You know, food stamps and Medicaid, and public housing. Such a cushy life.

I’m told that the Ryan plan secures and additional $187,000 per year in tax savings to the rich. No hammock, but a lovely golden parachute wouldn’t you say?

Good luck trying to sell that one Paulie.

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I do not give nearly enough credit to Constant Weader. I don’t always mention the H/T that is owed, since I go directly through their link and link you directly. But I sometimes get 2-3 at a time from her. If you don’t have it in your reader, you should.

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A large number of legal experts (the notorious elite university professors) say that there is no chance that SCOTUS will overturn the Affordable Health Care Act. That’s simple because it is obviously constitutional. Based on that analysis, I’m going for a 7-2 vote (I’m not sure if Kagan is hearing it or not), with the two no votes being Thomas and Alito. I don’t think that Roberts has the cojones to twist the law in the way that ultra partisans Thomas and Alito are. Just my prediction.

What is amusing is that the GOP line is now that a win for health care is a minus for Obama. He’ll have to defend it now, instead of being able to rail at the Court for hurting the poor. Dumb reasoning, but then consider the source.

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One wonders what goes on in the mind of Willard. It’s like the rich kid winning the trophy because he’s the only one who could afford to send each judge a 2-week vacation present. I mean, the luster on the trophy seems a bit dull doesn’t it? And it doesn’t even give him a head start in the main race, where he can’t buy off the judges, and the judges find him awfully distasteful for buying off the preliminary rounds. So what is left? To go down in history as another “candidate who lost”?

Oh gosh, I think I have overstayed my welcome.

Laters gaters 

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I Learnt It, So You Doh’nt Halve Ta

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Wanna go ride on my yacht?

Well, I do try.

I got to thinking this morning, “Sherry, old girl, just what have you learned this week?” And I said, wow, when you think about it, I learned a real lot.

And it would be simply wrong if you wasted your time searching out all this stuff on your own. We should work together, you know what I mean? So, here, nice and suck-cint, you can get all my know-it-all-ledge fer free.

So, without further ado (whatever ado is–a challenge for you!), let me get right to it.

First of all, I was pissed. I was really p.o.’d to learn that I was wasting all my youthful years counting pills and trying to remember to take one every day, except the seven days I wasn’t supposed to, and screwin’ it up half the time and then worryin’ about whether I was gonna get “that time of the month” or not. ‘

All I had to do, was get some damn aspirin.

I am thinkin’ about suing my gynecologist, if he is still alive.

Second, I learned (I’m slow, what can I say) that the Republican party is pretty much criminally perverted. Those white boys (most of  ’em are you know) have an inordinate interest in my ‘gina. The Virginie (Virgin get it? how freakin’ ironic is that?) Governor, whom some say wants to be Willard’s VEEP, should Willard EEP over Rut-roh Ricky, is poised to sign a bill that REQUIRES any “with child” female to have her lady parts probed by some instrument just to remind her that indeed she is preggers.

Now, besides being a sick invasion of my right to keep my legs together when I want to, it’s all the more evidence that these loonies don’t get any (men call it nookie) at home, or what they do get is of such poor quality that they obsess about it 24/7.

If you didn’t hear, Mr. Issa, (a busybody if there ever was one) had a hearing yesterday about ladies SEX-UAL rights, and the whole discussion was between a bunch of guys (what’s new about that I ask ya), and some of ’em even swear (which is only a promise to do their very best after all) off wimmen all together, but seem to know best what we should or shouldn’t do with our junk, if women’s ladies parts can be called junk, like guys boy parts are now called junk. Or is women’s junk only in the trunk? I get confused.

And I guess that when you swear to be a Republican, you are injected with some stupid ink, because even Scott Brown, the upset Massachewwww-sets Senator, who is trying to stave off that nice Elizabeth Warren, signed on to a  bill that would allow any business owner of ANYTHING the right to deny contraceptive coverage or any other health coverage that “violated his religious beliefs.”  Has he lost his mind?

I mean, there are some freakin’ idiotic religions out there, (and I don’t judge mind ya) but I sure don’t like the idea that some person can decide not to fund cancer care because God punishes people for not trusting in prayer and braying at the moon at 11 pm each night for a fortnight, all the while flipping a cold pancake in a skillet. (Trust me, if you look hard enough you will find such a religion.)

Well, are we only at three? Thirdly I learned that Neil Degrasse Tyson has gotta resign as a astrophysicist. This according to the Daily Show’s, Larry Wilmore. You see, Dr. Tyson is an African-American, and in a field of endeavor that is usually reserved for Asians (Michio Kaku, duh). By entering said field, he has upset the balance of the universe, which is why this kid Jeremy Lin has become this phenom in basketball, the unquestioned domain of the African-American world. So the universe demands a-righting. Certainly this makes sense.

Fourthly, I learned that a ton of folks who come to this blog come looking for themselves. This is proven by the following search terms that continue to lead:

• Your an idiot
• evolution jokes
• I’m stupid
• Elmer fudd

Now, I’m also, apparently a good place to learn about monkeys. Search terms “funny monkey weed in mouth,” and “monkeys having sex” are big here as well.

I am not sure what is going on with “vineyard bible” but I guess a lot of people find God in by imbibing wine.

