no joy in mudville

i am not even really sure what to write about these days. oh- don’t get me wrong- when i say that, i inevitably end up writing 3,000 words anyway my mind is in a bit of turmoil and i don’t know that it’s quite spring fever because it isn’t a happy sort of feeling. i am disappointed that the democratic party has chosen to continue playing politics as usual within the corporatocracy because i honestly thought we had a shot at beginning to change things. but no. i guess i shouldn’t be surprised when the democratic party is made up of ‘crossovers’ from camp clinton and the blue dogs like lieberman. so- i am truly going to change my affiliation to independent. i have no desire to be affiliated with the democratic party any longer. in fact, i fully intend to send in my membership renewal (sans cash of course) with a nice letter explaining to howard dean, et al, where exactly they can shove that renewal and why. and so it goes. i feel very andy rooneyish today. i am also bitterly disappointed that we, the people, haven’t fought harder to save our constitution. we, the people, collectively decided to roll over and play dead while the pnacers took over our country. they effectively control everything and no one will make any kinds of moves to stop them. in the news recently:

bush ignores foia requests

fbi wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoos…

the government reads your mail- oh, and your emails and browser searches, and blog sites, and listens to your phone calls….

police taser use on rise- death toll mounts

americans can be detained indefinitely and tortured- cause bush says so

so- ‘the land of the free and the home of the brave’ has turned into a police state full of chickenshits who don’t have what it takes to stop fighting each other and keep focused on regaining the representative democracy we had under the constitution of the united states of america. oh no- we are too busy trying to decide which should come first- a woman or a black man- and all the time the corporate financed pnac crowd is laughing their collective asses off because they have made the biggest money and power grab in history. anyone ever speculate as to why the infrastructure is crumbling and the various government agencies are gutted? homeland security doesn’t count- since that’s where all of the money is funneled on it’s way to the thousands of private contractors and mercenary groups needed to protect the corporate’s homeland.

if you haven’t already, pick up a copy of al gore’s book- ‘the assault on reason’. he doesn’t delve into as great detail as i would have liked- but then again, perhaps he values his family’s lives. i don’t know how much clearer a picture he could have painted of the secrecy, lack of accountability, lack of adhering to the laws of the land and whatnot- of the bushco administration. the reality is- we squandered our chance at taking back our country in 2004 because not enough of us were awake. we still are half comatose. what exactly am i saying? i don’t really know. panic isn’t helpful and this country is pretty much toast. it is going to come down to basic survival- and you really should acknowledge that. becoming self sufficient instantly probably isn’t a reality but it’s damned near close to what has to happen. our economy is tanking and our money will soon be worthless. there are going to be food shortages- it’s a question of when. the water wars have already begun- and how many folks have nowhere to live right now? we need to face facts. our way of life is about to change- whether we want to believe it or like it is irrelevant. there are going to be many, many folks who aren’t going to be prepared for a disaster that will be felt around the globe- and they will want to take what you have. all i am saying- prepare as best you can. catatonic denial- will get you nowhere.

yeah. told you i had nothing to say. march is a’roarin’ in…..