Indignant Desert Birds
Peaking under the Veil of Ignorance
I would personally love it if this image (and the link to the merchandise on which you can purchase it) were splattered on every website in the known universe. I don’t get any money from it, but irony, yo!
The last 7 years have been a disaster. When Bush came into office, the right was trying to gin up a new Cold War with China, Bush increased the allowable content of lead in drinking water in his first week, hopped into bed with Enron while they shut down the power in California, and began ignoring the looming threat of terrorism.
Then 9/11 happened and it got really bad.
For 7 years we have systematically alienated the rest of the planet, poisoned our world, and redistributed wealth away from workers to gamblers investors. It would have been easy for a left-wing hate monger to rise up and promise retribution. With righteous fury we would have marched on the ballot boxes and seized back the reigns of power.
Instead a man came and said he wanted us to wake up from the nightmare. Sometimes I have a hard time believing, but I’ve allowed myself hope:
I think I’ll remind us all of our mission statement: Smart people having fun. Enjoy a video…
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I saw something funny on overheard in New York. Then I was all “awkward turtle”??
So Urban Dictionary to the rescue!. Which was helpful, but not as helpful as it might have been.
So I turned to Youtube to really figure it out.
Human knowledge at your fingertips. Hitchhikers guide indeed…
more cat pictures
Seriously, my cat (Janus) loves to attack the printer. I’ve actually taken to unplugging it so as to keep him from inadvertently printing stuff.