hint: it’s not blue.
and it’s the taproot of every one of our problems. social, environmental, political.
ask the wrong question and, whatever the answer is, it’s meaningless. start (or continue) asking the right questions. try to inspire the people in your life to do the same.
we’ve gotta start somewhere…
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it’s satire Saturday but sadly this isn’t satire.
apparently they haven’t heard that you have to take the #1 train – and ONLY that train – to get to Columbia. or they just don’t bother to tell people this when making an appointment. at least 10 people today have asked me, here on the east side of morningside park, how to get to a Columbia University address on morningside drive..
you pretty much can’t get there from here. does Columbia give a shit?
no. and I bet they’ll still give a black mark to all the people who showed up late because of their faulty directions.
is it too much to expect, that an ivy-league U get this simple thing done right?
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scented ocean-shaped rubber bands? you’re kidding me, right? nope. check it out:
the manufacturer is a company called Bandyz. they did not reply to my email asking what is the environmental impact of this product.
take a moment, would you, and email them the same question. let me know in the comments if you did, and if they bothered to reply. you can write them here,
maybe, if enough of us ask, someone will answer.
maybe they have no idea, and couldn’t give a damn about it anyway.
you can guess which i think it is… what do YOU think?
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this is the first time i can remember recommending a product on this site. it’s THAT good:
here’s a link to the actual bulbs i bought on the company website: http://www.sunshinelighting.com/Products/00627-SU/Default.aspx
not only that, but they provide some quite useful information on the site, such as how (and why) to recycle old bulbs.
the only thing they DON’T seem to have is a way to buy these bulbs, as they only do wholesale. i wish there was a link for online retail purchasing. maybe they can’t because they’d be playing favorites with their customers? i did a search and found some for sale on amazon and a couple of other sites, though the price (about $5/bulb) is the same as what i paid at the hardware store.
just make sure you’re getting the sunlite brand. there is REALLY a difference. really!
from one light-lover to another…
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did i just hear what i think i just heard? obama condemning the filbustering republicans for their bullshit?
in brooklyn, the style is called “kicking ass and taking names” — he did it, and he did it well.
and it’s about time! bipartisan politics? our system ain’t ready for it yet. (and the two-party electoral-college system is SO frigging broken it may never be ready for something as radical as consensus for the sake of the common good. but that’s another post.)
so i watched Prez O’s weekly address today (something i don’t do very often; it’s been too depressing) and fell out of my chair.
was i hallucinating the goodness and rightness of this address? take a minute (OK, three minutes) to watch it, and let me know what you think:
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eric smith is the long island man who blew his left arm off lighting some heavy-duty fireworks.
police are “considering criminal charges“. what useful purpose would that serve? haven’t been able to find any updates on these weighty police “considerations”, though i’ve got some better ideas on how they might address the situation.
if he survives, of course. the arm — or what was left of it — could not be reattached, and smith remains in critical condition.
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this blog has been inactive since the end of 2009. why? because i was more sad than angry.
sad’s not the right word. frustrated? not exactly. let me put the back of my hand to my forehead like some 50’s-era starlet and say “Oh! it’s the FUTILITY of it all!”
after working so hard to elect a president that we had every reason to expect would be 180° different from the last one, then waiting hopefully, then impatiently, then… realizing that it was business as usual and there was nothing, after all, to wait for. nothing’s going to get better.
do i believe that this is because obama lacks integrity? no, i believe he has more integrity, and intelligence, than any president in recent memory.
but i’ve also come to believe that the president of the united states is not in charge of the united states, and that it’s as true for obama as it was for bush, clinton, bush, and reagan.
the united states is governed in accordance with the special interests of big business. period. the “will of the people” is mythology, dusty and old and over. it’s not a democracy, but a state run entirely along capitalistic principles.
we reward dishonest and devious financial institutions by bailing out their failures with tax dollars. corporations that, for the most part, don’t even pay any taxes themselves.
we fix our healthcare system by bending over for big pharma. we close st. vincent’s hospital and effectively outlaw midwivery in NYC.
we allow oil companies to blatantly ignore every regulation and safety precaution in their drilling practices, and when the big disaster strikes, we allow them to “handle” it, unfettered and unsupervised.
and people lose their unmortgaged homes over water bills totaling less than the cost of some fancy 5th Avenue shoes. this last one shocked me.
does it shock you?
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Washington, Feb. 20, 2010 (INS). President Barack H. Obama today announced his appointment of Michael D. Brown to be the United States High Commissioner for Recovery in Haiti. Mr. Brown, who previously worked for FEMA, will leave tomorrow for Port au Prince with his second in command, Michael Chertoff, former FEMA director.
In choosing Mr. Brown, the President told the White House press corps, “Like Tim Geithner at Treasury, Mike Brown brings unrivaled hands-on experience to his new job, handling this Incident of International Significance.”
Then, taking a shot at the Village Voice, which called the President “George W. Obama” last month, he claimed that Mr. Brown was another example of change for America. “Mike Brown has assured me that his heart is no longer in Arabian horses but in serving his country to help repair the damage to devastated areas like Haiti. This is change America can believe in.”
In response to questions from incredulous reporters, the President cut short the press conference with this remark: “I can assure you that by the end of the month, you folks will be joining me in saying, ‘Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job!’”
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George Held
is the senior writer of satire on this blog and a very dear friend.
for today, the site has been renamed “get angry AT me”. watch the video if you want to know why.
happy birthday, george! i love you!
of course, this is not as good as making it to the party, but i guess it’ll last a bit longer…
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why wait for tonight’s politically correc speech full of half-truths and empty promises. here’s the real, sorry, crazy-making story:
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