REMEMBER THE GULF

Mardi Gras is next week, so I thought this might be a good time to gently remind folks that New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are still in quite dire straits, and there is much work to be done. The Gulf Restoration Network is working hard to keep awareness up, and at the moment they are asking folks to sign an on-line petition to urge Congress to close the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, a crucial step in preventing future hurricane damage.

Please take a second to visit the GRN website and join their campaign. Just because the Gulf is starting to fade from the national headlines doesn't mean we should forget her plight.

Is There Anything He DOES Know??

I guess this explains why I kept hearing clips of W. on the radio this morning, talking about the proposed sale of US ports to a UAE-owned corporation, saying, "The government has reviewed this." What exactly does that mean, I wondered? Well, obviously it DOESN'T mean that the President has any f***ing clue about what the people in his Administration are cooking up while he is out clearing brush or speechfying to pre-screened audiences about eliminating health insurance.

Can someone please tell me what is wrong with these people??!!?!?!?

Every day, I am amazed anew at their lies, deception and downright underhandedness. Not to mention the fact that the President is probably the least powerful/informed person in his own Administration. If I had voted for Bush, I think I would be a little upset that the person I thought I was electing would actually have so little to do with the running of the Executive Branch.

SHOOTS AND LEAVES

So I have just learned that our Vice President spent the weekend shooting at one of his millionaire hunting companions. As horrible as it sounds, I am somehow not surprised. I mean, after all, Cheney really does seem like some robot from a sci-fi movie whose internal wiring gets crossed and just lets loose with the automatic rile fire on unsuspecting passersby.

So good to know he's a heartbeat away from the Oval Office.

With a Mouth Full of Teeth, They Ate All Their Friends

I haven't paid attention to the Grammy Awards in years, and last night was no exception. Still, I was delighted to wake up this morning and see that my boys CLEANED UP in L.A. last night. I don't entirely understand how a record that was released in November 2004 qualifies for a 2005 Grammy, but what the hell. I am so unplugged from the music industry's mainstream, and I have had the impression that hip-hop artists and American Idol-style warblers usually win all the awards, so I take a certain delight in the fact that my middle-aged heroes kicked everyone's butt last night. They deserve all the praise they get, and "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" really IS a masterpiece. Three cheers, then, for my boys, as they head off of the next leg of their seemingly never-ending Vertigo Tour. Come back and see us soon, please.