I’m similarly confused about what “picture drowning in paper” is all about, but I suppose it relates to the fact that I continue to attract people not quite right in the head. Either that or Salvador Dali is alive and seeking inspiration.

Johnny Depp continues to be the most sought after search term. That just makes me smile. I wonder if he reads this. If so, I love you Mr. Depp, most respectfully of course. Of course.

Fifthly, or thereabouts, Willard said that the trees in Michigan are “just right”, as in height. I didn’t know that Michigan’s trees were different in height than say those in Maine or New Jersey, or even in tight-assed South Carolina. But he said he liked the height of the trees, and then went on to say that he loved the “lakes”. Not just the “great lakes” he assured, but all the other little lakes all over. And the cars, by God he loves the cars. He mentions Mustang a lot. If he can mention ten “facts” about Michigan, it means he’s connected to the state and you should vote for him. I guess that’s what it means.

Willard has an ad of him and his papa lookin’ out over something, except that it is not a scene from Michigan at all, but of some world’s fair, somewhere else. And the car that is featured is a Chrysler, and his dad ran GM which is not the same.

Willard is mixed up–a lot. I learned that real good. And he is trying to hard. It’s embarrassing. Really.

I’m wondering. Does the Mormon church teach that anyone who is President of the US get some special job in heaven? Willard seems so desperate.

Just sayin’.

Have I Got a Deal For YOU!

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Hey, you like pallin’ around with terrorists? Ya like your socialist agenda? Are you tired of all that flag-wavin’ family values namby-pamby rhetoric?

Do your nether regions get all excited when the name Saul Alinsky or Van Jones is mentioned? Do you practically puddle over George Soros?

Do you like the smell of anarchy in the air, and thrill to the feel of a gas mask strapped over your face? Are you a liberal/socialist/commie/fascist/food-stamp lovin’/do-the-monkey-if-it-turns-you-on sort? Are you a SECULARLIST/atheist/hater of the Jesus as exemplified by the literal words from God Almighty secured in the King James Version of the Bible?

Are ya? Do ya? Do ya wanna be?

Then my friends, this is the bloggy for you! We can put you in a sharp little model of all of the above, with nothin’ down and years to pay.

Just a little test to see if you are really OUR kinda people.

1. Does the name Reince Priebus remind you of a wet hotdog, or worse, a rinsed penis?
2. If you met Newt Gingrich, would you be unable to resist poking his dough belly?
3. Would you grab Sean Hannity’s pointy finger and break it?
4. Does the mere mention of the name Dick Cheney cause you to run for the shower?
5. Would you first question to Mitch McConnell be: “Can I see your turtle shell?”
6. Would your first question to John Boehner be: “Do you really fart Cheetos dust?”
7. Would you like to pull the stick out of Mitt Romney’s butt without or without anesthesia?
8. Is George W. Bush starting to look tame by comparison?
9. Are you sure that Ann Coulter’s gynecologist took one look and said she’d have to find someone else to treat THAT.
10. Which two Republicans would you most like to see face off in a “fight to the death” bout in the Roman Coliseum?

I can’t do this all alone.

I know you think I’m a superhero, but really I’m not.

I get my inspiration from these folks:

1. Juanita Jean’s
2. Pass the Douchey’s
3. Arts and Letters Daily
4. Joe.My.God
5. The Fifth Column
6. The Grio
7. We are respectable negroes
8. Damp Squid
9. Hansi’s Hallucinations
10. OkJimms
11. Republic of Gilead
12. Snoring Dog Studio
13. Woodgate’s View
14. The Commentariat
15. Think Progress

Those are the ones who feed my madness on a daily basis. There are many others. They are all to be found in the blogroll.

I thank them all. I condemn them all for my insanity.

Oh, and Bill Moyers is back on the air with a show called “Moyers and Company”. PBS is carrying him of course, times determined by where the heck you live. Find it. He’s always got people on who have actual answers, or at least know the right questions.

Other shows I find useful: (*WARNING*) Ignore unless you are a political junkie.

• Chris Hay’s and his show UP on MSNBC on Saturday and Sunday mornings for 2 hours. Panel show where they actually spend some time on various issues and have some good guests. And I like Hays who is damn smart.
• Fareed Zakaria’s show on CNN on Sunday (mid morning) He also gets great guests and has intelligent conversations about real issues.
• Keith Olbermann on Current TV. Most nights at 8 I think. He’s having his usual contractual issues with the brass, and so his appearance is uneven, but he’s purely fun, and his “Friday’s with Thurber” are wonderful.
• Morning Joe, MSNBC, mostly because I like the people and Mika keeps Joe in line.

What I am learning?

• That even the GOP circus can get boring at times.
• That Catcher in the Rye is not nearly as entertaining as The Great Gatsby was.
• That the WSJ refused a paper signed off on by 164 climate scientists in favor of one by 16 climate deniers.
• That Sheldon Adelson has way too much money, and is willing to spend it on his own political goals. (There is a 2008 exposé on him in the New Yorker Magazine.)
• That we are never going to have government responsive to the people unless we get Citizens United constitutionally prohibited.
• That I really don’t care a bit who wins the Super Bowl, and that means I can really just sit back and enjoy it.

Hey, I’m doin’ the best I can.

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