Okay, okay. I give.
As in: No more calls or emails, please. Because we have a winner.
Boots from Newbury is the winner of the “Why are you not blogging?” contest.
And he won by submitting this probing question: “Why aren’t the minutes counting down on your site announcement?”
Fucking genius. Or, rather: Exactly what you would expect from a socialist who expects free reading content just like he expects his free health care and (ahem) military service check.
But a winner, nonetheless. Because he’s forced me out of semi-blogging-retirement. Lucky him. And, better yet, lucky you.
First, I guess I owe you an explanation.
On second thought, I don’t owe you an explanation.
Deal with it.
But, in other matters, the U.S. Security/Industrial Complex got a big “victory” by managing to arrest a total fucking moron who tried to use a baby-clock to detonate an SUV full of whatnot. Oh wait, but when the explosive device seemingly labeled “I’m with stupid” failed to ignite, we learned that the man we are supposed to fear left his cell phone, some receipts, and his “other” car keys in the offending SUV. Oops.
Wow. How did they ever catch him? Please.
And now the right wing and the Obama-drones can fight it out over who’s in favor of even more security and fear-mongering. Nevermind that the simplest of security tools – the no-fly list – came within moments of failing to catch this latest nitwit. But instead of learning to work with what we have, the security hawks will be circling the lobbying trough for new (and improved!) ways to encroach on the civil liberties of us all.
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Splitting wood by hand – well, splitting maul and hand(s) – is cheaper than a health club membership. I just keep telling myself that.
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It’s Mother’s Day this weekend. Happy, happy, Mom.
It reminded me of the first Mother’s Day I worked with Wally Burnstein at Food & Water. There was knock at our Manhattan office. In walked the flower delivery guy.
“Michael Colby?” He asked.
“Yep,” that’s me.
“Flowers for you.”
“For me? Are you sure?”
He points to the tag. Yep, they were mine.
They were from Wally, with this inscription on the card: “Happy Mother’s Day – You Motherfucker.”
Needless to say, we got along really, really well. But the bastard died young.
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In Vermont news, Democrats are proving that they remain scared shitless of the word “taxes.” So, instead, of raising some taxes on those who can clearly afford it (been to Stowe lately?), they keep cutting services and jobs.
And you’ll never guess what happens when the unemployment rate goes up? Yep, the unemployment fund goes down. Duh.
The common sense solution is to raise the rates by which the funds are collected. But that would be a big, scary tax. So their solution? Force the newly unemployed to forgo their first week of benefits. And they call this “less painful” than taking a few more dollars from the wealthy. Why, of course. Because we all know that cutting back on one of your vacations is much more painful than worrying about feeding your child.
Do Democrats stand for anything other than a thirst for carnival politics and electioneering? It’s pathetic, really.
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Um, this seems like a reasonable thing to do: Seize BP’s Assets. And now.
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And this much I know:
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I have made the decision to not like the sound of gravel being moved by a backhoe.
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I have also decided that your gestures toward friendliness were, indeed, fake.
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I’d like to invent a device that would only allow lawnmowers to be used in rainy weather. That way, those who are a bit obsessed with lawn mowing wouldn’t be able to pester us on good days. Also, they’d probably mow less if they had to ride around in the rain. Just saying.
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“If imperialism still exists, we’ll set out to fight it. If it is finished, you, Camilo and I will take a vacation on the moon.” — Che Guevara, in a letter to his children (1966).
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Which is to say, I need to aim higher.
what the fuck! it is not a military service check, you asshole. although i did serve in the marines with indistinction. it is a SOCIAL SECURITY check. and now i am secure and very social. your very respectful vietnam era veteran. semper fi. fuck peace, kill the cocksuckers. whose mother did you fuck?
Yikes, did someone have a bad (and cold and rainy) market? But what I’m trying to figure out is this: How are we going to work that last comment of yours into your campaign for lt. gov?
Cue the Fugs: Kill, kill,,,kill for peace!
P.S. Your SOCIAL SECURITY check (you sound like Jim Hogue when you use all caps) includes your payments for military “service.” Yeah, remember back in your ‘Nam days when you were in Virginia playing your pacifist card? It must have been hell, hearing all those lawnmowers in the background as you made your way to the diner. Trauma, trauma, especially for the good son of a GENERAL.
I’m coming to Vermont this election season. The Vt. Dems will give me syrup (like you said above) and the Vt. Repubs said my driver will be Bill Doyle. And I’ll need lots of Bottled Water–don’t you own a store called Food And Water? It’s not the tritium I’m worried about, it’s what’s in Vermont tap water that turns you all into radical homosocialists. I mean, can you see me as the new Ralph Nader in 2012?
Hey Boots, the Progs are listing a full slate in their primary, but you’re not on it. Did you file and petition? What’s up?
Pollina is going to announce his run for Phil Scott’s Vt. Senate seat. Where the fuck is your announcement? Samuel Beckett already did this ‘waiting’ shit.
Well, I guess we can always count on Petey to be hanging around, huh? You’re lucky it’s raining or I would have probably never seen your comments.
The Progs are running a full slate in their primary in order to BLOCK people like Boots from “contaminating” their pristine ballot. Personally, I first thought that the losing ways of the Progs and Boots would be a perfect fit. But then I remembered that at least Boots loses with some principles — unlike the Progs.
The Progs in Vermont are childish Stalinists — but without the power. They clearly distrust people and democracy while clinging to a near-perfect amalgam of hypocrisy.
Why, for example, can they preach the “purity” of their ballot while constantly playing footsie with the Democrats’ ballot? Stand and fight for something, for crying out loud. And stop pretending that your complete lack of success in any and every statewide ballot (thanks, Pollina!) somehow translates to political status.
Because those of us with our thinking caps still attached will remember that these control-freak Progs were the same gang who supported the bombing of Afghanistan in the post 9/11 haze, endorsed Obama, and continue to think it’s totally coherent to “protect” their (losing) ballot while trying to muddy the dullard Democratic ballot.
Like I said, childish. And rather Stalinist, too. A very, very, bad combination.
But, lucky for all of us, they don’t have any power other than the power they wield over the 175 people who will bother to pick up their primary ballot in August. Go get ‘em. And wake us when you’re done.
Well said. Stalinists? Must be why they all love PC. 175? That means if 176 of us go and write-in Boots, he wins? And then they what?–throw out the results saying (as they did in 2001) that Boots is “not a Vermont issue.’” Hmmmm…………..