ravings of a semi-sane madwoman: two new blogs i've fallen in love with

ravings of a semi-sane madwoman: two new blogs i've fallen in love with

Rory, say it isn't so!

Rory, desperate for scratch, but confident of his true colors, signed up to put advertising on this blog. He naively believed that the adverts that would find their way onto this site would have to be left of center or politically neutral. So, at first he was shocked to find that a pro-Bush advertising button made its way from the admasters onto the site. Rapidly, his mental state cycled from shocked to stoked. The pro-Bush ad deposited the following photo right into Rory's lap and he didn't even have to go surching for it. (By the way, the term "surching" [surfing/searching] appeared right there on the web a few words back in this blog for the first time to Rory's knowledge, on this 29th day of January, 2006. Rory believes he may have been the first to use the term, but knowing how many billions of people there are on this spinning rock and the genetic similarity of brains, someone else might have used it already.) Anyhoo, the photo:




(I'm not sure how long the advertising button in question will be available, but in case it is gone when you read this and you are curious from whence the image came or wish to purchase merchandise on which it appears, for whatever demented reason, the buttoned link is/was: www.proGOPgear.com.)

One feels almost compelled to juxtopose the Bush in Santa hat with some sentimental "Childs Christmas in Baghdad" image like the following one said to depict a father carrying his daughter who fell to U.S. "precision" munitions in Basra in the name of liberation, freedom, and democracy:




Yes, both photographs turn my stomach. But let us have the courage to not hide from the reality of what the oligarchs are doing. The second photo makes me cry. The first one makes me angry. While his munitions kill and injure children, the callous clown in the White House laughs and "briefs" his Scottie dogs as a joke, happily displaying his grade-school humor on the offical White House web site, like some insane torture master cracking bad jokes while waterboarding an innocent prisoner:



Check out the larger version of this along with Fly-On-the-Wall's bio at www.roryshock.com (link in sidebar).

And, such advertisements are the price of free speech. I am a free speech purist. Look at the The Nation magazine's advertising policy. They print ads from groups diametrically opposed to their editorial point of view. I admire that.

What a frickin' crazy world.

Submit to a cavity search? "By all means go ahead," respond many, particularly if the "war on terror" is mentioned!

✓ 38.2% Surveyed would gladly submit to Rectal searches if President Bush said it would make them safer.

Graphic submitted to Bush administration by private Homeland Security Consultant Reckton Group, Ltd.:



Heard on the Street recently:

Homie Security Cop: Excuse me sir, would you mind if I look in your rectum?
Joe Citizen: Yes Actually I would!
Homie Security Cop: Well, if you have nothing to hide, why would you refuse permission? We are fighting a different kind of enemy and I'm just trying to keep everyone safe and free. You don't object to that do you?
Joe Citizen: Well, since you put it that way, I guess you better have a look.

Tell me it isn't so!

38.2% of American Fast Food Customers would willingly submit to a cavity search if President Bush said it would make them safer from terrorism. A www.roryshock.com person on the street survey revealed this startling statistic recently. 16.8% surveyed had no knowledge or opinion on what a cavity search is, in most instances simply asking "What?" in response to questions. 7% of survey participants made comments related to dental examinations. Secret NSA Director Rear Admiral Charles "Chilito" Numnutz is reported by one of Flyonthewall's operatives to have said, "These numbers are a little disturbing. Apparently people aren't scared enough yet. We need to get a solid majority ready to bend over and spread 'em in the name of freedom." Numnutz did, however, recommend rejection of the above freedom-anus poster design.

The above appeared on www.roryshock.com. A couple weeks later the news broke on CBS and other Crass Media outlets that about half of the American people approve of the President's domestic spying program after listening to his unconvincing blather and propaganda campaign. The good thing is that about half of the people know that he is full of shit, that domestic spying is not making anyone safer, and that W should not determine the meaning of the Constitution, according to what is convenient for him. Nevertheless the number of fascists in government who argue that is precisely what he should be allowed has grown recently.

Media Matters Site has info about these polls and the Crass Media

Kangaroo Review

The Department of Justice issued 43 pages of mind-numbing drivel entitled: LEGAL AUTHORITIES SUPPORTING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY DESCRIBED BY THE PRESIDENT. It is meant to justify domestic spying. Don't worry, Attorney General Alberto "Gonzo" Gonzales'Department tells us:

"As the President has explained, the NSA activities are “carefully reviewed approximately every 45 days to ensure that [they are] being used properly.” These activities are reviewed for legality by the Department of Justice and are monitored by the General Counsel and Inspector General of the NSA to ensure that civil liberties are being protected."

Fly-On-the-Wall, Rory's source in the Whitehouse, smuggled this briefing chart out, which shows the multiple levels of review that any act of Executive Branch domestic spying must go through:



Fly says, yes, the numbers 3 and 4 were mixed up on the original chart as shown during the White House briefing. She says nobody seemed to notice. If you want to learn more about Fly, go to www.roryshock.com and click on the Fly-On-the-Wall tab.

Rattlesnakes might save your backyard from development too, NIMBY!

Rattlesnakes should be treated with love and respect. Where they are threatened and legally protected, they can stop the spread of McMansions and save wild lands.

(NIMBY: "not in my backyard") Let's all think of the world as our "backyard" and say "NIMBY" to everything that destroys nature because of greed, expediency, or wanton "I don't give a shitness." While this might seem offensive to eco-advocates, the point is not to make the world look like a backyard, it's to spread a sense of responsibility and caring. If someone dumps a pile of poison in your backyard to make themselves a pile of money, would you stand by with the usual response of "Fuck it"? I didn't think so. So, let's try to care about the natural world as much as we would or do care about our "backyards."