summer winding down

i am grateful that we are going into autumn. i don't like wishing my life away, but this summer stunk here in my neck of the northeast. the garden didn't do much of anything and i think my father hit it on the head with there weren't enough bees to pollinate this year. my squash flowered and flowered but i have no squash. anyhoo, the heat and humidity have just sucked the life out of me and many other folks- we are not equipped to deal with it. unlike the south, most of us do not have central air- usually fans and an occasional window unit. not pleasant....

americans continue to annoy me with their denial of what is. and what is most disheartening is how mean spirited many are. the obtuse bigotry and stubborn fear of change while clinging to the sinking ship of christianity- well, it is genuinely mind blowing to me. ignorance is ignorance- i don't care if you are white, green or purple. seriously. and the amount of folks who take dubya and caribou barbie seriously and hang on their words- well, that is again, mind blowing to me.

i suppose if you are so fear based, you can't and won't see the forest through the trees. i wish that we could simply dismiss these people as the stupids that they are but unfortunately, there are lots and lots of them and they won't go away. sigh. so, winding down my summer, i have yard stuff to finish and my crochet room to ready for the colder weather. if you can't beat 'em, hunker down somewhere and keep safe. it's the best advice i can offer if we aren't willing to smash them down en masse. vive` la revolution!

online presence

or is it presents? ;) to the couple of folks who have the blog still in their reader... hey thanks :) probably should clean mine up a bit... i have absolutely no enthusiasm nor do i have any illusions about the upcoming elections- this november and beyond. look, the angry white american is scared shitless about everything and is going to vote tea party all the way. translation- bigots and racists and supremacists, oh my!

or maybe the right wing mainstream media is simply painting it that way- i mean only 150 folks showed up at our local binghamton tea party rally. but i do know that there seems to be an awful lot of folks who are still thinking we are in the cheney/bush era and think it's ok to force their conservative, christian values of narrow minded hatred down everyone's throat. and the rest of us shrug and yawn and continue about our merry way.....

but my buddy dan'l tells me i over generalize- so perhaps i am :) feelin' a bit spicy today....

sniff, sniff....it's that time of year

must be election time again because the DNC is trying to shake me down for a contribution. uh huh... here's my response:

"the democratic party has a problem with politics as usual. not much has changed in america with respect to reinstating civil liberties; updating the nation's energy infrastructure to green, or combating the lunacy of the right wing obstructionists. we left wing 'drug addicts' who dare to be critical most likely will vote 3rd party and damned sure won't contribute.'

oh, and fyi dumbocrats- we have a one party ruling class and not a two party representative democracy. seriously.....