Linkage

Just because she has some interesting views to read about, on a variety of subjects, I thought I would post a link to a friend's website. (I think yotogi has postd a link as well, but more the merrier!) You can find it at Firestarter. Enjoy! ^^

Politics As The Playground

Okay. So I'm at the mall doing some much-needed financial transactions today. I stopped by the bookstore on my way to the food court -- cajun bourbon chicken, yum, haven't had that in a while! Even if it was, you know, food court food.

In the bookstore I meander through the piles, picking up Butlerian Jihad just to see how much Frank Herbert's son butchered the universe. Also picked up Dan Brown's Angels and Demons. If you liked Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum then you'll probably enjoy this one. It's sort of a prequel to The Da Vinci Code which I also enjoyed. It's stuff that's up my alley, I like these mysteries that draw on various bits of historical minutia. It's not the best-written book in the world, but it's a relatively good read.

On my way to the counter, I was rather surprised to see a book entitled Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised because there was a book not terribly long ago titled, Rush Limbaugh is A Big Fat Idiot.

Prepare to Rant. ( Commence primary ignition. )

Anyway. Miserable thoughts that kept me awake. Yaknow, everything would be so much simpler if I were in charge! ^^ Seriously, though, some things have got to change in our political/social culture. I can rattle off 'solutions' but there'd be even non-neocon conservatives who might take umbrage. Short of that, I'd settle for a moderate who isn't in the pocket of some corporation or special interest and honestly wants us to survive on this blighted ball of rock spinning 'round a sun. Somehow, I don't think that'll happen until something truly awful happens and there is a, as some corporatist said once, a 'dramatic reduction in population by several orders of magnitude.'