Commies ??

I thunked the gipper groped them onto the ash-heap of history ??

. . . oh yeah .... still a few cockaroaches left in habana

.. somebody quick ... grab that can of RAID !!

to kirke ...... dat was funnie .... made me smile

to cabbie ..... brother ? ... are you stoopid ? .. or what ?

UTNE MAGAZINE: (July-August 2007) . . a Progressive Voice for Progressive Times.

"RENT-a-PROTESTER"

"If you can't seem to lure the True Believers to your sit-in, fear not: German website Erento.com, a Craigslist-style rental marketplace for such items as horse-drawn carriages and chicken-plucking machines, now also offers "Protestors For Hire."

"According to SPIEGEL ONLINE (18 Jan 07), the website provides profiles of the 300-odd available 'Demonstrators,', such as;

"Steffen (6 feet 2 inches tall, 'athletic') and Manuela (green eyes, 'very long' hair), as well as their geographic locations."

"These sign wavers and slogan chanters typically charge $188 for a six-hour shift, although Demonstrators are free to negotiate ($$) their own prices." ( !!! )

"And while Steffen and Manuela may not have a personal passion for your cause, Progressives will be relieved to hear that, as far as the demonstrators are concerned, certain protests -- involving Neo-Nazis or promoting discrimination, for instance, are strictly taboo."

TWEEDLE-DEE: "McClean's a Hypo-Crite ... He insists that; "A Man's Word is is Bond" ... then does a Switcher-a-Roo"

TWEEDLE-DUM: "Uhh, yup .... at least O'Blarny's been Up & Up with The People from the outset"

TWEEDLE-DEE: Undeedie !! --- He did warn us all beforehand that he would be The Candidate of "Change"

. . . . big deal

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against UNREASONABLE searches and seizures shall not be violated ....

; [ SEMICOLON -- i.e. in separating INDEPENDENT clauses in a compound sentence]

... and no Warrants shall issue, but upon PROBABLE cause, supported by Oath OR AFFIRMATION, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Simply put .... Obama, Pelosi, et al UNDERSTAND with great clarity what it all means. --- and only the Delusionary Simpletons in the US of A ... "don't get it."

The Paranoids of the Bush-Cheney Regime want to Fish-Net lines of communication that are already regulated & operated by the Public for such coded terms as cold-fusion or synthetic biological germs. --- they PROBABLY don't wish to tempt the devil with another Watergate Blowout.

If you want to go down to the salvation army and pickup a couple of old walkie-talkies to plot the overthrow of Said-Regime .... well ... then you've little to be concerned about.

If you want to sit in the privacy of your home kitchen and plot with your cousin to topple the Statue of Liberty into the harbor, then consider yourself Safe from what FISA may do to your TV dinner affair.

Obama, Pelosi, et al see Reality as it is .... they've little faith in advocates who choose to stuff their heads in their bowls of cherrios and blow bubbles of childish misconceptions.

Some will claim the world is round ... others that it's pear shaped ... but if you want to say it's square .... So Be It.

so ..... Charge Thine Windmills !!! ... if it makes Ye feel Noble.

or Hope for the Longshot .... Draft Nader in Denver

I would like to ask something of your expertise.

When I was teeny-bopper sitting in a highschool Western Civilizations class, we were given an assignment of debating any of the great political, social or economic thinkers of the Age of Reason ... including theologians and philosophers.

I selected Rene Descartes. He felt himself qualified to define for All the World just exactly what "Reality" was.

... and there was the Rub.

Cogito ergo sum ... said he

Not so fast ... sez I

For any Fool should have been able to point out the Fact that an all encompassing statement like, "I THINK, THEREFORE, I AM" is virtually impossible to prove ... or disprove, for that matter.

It just kinda pointlessly floats up there -- like a pink, helium-filled Minnie Mouse balloon.

My challenge to M. Descartes followed thusly ... that a more perfect analysis of Human Reality ought to have read ; - - -

"Cogito, ergo cogito sum"

For its a simple mathematical balance to conclude that to say, "I Think, therefore - I THINK - I Am" is as readily provable as the Nose on Miss M's pretty little face.

MISS M: (smiling) "Mister Soup, I must say, I liked your paper very much. It was VERY provocative. -- But you might wish to check your Latin translation."

Well .... in fact, I never bothered. I was just pleased as punch to get the grade I got.

So -- but now .... if you don't mind my probe .... are you able to authenticate my Drive-By-Translation ?? If you're off snoozin in another time zone by now .... then don't bother. But I was curious. I asked a Jesuit once long ago on'a count'a his Latin skoolin ... but he just looked at me wierdly. Somebody informed me that Jesuits are like that. I dunno.

Anyway, I got an A on the paper. And it had Nothing to do with the toothy, lashy, giggly Crush Miss M had on me.