Conspiracy Theories and the Sadder Truth

In one of those meandering Internet moments when one website leads you to another, leads you to another, leads you to another, all of a sudden you find yourself in X Files territory. And you think to yourself, "Well, everybody just wants to belong. We want to be part of something." A weekly meeting with other nutcases grasping at thin strands of reality to live in a fantasy world must be better than a life relegated to being utterly alone.

NESARA conspiracy theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The documentary film Waiting For NESARA studies a NESARA group in Salt Lake City, Utah, whose members are excommunicated Mormons and hold weekly meetings in a local Kentucky Fried Chicken to discuss NESARA.

You know, I didn't grow up in a tiny town. We had 50,000 people in our (barely a) city, and we bordered a pretty decent B-sized city (not quite a Cleveland or Columbus*, but certainly not Canton). And I was bored to tears. Salt Lake City isn't exactly small, but apparently there's not much to do there either.

But imagine if you did live in a town of a few thousand, and you weren't exactly the brightest light bulb on Main Street. It's likely you could be a pretty lonely guy, and if tapping into the internet to find other local nuts - or cross-country big city nuts - who think a secret law was passed in 2000 that frees us of all debts, taxes, abolishes congress, and declares World Peace, well who would I be to argue with you?

You'd never comprehend what I'd say, because you (like Tom Cruise) live in your own world where your fantasies make you important. You wouldn't care about my sense of reality, because you've constructed your own world to live in.

(*See, an Internet meander led me to discover that Columbus is the 15th largest city in the U.S. I had no idea it was that large. Perhaps it's because the population is mostly in the city proper. The Columbus "metro area" is actually 31st in population in the U.S. The things you learn...)

And then I remember nutcases grasping at thin strands of reality to live in a fantasy world are celebrated as moral guardians of American values by our corrupt Republican government.

Then I meander to a video of St Bernard Parish, destroyed by Katrina and neglect, and I weep.

It wasn't but six years ago that we had a government capable of protecting us. Now since George Bush's government has sold everything, we've lost thousand of lives in New York, thousands of lives in Iraq, thousands of lives in Louisiana. I live in DC. Am I next?

I'm going to watch That 70s Show with a bowl of ice cream and go to bed. At least we survived that decade.


That 70s Show - I Wanna Be Sedated

Over 80 Photographs: Pride of Pets 2006

Once again this year "Pets DC" was kind enough to ask me to be the official photographer for the "Pride of Pets Fun Dog Show," held on June 17, 2006, at Dupont Circle in Washington, DC. The weather was wonderful. Follow this link to view and purchase the entire collection of over 80 photographs.

A Strain of Scum

According to Sheriff Jack Strain - sheriffjackstrain@stpso.com - If you have dreadlocks or a "chee-wee" hairstyle (a term he invented out of thin air, apparently no relation to a hair loss treatment), then you must be a criminal. [Video - Crooks and Liars ]

A lot of people are complaining about the hair comment, but I think he goes on to say something even more outlandish... He basically says if your family lived in public housing before Katrina hit, then you are not welcome in St Tammany Parrish, LA, because you are "thugs and trash that don't need to be in St. Tammany Parrish."

He goes on to say that defense attorneys should be run out of town "on a rail."

And today he says he was just misunderstood. He was just trying to solve a murder. Sounds more to me like he was trying to use this murder to incite hatred for new black members of his community. His community is upset because of this murder, and he turns his own failings into an attack on Katrina survivors.

Sheriff Jack Strain from St. Tammany Parrish, LA, is a scumbag.

Shotgun Weddings in Massachusetts

The Boston Globe is telling their employees who receive domestic partner benefits to get married or lose their spousal-equivalent benefits.

You know, I don't think this is such a bad thing. If gays want to affirm our rights, we should be willing to take the responsibilities.

The deadline, however, is far too strict. How do you plan a real wedding by January 1?

No... Gay weddings will have to be like shotgun weddings, with employers looking down the barrel of the gun, demanding before they support the bastard child of your indiscretions - benefits - that you make your union respectable in the eyes of the law or the lord.

Other employers will take this route too. Gay wedding planners will be working overtime.


BostonHerald.com - Local / Regional News: Gays at Globe told to marry or lose benefits

America's Affliction

Wow. This editorial puts sharply into words exactly what I've been thinking. It explains the numbness I feel.

George W. Bush Is Dead To Me / Nation cringes as the worst president ever continues long, painful slog to the end

I hope America can hold out until 2009. Can we get some sort of constitutional upheavel started here? Stat!