Brain Drippings

Arriana Huffington and Rob Johnson wrote an article over at huffingpost.com with their idea on how to deal with the Big Four US Banks (Wells Fargo, Bank America, Chase, and Citi–ranked in order of evil from Emperor Palpatine’s right index finger to his right middle finger). (continue reading…)

When I was a child there was a riddle that went something like this:

A man and his son are in a car accident and are seriously injured. They are both unconscious when they arrive at the hospital.  The son is sent into surgery and the doctor says, “I can’t operate, this is my son.” How is that possible? (continue reading…)

“Let us remember these timeless words.  With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come.  Let it be said by our childrens’ children that when we were tested we refused to let the journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter, and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.”

In the interest of beating a dead hose, I submitted the following to change.gov.  If you’ve been reading the blog, you’ll know I’ve harped on this a few times in the past.
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Congratulations to Barack Obama, and congratulations to the legion of supporters and volunteers and staff who made this happen.  I am proud for the role, albeit minuscule, that I played in this.  A little money, but not much since we’ve been under the economic hammer for a while.  A little time, but not as much as I would have liked since I have two kids to keep up with. But enough, this time.
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A fascinating movie showing global temperature averages over the last 130 years or so.

David Bromwich says it at least as well as I could, and hey, he’s already written it.

Today, as we come together once again in this great city, we raise our voices in unison to say to President Bush, to Vice President Cheney, to other members of the Bush Administration (past and present), to a majority of Congress, including Utah’s entire congressional delegation, and to much of the mainstream media: “You have failed us miserably and we won’t take it any more.”
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On the cusp of Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruling on the issue of homosexual marriage versus ‘civil unions’ there has been a lot of whining on the Internet from both sides of the — ah, aisle for lack of a better word. (continue reading…)

A Picture of Xander

Photo Mosaic of Bush made up from photos of the first several hundred dead US Troops in Iraq

Ah, the Irony!