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– Bumper sticker of the week: The only thing worth globalizing is dissent.

– Quotes of the week: "Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money." Cree saying

"You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it." Malcolm X

– The first act of the next President we "elect" should be to undo everything this "selected" President has done.

– "There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." Howard Zinn

– Why so many people think guns are good:

• Guns help us to relax.

• Guns keep us safe from our neighbors.

• Guns make us feel bigger.

• A good gun can keep you warm at night.

• Guns are an important part of the human psycho.

• If it weren’t for guns, there would be no cowboys. No John Wayne, Lone Ranger, or Arnold Schwarzenegger.

• They say guns are a constitutional right, much like religion used to be.

• A gun can replace a lot of useless talking.

– Rush Limbaugh lips off about African—Americans on ESPN. Who would have ever thunk it? I’m all broke up. I can’t even sleep at night. I wonder where he gets all that black—market medication from?

– It doesn’t make a whole lot of difference who surfaces as a challenger to Bush in 2004. It’s not a person who will beat Bush, or give us universal health-care, or get us out of Afghanistan or Iraq, or stop global warming. It will be a spirit, a newfound enthusiasm to set things right, to open new levels of communication and understanding, and to get on with making this world a better place for everyone, not just the rich and chosen few.

– One of the problems we’re having is making decisions that have the future in mind: We’re a bunch of narcissistic fools. The national debt is going to burden our children, their children, and their children. Social Security, if we don’t make some serious changes, is not going to last beyond the baby boomer generation. Health—care is unaffordable for 50 million people. That number will only get higher. The planet can’t take much more of our unlimited profit taking. The polar ice caps are melting, much to the disbelief of our right—winged brethren. We think nothing of future generations. There should be no long—term decisions being made today without consideration for at least seven generations. Wasn’t that a Native American idea? Didn’t we try to kill off all those people? Too primitive.

– In order to own a radio station, I’m beginning to think you need to be a right—winged moron. Is that on the FCC application somewhere?

– What we could do with $87 billion dollars, other than make Bush’s buddies richer:

• We could give a big, fat, rebate to every citizen in the United States for having to put up with all the crap we are currently dealing with. Cash Rebate for the American People: A CRAP payment.

• We could feed the hungry of the world, build homes for the homeless, and still have enough left over to send me to Paris.

• We could make a big dent in a lot of diseases, like cancer, AIDS, diabetes, MS, and stomping out right—wing Republicanism.

• How about a good start on a universal health—care plan?

• If these jokers spend another $87 billion on this folly, and another $600,000 million looking for make—believe weapons, we need to dump the entire lot. It’s time for a government enema. That should really get the crap flying.

– Governor Schwarzenegger. What a joke!