Friday, March 13, 2009

Stewart vs. Cramer

I might vote for Jon Stewart. Poor Cramer looks like a deer in the headlights.





Thursday, March 12, 2009

Life

Reminder: John Stossel is on 20/20 tomorrow night talking about "Bullshit in America".

Everyone has had the flu in our house. I'm the last one standing, and my "standing" hasn't been that good either since I've been having back problems. So, not much time to post...

Trish and I went to a benefit concert and saw Vitamen A and The Schwag. I must say that Vitamen A gave me hope for the St. Louis music scene. All of them look like computer programmers, but put on a good show. I guess you could call them a jamband influenced by Phish, The Police, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Catchy, good energy, talented musicians. They have influenced me to get my chops back up so I've been bringing my guitar to work.

I'd like to get a jamband together doing everything from originals to Allman Brothers, to Bob Marley, to hardcore funk, to alt-country....

Had a great conversation with Trish about our "shadow" and how she has chosen to confront certain attractions and aversions in her life. I miss "Wonderful Wednesdays"...sigh...

By the way, Divine Nobodies is asking some interesting questions about how forgiveness and the resurrection effects your life today....

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

US

Stardust dancers
Unique and One
Broken and beautiful
Possibilities and perceptions
Bursting into bloom
Rooted in source
Shimmering
In light
Dancing to the secret
Unheard
Song
Of God
A clear sign of a broken government.

Politicians need to get some balls and say "No!" to earmarks.

I admit it. I am still a registered Republican from my "less conservative" days. I am unregistering. I received a fund raising "questionnaire" from John Cornyn that read like a Republican talking points bulletin from the 1990s. The same issues, the same stands. Same B.S. Then I watched a couple minutes of the hearings with Geithner today and the Democrats did nothing but blame Republicans and sit atop there platform and propose versions of class warfare.

Politicians just don't get it. Our nations problems are to complex for either party to deal with. They are to intertwined with special interests and to interested in getting earmarks regardless of greater needs. We need another way. I hoped Obama would be the impetus, but it's not looking good....