In the square at the center of the MQ in Vienna, there is a little pool of water where I found these synchronized ducks. I didn’t realize until I got home and looked at the pictures that I had caught them doing an Esther Williams routine.
Have a great almost-holiday weekend, everyone. Don’t forget the critters, be safe and stay cool!
I’m sorry — I’m in the process of moving (we’ve maybe found a place to live but if you own property in Chattanooga area and would like some roomies, let me know!), and don’t have my usual time to surf the blogs when the big news bits hit the fan. This SCOTUS smackdown of Georgie is a juicy story, but I haven’t been able to enjoy it like I should. AmericaBlog, Tennessee Guerilla Women and Kos (ha!) are on the case, though.
p.s. In case you’re wondering about the increasingly deranged behavior of Katherine Harris, I don’t think it has anything to do with Rush Limbaugh’s drug/impotence problems. I suspect he’s not the type to share his drugs, and it’s not like Viagra could be responsible for the mental problems she’s stuggling with anyway…
pp.s. If you’re in Chattavegas and plan to be at Friday evening’s 7:10 Bijou showing of An Inconvenient Truth, you’d better prepay because it’s expected to sell out. And if you do manage to get tix, I’ll see you there! Peaceout!
By a conservative court, no less.
Lyndon Johnson is famous for predicting that the Democratic Party had “lost the South for a generation” when he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. At the same time, Richard Nixon and the Republican Party are just as famous for initiating a policy of using racism to scare ignorant rednecks into voting Republican.
Johnson was right — the Democratic Party did lose the South (for more than a generation, even) — but the strategy also shackled Republicans with a reputation that is alive and kicking today: they’re still the party of ugly racists. And it’s not just that the party is still winning because of those ignorant rednecks. Many of the leaders of the party themselves are racists, and they can’t seem to wean themselves from the politics of division and divisiveness. That’s why last week, Denny Hastert had to give up on an attempt to renew the Voting Rights Act. Republicans don’t just use racism to get people to the polls. They actually welcome racists into the party and encourage their hateful behavior. Which makes me wonder… how many generations is it going to take for Republicans to recover from their Southern Strategy?
Jon at the Pensito Review raised a very interesting point today about all the wingnuts who stubbornly insist that homosexuality is a choice, which is the underlying admission: if homosexuality is a choice, so is heterosexuality.
What fascinates me about rightwingers’ belief that sexual orientation is a choice is that, while they project this decision making onto those of us who grew up to be gay, they are apparently blind to the converse decision-making that it implies about themselves.
If homosexuals “decide” to be gay, then the corollary must be true: Heterosexuality must be a lifestyle choice, too.
What this means is that, at some point in their lives, these conservatives seriously considered becoming gay but then decided to pass.
This decision must have been wrenching. And over time, their suppressed desires turned into self-loathing — a disgust which they came to project onto others who, they believe, did not have the fortitude to conquer their attraction for members of their own gender.
This internalized homophobia is like bulimia of the spirit. Its victims starve their psyches by regurgitating their self-loathing.
(This could explain a lot about Rush Limbaugh, who, as I’m sure you’ve heard by now, was recently caught coming back from the Dominican Republic with a stash of Viagra.)
I love so many of the postcards I see on postsecret every week, but this one made me laugh out loud. The picture is hilarious and goes with the caption so well. I’ve had jobs like that.
(And it reminds me of the subhead to Big Stupid Tommy’s blog: “Jamming French Fries Into Your Mind since 2002.”)
I also found this cool URL in the responses to this week’s postsecret images: Wooster Collective. Founded in 2001, the site is “dedicated to showcasing and celebrating ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world.” It’s a fun place to go poking around.
Just as Mayor Ron Littlefield is fixin’ to cut Chattanooga’s curbside recycling program comes this bit of breaking news: just about everything in your trash can is recyclable.
Continue reading ‘That junk at the curb isn’t trash!’
I can’t believe Friday has wound its way around again! Here’s some sort of European bee for today’s creature. If you’re missing the birds (I’ll get back to those ASAP!), check out some beautiful pileated woodpeckers from Les Jones! Also, there are plenty of all sorts of creatures on the ark!
I can’t believe people are calling Bob Corker a pro-abortion, illegal alien-lovin’, tax evading, k-street-financed GOP fraud with a slutty daughter! Everyone knows it’s not true!
Hello! I'm Alice, which is my real name (most of the other names here have been changed, though, to protect the innocent). I live in an almost-100-year-old house in downtown Chattanooga, TN with my first husband, G-Dog (who is from New Canaan, CT), and a cockapoo named Nonnie (the moniker comes from a Laurens van der Post book). We have one kid (that we know of) -- a daughter, Emmie, who plays a supporting role on the blog. She's off being a student, but she pops in often enough to keep things interesting.
I originally hale from Batavia, NY, a quiet little town in rural western New York. G-Dog and I met while attending college in Carlisle, PA, and then moved on to Chapel Hill, NC together before finally settling in Tennessee. Other places we've lived in long enough to have a mailing address include London and San Francisco.
This blog is about a lot of things -- the places I visit, things I cook, people I meet, photos I take, things I read, and -- of course, politics. I'm an unrepentant, arugula-eating, progressive, liberal, lefty, euro-loving, educated elitist and I'm looking forward to an administration that doesn't raise my blood pressure quite as often as the outgoing one did...
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