What I want to see...

I want to see this jackass, otherwise known as Mayor Richard (another "Dick", go figure) Daley of Chicago, live for one year on WalMart wages.

C'mon bigshot, if it's good enough for the "little people", it's good enough for you.

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Freedom of the Press?

Not when Exxon/Mobil is involved.

It seems that investigative journalist Greg Palast has come under fire in the form of a criminal complaint from the Department of Homeland Security.

Why?

While filming his documentary about Hurricane Katrina, Palast filmed a "sensitive national security site" owned by none other than the presidential puppetmaster, Exxon. Palast's producer is also facing charges.

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You just can't make this stuff up...

This is so wrong and so very, very sad.

Bring their daddy home. Now.

From the WTF desk...

CBS and Katie Couric (who proved herself to be more fluff than substance in her debut), are giving none other than conservative hate-monger Rush "Pillboy" Limbaugh a 90-second spot on the CBS Evening News tomorrow (Thursday) night to "air his views", in a new segment entitled "Free Speech."

Will there be a "counterpoint" to El-Fatbo's tirade? Nope. He'll just get to spew whatever garbage he decides to puke out of his mouth on national tv and that will be that.

Don't you just hate the "liberal" media?

On invertebrates...

I was listening to a report this morning on Democracy Now (an excellent source of independent news, btw) about the Mexican presidential election, the results of which were the closest ever for that country.

Democratic Revolution Party candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador lost the election to National Action Party candidate Felipe Calderon by about 4,000 votes. Lopez Obrador and his supporters want a total vote-by-vote recount, citing possible vote fraud by Calderon's party. 237,000 votes were nullified due to "irregularities" - and in a race "won" by 4,000 votes, that's huge.

(Sidenote: The Bush administration supports Calderon.)

Since the election, supporters of Lopez Obrador have staged massive protests against what they see as voter fraud, effectively shutting down parts of Mexico City at times. The protest pictured above saw about 1.5 million people united for their cause, which was simply, a fair recount of the votes.

On September 16th, Independence Day in Mexico, Lopez Obrador is calling for a national convention where he will declare himself Mexico's "true president", and Calderon an "impostor". He will also try to form a resistance government - a "shadow" government, if you will - which will not likely hold together for very long.

I really don't have an opinion on Mexican politics, though; the reason I tell this story is because of the one thing that keeps nagging at me:

When George W. Bush "won" the 2000 election by the hair of his chiny-chin-chin, where were the citizens of the United States? Why didn't we protest like the Mexican citizens are now doing? Why didn't Al Gore try to form a resistance government? Where were our spines, people??

One has to give credit to the citizens of Mexico for fighting for democracy, and for fiercely standing up for what they believe in - something that Americans should have done back in 2000. It may not have changed the results, but it would have sent a message. Instead, the message that most Americans sent was that they have the attention spans of a flea, and who really cares about politics, anyway? And the worst message we sent was: The powers that be can get away with fixing elections, because we don't care and we are not paying attention, anyway.

Change the channel - Desperate Housewives is on!

RIP, mate.

Happy Labor Day...

Today's Pig is Tomorrow's Bacon.

Read it.

Love this madhouse....

I'm only about halfway through this amazing book, but I have to recommend it to everyone. Get it. Read it. Get blown away by it.

And while I'm making recommendations, let me recommend this documentary (which is real, unlike the "docudrama" I wrote about below). It's gripping, stunning, sad, and typical of the fantastic abilities of Spike Lee. Too bad the networks don't air it prior to November. As if. Fair and balanced, my ass.

Just in time for the November midterms...

A drop in gas prices. Look for prices to hit $2.00/gal by November - but they will spike again by the holidays - and after the midterm elections. Bushco has called in some Saudi favors for this one, believe me. I'm all for lower gas prices, but when the prices are purposely manipulated for political gain... that's just shitty.

An ABC "docudrama" entitled "The Path to 9/11", which basically blames Bill Clinton (isn't that schtick getting old?) for the attacks on the World Trade Center yet puts George Bush in a positive light. Coincidentally, the writer of the movie, Cyrus Nowrasteh, is a conservative friend of... ack... Rush (Got Viagra?) Limbaugh. Hopefully, the 30% of mouth-breathers that still support Bush will be the only ones to believe this corporate-sponsored nonsense.

If you'd like to let ABC know your thoughts about this propaganda piece like I did, click here.

Considering the recent rash of 9/11 films, it seems that George Bush isn't the only one exploiting the tragedy of that day.

Of course, as November approaches, one can only wonder what other "surprises" the Busheviks have in store for us. Another thwarted "terror attack" perhaps? Or maybe the real thing? Stay tuned, peeps.

Yeah, I'm back.