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for everytime you've sat there...

and said "What the hell are they thinking? Are people just not paying attention to what's going over there in DC?", there's yet another fabulous book that is an absolute MUST READ. If you have ever wondered how Karl Rove (evil genius) and friends have convinced red staters that what George is doing is good for us, please read George Lakoff's Don't Think Of An Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate. I must thank my friend Tory for telling me about this one. It got me through a loooong bus ride to MA this weekend and just floored me...and gave me hope at the same time. If you have NOT read this already, GET IT NOW. it's all about words baby (Hamlet and Eliza Doolittle were right!). Get your linguistic groove on and GET THIS BOOK!

IN THE MEANTIME...speaking of trying to have the right words, what do you say to a heap of nations that hate you as you ask them to help you out in a war that they didn't want? Well, Bush is trying...it's his first time using diplomacy.

Sadly, he still can't get over being the bully. Cause he is trying to take over the world, he's now telling Russia-a country he only seems to have recently noticed has been turning back the clock on itself-to "make good on democracy". Guess George got tired of Putin being compared to him...okay, so we got Syria, Iran, North Korea (a little), and now Russia, who's next?

Speaking of Iran...John Stewart had a great line before the election horror about how, when it came to choosing whether to invade Iraq or Iran, "He was just a letter off..." Well, guess who has more influence over Iraq these days?

And speaking of people who create fake news, you have got to go to wonkette and look up the link on James Guckert/John Gannon aka press corps porn star deluxxe. There's a song now...

And speaking of songs, there really should be one inspired by Stephanie Miller's (and others) cries of how, due Social Security and Iraq, THE REPUBLICANS ARE EATING THEIR OWN!! and you know, we can't help but watch...

Have you ever wondered where this wacky social security plan came from? A law school paper. 25 years go, Peter Ferrara was working on his thesis and came up with what he himself called "the craziest idea in the world". Unfortunately, Ed Crane from the Cato institute heard about this paper and decided to fund the guy. While the Cato institute continued the fight for this, Ferrara parted ways with Cato and Crane...I get the feeling he had no idea what giant man-eating plant would grow from the seed he planted with that paper...

And in the "things George wish you wouldn't care about" category, according to this article in the Washington Post his budget is drastically reducing or cutting over 154 programs...cause he can't give a tax to the rich.

And speaking of silly things Bush does...George Lakoff brings up something I forgot about in his book...in order to pay for the War on Terror" when it was first underway, George suggested to Congress using the Social Security "lockbox/surplus". $40 Billion was taken from Social Security in 2001...as of August 2004 it was over $200 Billion...Officially, there is no crisi with Social Security, but is there perhaps a connection to Bush wanting to KEEP using Social Security as part of his war chest and his need to revise the system? Anybody looking into this that we know of? Perhaps you out to let your local press outlets know about this? Let alone your Congressfolk? hmmmm? How many other people have forgotten about this? thank you for listening to my conspiracy theory of the day...

IN THE MEANTIME...let's turn to something cheery shall we?

If you find yourself in NYC March 5th and want to catch a really cool and eclectic night of poetry, comedy, opera, rock, etc. come on down to Collective Unconscious for the first installment of Media Mix. "Prepare to be tickled in five minute intervals". The show is from 10p-11p and is an absolute BAHGAIN at $5. I will be performing as well as a band called Stickerbook, comic Julie Perkins, two sopranos, a couple of poets and it should just be a darn good time!

but until then, KEEP E-MAILING!!! E-mail, call, write, fax your friends, family, the press and your Congressfolk. LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION!!!! And as always, pass it on, pass it on, pass it on!

Peace --Alex

posted by funkweee @ 10:18 AM