To my legions of devoted readers (slight sarcasm alert), I offer apologies for neglecting the blog. I guess it comes with being a little more productive elsewhere, although it's not a time-intensive task to fling in a little something every day.

For starters, consider the Great American Media. They can't be bothered with the massive demonstrations in the U.K., returning body bags (oops...I mean "transfer tubes"), the current Congressional travesties, the plummeting economy, or any of that other trivia. They've got a BIG story to cover.

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Jeb Bush is just champing at the bit down there in Florida...he has police and equipment all set to crack heads if there's trouble, and provoke it if there isn't.

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And you thought Congress was going to rescind portions of the draconian Patriot Act? Nahhh...they're now looking to expand it.

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And now, a few words from Rolling Stone about the many achievements of the Environmental AntiChrist. (Guess who?)

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A mystery of sorts....why would the head of the powerful American Association of Retired People sell out his organization to the powerful drug industry? It might have something to do with said AARP leader, Bill Novelli. In a not-too-distant past, he was head of the massive PR firm Porter Novelli, the architects of the "Harry and Louise" bullshit TV campaign that managed to derail Clinton's health care plan by convincing Americans that universal, affordable health care would be a bad thing. Another fox in charge of another Bush administration henhouse. I guess having 750 full-time lobbyists in Washington wasn't enough.

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