Too Obvious To Comment...

If... like me... you haven't watched this since you were a kid, do yourself a favor and take the eight minutes to do it now.

THE SCUM RISES TO THE TOP

I've been trying very hard for the last several days (ever since the news fast I wrote about last week at 40 Days To Life) to remain upbeat and positive about all the news rampaging through the mediascape. But the last few days have truly been too much to bear.

Yesterday I got very excited about the fact that McCain's direct connection to the Savings and Loan Crisis of the late 80s, and his direct involvement in The Keating 5, finally made some news. The man claiming he has the solution to the banking and securities crisis is one of the central figures that got us here in the first place! I write more about it at George Washington's Cousin so please go there (and send your friends)!

Then... the campaign has decided to raise the spectre of Bill Ayers "the terrorist" as one of Barack's friends and supporters. McCain even had the audacity to get all hot and bothered about Bill Ayers "targeting innocent people." This man, whose much touted time as a POW was caused because he was shot down over North Vietnam doing that very thing... "BOMBING INNOCENT PEOPLE" Not only is the accusation false, deceptive fear mongering, it's also so massively hypocritical I can barely breathe. Most of it is being propagated by little Miss Sunshine, Pentecostal "Christian" Sarah Palin... I'm not sure what she's thinking about Commandment #9 (Exodus 20:1-17) there on that list that she and her Republican friends are always so interested in putting up in governement buildings. "Do not bear false witness" seems pretty damned clear to me! I'm thinking that she should give it some thought.

Funny how the whole bunch can be so worried about OTHER PEOPLE obeying "The Bible" while they choose to play fast and loose with it themselves.

I'm working on a piece about all that and I hope to have it finished before the debate tonight. It will also be at George Washington's Cousin, so please check it out.

I really am seeking a more centered peaceful, loving place... I am really TRYING to "be the change" I want to see in the world, but it's just so damned hard with such complete scumbags trying to take over the country.

O'Boss For Obama!

To my way of thinking, Bruce Springsteen is THE consummate American musical artist of my lifetime. For more than 30 years he has told the particularly American story of Big Dreams met with Big Disappointments, while at the same time showing the possibility of keeping hope, joy, engagement, and rock & roll alive, thriving, and supporting the basic life of that dream and the lives of the people in his stories. He is the second coming of Woody Guthrie AND Johnny Cash, with a little bit of Billy Sunday and George M. Cohen thrown in for good measure.

There are plenty of people who don't share my perspective on The Boss. A lot of people, like Ronald Reagan, have not and do not understand the basic social realities at the root of even his most popular, most anthemic, songs (like Born In The USA).

This weekend, he once again spoke, sang, and showed his true colors at a rally for Barack in Philly.

You can read the text of his speech (before he sings The Rising) here.