Taking it a little too far.

I enjoyed the show and most of the movies. I visited the "experience" in Vegas. I even went to a convention - once. But, wow. Holy cow.

ONE thing to do today

The ONE campaign put together a petition asking Congress and the President to keep the promises America made a year ago. I think you should sign it.

Click here or paste the following URL in your browser:

http://action.one.org/live8.jsp

Thanks.

Mercy, Mercy, Me

So I am sitting here today listening to Kool 94.5 and they played Marvin Gaye - I can't believe I never heard the words to this song before outside the chorus. Ok, so all I can say is I was not born when it came out, in my defense. In case anyone else was in the same boat as me....

Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology) Lyrics
Ah, mercy, mercy me,Ah, things ain't what they used to
be, no, no.Where did all the blue skies go?Poison is
the wind that blows from the north and south andeast.Mercy, mercy me,Ah, things ain't what they used to
be, no, no.Oil wasted on the ocean and uponour seas
fish full of mercury,Oh, mercy, mercy me.Ah,
things ain't what they used to be, no, no, no.Radiation underground and in the sky;animals and birds
who live near by are dying.Oh, mercy, mercy me.Ah, things ain't what they used to be.What about
this over crowded land?How much more abuse from man can
she stand?

On Being both a Mom and an Environmentalist

This was a fun read.

Goodbye to Oak Creek Canyon?

The best place in the state, I think, is in serious trouble today. Yay, fire crews, boo, idiots who won't leave their damn cabins. Full coverage from the Arizona Republic here.

And just a word on how this is just another face of global warming (see the movie!)...Arizona is in a multi-year drought. Now, this could be a coincidence, but at some point, you have to see that there are a lot of things going on that might happen once a millenia, that are happening, like, every year. Anyway, drought = sick trees. Sick trees = easy pickings for bark beetles. Bark beetles = lots of standing dead and dying trees. Lots of dead and dying trees = lighting fluid + kindling. This is what global warming looks like, guys.

And on a more fun note

A new picture, from Memorial Day (hey, I wanted to go camping, but someone had to see the Indy 500).

An Inconvenient Truth

We saw the preview of An Inconvenient Truth here in Phoenix. Everyone needs to see this movie. Please please please go to climatecrisis.net and spread the word!

An Actual Conspiracy - This is HUGE

So, something that you should know about me is that I am not one to buy easily into conspiracy theories. Oswald acted alone. I downloaded "Loose Change" over the weekend, haven't watched it yet, but I am 100% positive that it's mostly junk. So you might see how I am utterly dismayed at how completely true this piece by RFK, Jr. in this month's Rolling Stone, about how Bush stole Ohio among other places, proves to be. It's all things that were sometimes covered but never really investigated. Yet another way that the "liberal press" has FAILED our democracy.

As another case goes before Bush's stacked court, I feel like someone just stole my bicycle. This blows.

Today's Let-Them-Eat-Cake Moment...

Bush actually said that 9/11/01 ended in a humorous moment for him. He IS Marie Antoinette. It's so simple!