Comments on: Boston Globe Slits Own Throat; Lion Grumpy And Morose; Life Goes On

By: John Evo

John Evo — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:52:12 +0000

Yeah, that’s just because of your bad case of the munchies due to yesterday (4/20)!!

By: Ric

Ric — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:45:44 +0000

From your cats to my cats… and I did it with Frosted Mini Wheats in today’s entry (Tuesday, April 21)!

By: John Evo

John Evo — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:25:53 +0000

We’re a lot alike, Ric. Cats and all!

Write something, buddy. Blow it all out.

By: Ric

Ric — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:20:46 +0000

chappie -

People who torture, people who enable torture, and people who sanction torture are among the most depraved people in the world. The current administration’s refusal to hold the constellation of Bush-era torturers accountable will allow Obama, Holder, et al, to join that august group of people who sanction torture and makes their claims that they have stopped the practice ring hollow as the last screams of the victims.

I’d like not to believe that, but as someone said, hope is not a plan.

By: Ric

Ric — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:14:30 +0000

Thanks Evo. But I’m always alone. Except for the cats, of course. And the books. And then there’s the computers. Television, too, and too much of. And the little group of dedicated fanatic…. dedicated bloggers I follow and who follow my ramblantings. Ah, life is good. (Oh christ, where’s the frigging xanax?!?)

By: John Evo

John Evo — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:29:39 +0000

Ric – you are not alone. If that makes you feel any better.

Yeah… probably not. Well, I gave it a try.

By: the chaplain

the chaplain — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:49:45 +0000

All we’ve done is exchange one gang of thugs for a more intelligent, better spoken gang of thugs.

I hope that’s not true, but am not placing any bets either way right now.

By: Ric

Ric — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:40:21 +0000

Thanks for the concern, guys. Yeah. Not dead yet. Another mid-life crisis, maybe. Overwhelmed, rudderless. Looking for the middle ground between totally tranked out and off-the-wall pissed and anxious. And yesterday’s news that Obama and his crew have decided it’s okay to break the laws on torture and wiretapping … unspeakably reprehensible and disgusting. Apparently the oath of office requiring him to uphold the laws meant nothing to him or his crew, no more than it did to the gang of thugs Bush brought with him to Washington. By refusing to investigate and prosecute he leaves the door wide open for future administrations (and his own) to use the same tactics, and they will. Imagine if Iranians, or anyone, had tortured and murdered Americans held as prisoners – any American administration would be raging. But for Americans to do the same thing – no problem, not a crime, not a moral or ethical or legal question. Just business. The ugly head of arrogant American exceptionalism rears up over the world, once more, even a little higher. Maybe Obama gets this criminal arrogance from his fucking religion – you know, turn the other cheek, forgive, blah blah blah. So he decides to sell out the country on the altar of his psychotic religion. Fuck him, and fuck the crew he brought with him. Change and hope, my ass. All we’ve done is exchange one gang of thugs for a more intelligent, better spoken gang of thugs.

By: John Evo

John Evo — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:10:22 +0000

(((Billy))) – Just “morose”, hopefully. Ric’s done this before, like me.

By: (((Billy)))

(((Billy))) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:20:57 +0000

Ric: You okay?