Recent Developments

I just got off the phone with the office of my Congressional Representative and asked that he vote to END the practice of SECRET HOLDS. I added that the practice is a threat to our democracy.

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Although it seems obvious to me I doubt that BP, TransOcean or Halliburton will ever see the inside of an American Court House to answer for manslaughter and gross negligence charges regarding the greatest willful destruction of wetlands in American history.

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According to CBS, their reporters were chased by the Coast Guard and told: This is BPs rules, not ours! [Their grammar, not mine.]

What makes this behavior threatening is that the reporters were attempting to access PUBLIC LAND. The BP rule is that anyone with a cell phone or camera phone is to be denied access.

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As I prepare this post the OIL has REACHED the Louisiana wetlands. It is 2pm, Thursday, May 20, 2010. The "loop current" surrounding the Florida peninsula is now being affected.

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Congratulations to Rand Paul! This should make politics both colorful and at the same time scary. Seems all those pesky ramps for the handicapped have caused an "inconvenience" to the walking population. Who knew?

Of course Paul had been interviewed by the main stream media all of whom asked stupid, useless questions. It took Rachel Maddow on her evening news show last night to ask meaningful ones. You really need to find this interview...it will scare the bejesus out of you.

Want to get really spooked? Rand Paul is an Eye Surgeon. Hmmm, does that mean all his patients see eye-to-eye with him? He gave his acceptance speech at an exclusive country club. We're really screwed, aren't we?

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Germany has recently asked out loud, (as opposed to us stunned Americans who are quietly asking ourselves), why the middle class in the USA is being decimated. Thank you, Germany!