they call it stormy monday - vol. I...

in the interest of returning to my normal life, including dumping my brain into cyberspace, and in the interest of retaining my sanity, I introduce (for my pleasure and amusement mostly) "they call it stormy monday"...a weekly installment of my short disjointed thoughts...welcome to the inner workings of my brain...

the govenator called for universal health care...in the process acknowledging what anyone that has ever paid attention already knew...it will save the state money. go figure...you help people stay healthy and the economy gets a boost...who would've thunk it...except for all the people that didn't want to hire smokers or sick folk I mean...

perhaps the right is finally remembering what made the right acceptable...leaving out the "wing"...

the government regulates how much you can be charged for car insurance...but let's health insurance companies gouge you for everything you have...and then deny your legitimate claims without recourse...

which is exactly why tort "reform" (an interesting twist that has apparently made "reform" mean "complete denial of all that has protected the otherwise helpless consumer and helped boost the american economy to epic heights") is the worst idea ever...unless you are the CEO of a major insurance company and feel like fucking over the working american...

so here is a helpful hint to all the average americans out there...the more they tell you something is needed to "protect" business, the more it will end up screwing you and your family...

whoever scheduled the bcs bowl games was a moron...college football is over...and yet the championship is tonight...and I could not care less...

on the plus side, cubs pitchers and catchers report in only one month...prepare for this to be next year...at least until may...

muddy waters was a man among boys...

and a god among men...

albuquerque got buried by a big snow storm...five days later the local school district cancelled school for the week...I know this is the desert and all, but seriously...that is just sad...

the president is going to try and increase the troop levels in Iraq...because the last time we found ourselves between sides in a civil war in a far-off land and decided escalation was a good idea it worked grandly...to the tune of a 246 plus feet of marble carved with the names of the dead...

but it's ok...because he is setting benchmarks...you know, the things that got Iraq to where it is today...nothing says good leader like refusing to rethink things...

charges against saddam hussein for slaughtering 180,000 kurds were dropped...so technically, he was never brought to justice for his worst crimes...

in the "no shit" department...Lt. Gen. Odierno claims it will take a few more years to sort Iraq out...

and more in the "no shit" department...the congressional budget office informed us all of what we all knew before it happened...the bush tax cuts ensured that those earning more than one million a year saw their taxes drop significantly more than the rest of us (many of us actually saw increased taxes since the feds cut funding to the states for a lot of necessary programs leading the states to put the squeeze on those that could not afford it...thanks asshole)...

but it's ok...I, for one, feel much better knowing that the family on the top of the hill with the enormous and elaborate gate keeping us commoners out of their sprawling complex got to keep a little more money...maybe they'll hire another one of us that lost our good factory or office job to trim their hedges once a week...job creation, ain't it grand...

the sun peaking over the eastern mountains over a new mexico landscape full of snow-capped ancient volcanos...emerging from the canyon to round the bend high above the rio grande gorge glimmering white and the sangre de cristos buried in snow...two of the most beautiful sights you most likely will never see...

is it wrong of me to find enjoyment in drug lists?

to all my friends and family...please know how much you mean to me...

to anyone and everyone...tell everyone that means something to you exactly that...

...but tuesday's just as bad...