King of Pain

Check out our supreme commander taking a reporter to task about the Geneva Conventions. The follow up with Olbermann is pretty interesting too. Could Bush end up charged as a war criminal?

Well, the only thing worse King George Bush is Jesus Bush.

If you can plod through this report on Bush and the scary Dominionists, you will be frightened... as an aside, the author of the report is quite a good painter

Back from London town and found that my coworkers collected all of my work in to a big pile for my return, so I'm busy busy busy busy...

but here is a spot-on take by Keith Olbermann about Bush post 9/11

Also, if you haven't heard this actual ad about carbon dioxide done by a lobbying group for the oil industry, it is a real classic

and here is a follow up to that very ad that aired on the Al Franken Show

Oh, and one more, listen (if you can) to Speaker of the House and dipshit Dennis Hastert's fine rendering of our national anthem

CHEERIO HO HUMMERS (pardon)

I've been called to London to stand guard! My apologies for being so silent, but things have been getting in the way and now me and the missus are going to London for some R&R. If you are going to be in London, say so and I'll let you in. See you in bit...

Another take...

Been watching coverage of the troubles between Israel and Lebanon? Then you know that it is completely skewed towards Israel. None of our media or politicians can say anything remotely negative about the actions of Israel without being marginalized as anti-semites. Check out this interview of a British Member of Parliament on British TV ... then go to Island Monkey's blog for even more insights (both on the wars and other stuff).

Trying to figure out the complexities of any series of events that goes down in that area is tough enough (see Syriana to become more sure that your confusion exists by design), but when our media reports everything through the same filter, we are screwed...

Of course, with Bush and Condi involved, everything will get better. Having a president that, just before going into Iran, didn't know there are Sunnis and Shiites in the muslim world (and that they have a history of not getting along), we can all be sure everything is being handled well. How fucking embarrassing can it get... Here's what Bush and his cronies say to the common people of America and to the rest of the world:

Relax...

...I'm still around. My apologies to the small circle of dedicated Ho Hum visitors for not posting lately. I had a significant loss in my world recently and that killed my urge to be whimsical or political for the last month or so. I will get that urge back, so do tune in from time to time... In the mean time, here are some fun sites:

this site has classic psychadelic album art

this part of a blog has some really cool rare and obscure stuff (music, tv appearances, magazine art, and more) from 60s and other times... the whole blog is way cool

I found this groovy site when I was visiting the of Montreal website (a group I'm going to go see play in a few nights, but haven't really listened too much)

Can you see it?

See if you can make out this animated stereogram. Here is the original page for this graphic for a larger version, and here is a smaller version. If you need a hint, check out this page from the early days in my blog world...

Yo to the small world of Ho Hum regulars (and stragglers). I am dealing with bad health news on the family front and so the blog has been even further neglected lately. In the mean time, Pooter directed me to this libertarian dude's site that has some good info about the Court's recent assault on the Constitution, as well as a GW Bush Liberty Meter. I don't agree with him on many things, but I do on many others, and his blog seems sensible and informative.

I have a thick and chewy post nearly ready, but I can't do it justice right now...