channeling your feelings into something productive

Today...the vote on HCR in the House, and as expected, a large amount of histrionics and fear-mongering is occurring--everywhere from the blogosphere, to the CSPAN call lines, to facebook statuses. Personally, I'd like to see Bart Stupak and his anti-choice cronies care about the former fetuses as much as they're professing to care about the future fetuses.

I guess what throws me off the most is all of these people praying that the bill doesn't pass. Call me crazy, but I just think that there is a f*ck-ton of things more important than asking for HCR to fail that these people could be praying for. Let's start with the humanitarian crises in Israel, Palestine, Darfur, Haiti. Or the quagmires we have created in Iraq and Afghanistan. Or we could look closer to home and the destitution that many of our own US citizens are living in. And goodness, if we really wanted to get crazy, we could actually DO something instead of praying! Gosh, there go my social justice mores that run hand in hand with dirty socialism.

OH. That brings me to another thing. I'd have to say that 99% of these people haven't had a basic political science or civics class. Socialism =/= Communism =/= Universal health care.

And finally, you may believe in a Christian God, but I don't. And our nation was founded on the ideas of religious freedom and separation of church and state. You can have your religious beliefs, but don't try to force them on me, and certainly don't try to tell me that I live in a Christian nation.

peace and love,

m

good reporting

...of course, it will be labeled "liberal ambush journalism" because someone armed with facts asked neutral questions to a bunch of idiots...

peace and love,

m

things I love about the fam

I was at The Farm this weekend for the St. Augustine's St. Patrick's Day Smorgasbord. Mmm, church potlucks! Actually, it's not bad. At least they don't serve the funeral casserole...but that's a different post :)

Spending the weekend with [most of] the fam reminded me of the silly things I love about my relatives.

• The Christmas tree is still up in the farm living room.
• Grandma, Nancy, and Chris drank a bottle of Mogen David before going to 4 pm church on Saturday.
• At one point, the Christmas tree had a mannequin head and a flannel shirt on it.
• Lunch involves taking everything out of the refrigerator and putting it on the table.
• We get competitive over word games.
• The list of what's in the freezer consists of a couple of years of venison...and frozen pizza. And the Mogen David made an appearance in there too!
• Married stuff ;)
• "Do bishops only get to move left and right?"
• Crocs and socks.
• Norwalk bars.
• Sitting on the wet picnic table with coffee in the morning, calling it the veranda.

peace and love,

m

spring is coming!

Yes, yes! It's March, the weather is warming up [slowly but surely], and the promise of sundresses, jazz in the park, sun on your shoulders, and the steady transformation of drab winter grey to verdant spring green is in the air. To celebrate, have a listen to the lovely, wonderful, gorgeous Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, as performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Marcus Roberts Trio.

George Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue
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peace and love,

m