Will this hectic, exciting life ever calm down? Went to Home Depot to get a furnace filter, and to Staples to duplicate some things--rest of the day, did a mess of nothing. The big news is that we turned the heat on for the first time this season. Zzzz...
At least perked up after dinner when I talked to Ellen and saw her on the web cam. A. called, too--other than that, nada.
This from the libertarian Lew Rockwell site in discussing a common U.S. Air Force flying exhibition, which recently took place over San Francisco:
" To characterize this air show as a form of entertainment is to misjudge its intended purpose. Like the annual May Day military parades conducted by the Soviet government, the objective of this exercise was to remind people of the disproportion of power that the state exercises over them. Should you harbor any sentiments of disobedience to state authority, this is what government officials have at their disposal to bring you back into line. At a time when it became known that a large body of American troops had been returned from Iraq to be deployed in American cities, the presence of such Navy hardware added to the intimidation. President Bush’s threat to members of Congress – as reported by one congressman – to impose martial law should they fail to pass the infamous corporate "bailout" measure, showed the effectiveness of menacing people with violence."
Food for thought we could choke on.