Larkspur has started to bloom, the fairy rose is almost done, color expected soon from the Penstemon.
Unconscious Mutterings
This week’s free association from Luna Niña:
Father’s Day
Let us now praise Father’s Day, which I declared years ago to be MY holiday, eschewing Mother’s Day as homage to the Sadie, as in spoiled-rotten married lady who views her motherhood not as the gift of nurturing a new life, but as “a lovely token of my love’s affection.” Barf.
Badnarik for President
That’s right, this November, I’m voting for Michael Badnarik, the programmer/technical trainer/constitutional scholar who is running as the Libertarian party’s candidate for President.
With two exceptions, I’m in complete accord with Michael’s positions on the major issues of the campaign. Of the two exceptions – free trade and censorship – I’m only in partial disagreement. So long as greed and evil exist, I think some government control of industry is necessary, and I don’t think porn should be protected by the First Amendment.
It’s important that Bush be fired this November, no question, but it’s also important that the Libertarian message continues to be included in political discourse, at both the national and state/local levels.
Fahrenheit 9/11
Here is a list of the 164 US theaters that, in spite of pressure from the Republican right, will be showing Fahrenheit 9/11 starting June 25.
There are only 7 theaters in Massachusetts on this list, but I’m proud to say that no fewer than THREE of these (N. Falmouth, Dennis and P-town) are located on Cape Cod.
Ashcroft
This from the Boston Irish Reporter:
If John Ashcroft’s loss to a deceased opponent in the 2000 Missouri Senate race wasn’t enough reason to hold him in mocking contempt, the fact that his Patriot Act has rendered BC’s Gaelic Roots Festival obsolete should carry you over the finish line. We’ll see him in the other place.
Bloomsday
Tomorrow, June 16, is the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday, the 24-hour period in which Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom each took their epic journeys through Dublin in James Joyce’s Ulysses, the world’s most highly acclaimed modern novel.
See you at the Katharine Cornell theater in Vineyard Haven this Thursday the 17th for the annual Bloomsday Celebration with Arts & Society.
ReJoyce, Sl
Former US Diplomats, Military Officials Oppose Bush
Thanks to Cindy for this one: tomorrow, 26 retired diplomats and military officers will issue a statement urging Americans to vote against Bush this November.
Continue reading Former US Diplomats, Military Officials Oppose Bush
Five Congressional Votes
Progressive journalist David Sirota recounts 5 recent votes (2 House, 3 Senate) that, once again, debunk the Republican party’s hypocritical claims to patriotism, support of the military, environmental stewardship and fiscal responsibility.
Read these, write a check, vote with your feet on November 2.
Unconscious Mutterings
More free association from Luna Niña, play first, peek later: