Is no one "all bad."

Threatened by storeowner
with rifle, thief begs forgiveness,
gets $40 and a loaf of bread.

Dick Cheney supports gay marriage. What’s he trying to do, prove that no one is all bad? He is also slowly changing his tune about some of his claims, someone said probably in preparation for his coming trial. Dreamer.

Do you think it is even hypothetically possible that TV ads have now reached an absurdity level so definitive they will never get any worse?

Some Republicans are now insisting they should filibuster Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation. I doubt they will. But if they do it will be most interesting to see what it is they will be objecting to. Are they really foolish enough to review all 600 of her cases, plus everything else she might have written, to find one or two words they can focus on? They really do have a death wish, or so it seems. This is a perfect example of their being difficult just for the sake of it. But, then, it will give them an opportunity to try to demonstrate they still have something to say. All Senators seem to look forward to these hearings because they get their few minutes to show off how important they are.

Jon Stewart said tonight how pleased he was that we (American taxpayers) now own 60% of a company that is 90 billion dollars in debt. Amen. I have long since given up any hope of understanding the financial dealings of this administration. I used to worry that we were so many trillions in debt, but as I have no idea of what that actually means I have stopped worrying about it. It took me years to sort of understand what a billion was, anything beyond that is utterly incomprehensible to me. In fact, I rarely understand anything about business, finance, or debt any more. Ford Motors announced today that last month was the best sales month in a long time. Their sales were off by only 24%! At least they haven’t asked for any billions yet.

Single-payer health insurance is apparently not even being considered, even though a majority of Americans want it (so who cares what American want). Obama is reported to have said that if he were starting from scratch he would have attempted a single-payer system, but as it is now he thinks that would be too difficult. His solution is to have a Government sponsored plan to compete with private plans, thinking that this might eventually develop into a real single-payer plan. But you can bet that all of the entrenched interests are going to fight tooth and nail to prevent even this. If Obama fails, we will stay at the mercy of insurance companies, people who have no business in health at all, parasites living off the blood of those in need of care.

Now that our American Taliban have come out once again, murdering another abortion provider, and making a martyr out of the killer, perhaps the authorities will pay more attention. These despicable creatures have said that homicide is justifiable to prevent abortions, never mind that abortions are perfectly legal in the U.S. These are domestic terrorist organizations and should be treated as such. I wonder if murder is justified to prevent the murder of abortion providers? Then we could have murder being justified to prevent the murders of those who would murder the murderers of abortion providers, and so on.

Our gun laws still need a lot of tweaking. In order to visit the zoo you should be required to be armed. And it should also be mandatory to be armed while bathing or showering, and certainly while attending Sea World. And no one should ever be allowed in a bar without being armed. The NRA is doing great work, but they have a long way to go.

LKBIQ:
I want to tell you a terrific story about oral contraception. I asked this girl to sleep with me and she said 'no'.

Woody Allen

TILT:
In Asia, and especially China, crickets are considered good luck and are often kept as pets.