Today I heard, repeatedly, an ACLU sponsored ad that framed this issue in an elegantly simple, hard-hitting way. Urging listeners to contact our Senator, game show host wannabe Gordon Smith, it used the words "illegal," "spying," and "you," to great effect. The ending, which I found particularly effective, said, referring to the call the listener ought to make, "Your call may be illegally monitored or recorded by your government."

This was on our local Air America affiliate, KPOJ, in Portland. A smart ad buy, since that audience is likely to follow through. Maybe donations to the ACLU are in order.

Ondelette... "The White House needs your emails, 'cause they lost theirs." My heart sinks you're too busy to keep this up.

WT... Now I'm wondering about that cooking show. Kinda unedifying because the servants do the cooking, back in the kitchen, while the star makes drinks and does the dance of the seven veils for Alan Greenspan. Enjoy your libation....

Wabanatta3...

As soon as I wrote about the servants, I realized I should have mentioned their (assuredly) illegal status. So handy if they get scalded or chop off a digit.

A few months back, I was reading about how museum houses from the gilded age and the old south are losing money. But as luck would have it, they are being snapped up right and left by the new plutocracy. One curator whose charge was being thus liquidated lamented that the endowment was depleted rebuilding the slave quarters.

Sounds like a smart investment to me.

"Often a boor, but never a bore."

That would seem a good rule to follow to avoid all the surliness bouncing around here.

The 50/50 enlightenment/entertainment ratio seems about right.

DCLaw1...

Nothing to feel guilty about. Clearly, we're all her for our own reasons; it's not the money, it's the principle of the thing.

If we were all RWA's, we'd never argue, much less have a differing opinion. Thank God (godess, allah, the fates, et al) for small favors.

C. Mosby... Time to "strap it on?" Now that's a vivid thought. I wrote earlier, and will tiresomely bring it up again, that the ACLU has quite compelling ads running in my media market opposing immunity, and would surely appreciate support.

I also responded to my last couple of Edwards fundraising emails with a demand that he address this issue as a condition for further support from me.

Contributing to Dodd's campaign retirement fund is surely another way to get attention, and, as the ACLU ad urged, writing to one's Senators and representatives couldn't hurt. I'm still working on this part, myself. My lame, on-the-fence Senator, Gordon Smith, evokes such visceral disgust in me that I've been so far unable to produce a suitably tasteful yet firm missive. I'm working on it.

Great letter, C. Mosby. Especially, "NO ONE believes their motivation was inspired by patriotism." I'll say. Especially when the niggardly slimeballs pulled the plugs the second the bills came in late.

As for my vivid thoughts being duly noted, I have an appointment at Apple for some maintenance, and encryption is definitely on the list. My internet and phone is Qwest, fortunately, and I do take solace in the fact that those who would spy on me are, to use Arne's evocative moniker, eedjits. Otherwise I'd be nervous as a whore in church.

A bunch of us, led by RMP, are discussing using Ondelette's bumper stickers as both noisemakers and a fund for vets. Interested?

I think I see a pattern here. The condemnations of Bill's little incident fall like rain from Klein, Pwoxy, and Thadeus primarily because, as long as they live, they'll never have 22 year olds showing them anything but the door.

And that includes when they were 22.

Thadeus... Sorry about that. I'm well aware of the power issues here, and I was as pissed off about Clinton's stupidity in this regard as anybody. But the point is, that those who condemned so much looked a little jealous, and it reminded me and a lot of people about the sexual frustration that the right wears so proudly, if inadvertently, on its sleeve.

And remember "Primary Colors?" By "Anonymous," no less.

Klien never talks about that, but it was the beginning of all this.

Pwoxy.....

There is no one on earth who would ever give Bush a blowjob. Even you only do it metaphorically. Maybe that's why he's so pissed off all the time.

Susan Wood.....

You really nailed it. Again, pardon the pun. Kudos.