As I Grow Older

it seems I return to the music of my younger days. The following video stood as an anthem for my feelings some 40 years ago. What about you, gentle reader?

Sunday, 10/31/10, Public Square

Saturday, 10/30/10, Public Square

“I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!”

Who among us has not wanted to open their window and shout that at the top of their lungs?

Seriously, who?

Because we’re looking for those people. We’re looking for the people who think shouting is annoying, counterproductive, and terrible for your throat; who feel that the loudest voices shouldn’t be the only ones that get heard; and who believe that the only time it’s appropriate to draw a Hitler mustache on someone is when that person is actually Hitler. Or Charlie Chaplin in certain roles.

Are you one of those people? Excellent. Then we’d like you to join us in Washington, DC on October 30 — a date of no significance whatsoever — at the Daily Show’s “Rally to Restore Sanity.”

Ours is a rally for the people who’ve been too busy to go to rallies, who actually have lives and families and jobs (or are looking for jobs) — not so much the Silent Majority as the Busy Majority. If we had to sum up the political view of our participants in a single sentence… we couldn’t. That’s sort of the point.

Think of our event as Woodstock, but with the nudity and drugs replaced by respectful disagreement; the Million Man March, only a lot smaller, and a bit less of a sausage fest; or the Gathering of the Juggalos, but instead of throwing our feces at Tila Tequila, we’ll be actively *not* throwing our feces at Tila Tequila. Join us in the shadow of the Washington Monument. And bring your indoor voice. Or don’t. If you’d rather stay home, go to work, or drive your kids to soccer practice… Actually, please come anyway. Ask the sitter if she can stay a few extra hours, just this once. We’ll make it worth your while.

Friday, 10/29/10, Public Square

Thursday, 10/28/10, Public Square

Wednesday, 10/27/10, Public Square

Click the image and make it big enough to read!

Tuesday, 10/26/10, Public Square

Ah, Fall.

With Fall finally here, I thought we’d all like to take a moment and count our blessings that we don’t have to rake these lawns…

Monday, 10/25/10, Public Square

Sunday, 10/24/10, Public Square

Children are all foreigners.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Saturday, 10/23/10, Public Square

The chart above represents JOBS LOST, and the precious few times jobs were gained during the period December ’07 through January ’10.   In addition to the above graph showing how much better off Americans are since President Obama and majority democrats were elected, David Axelrod recently pointed out that even though the Republicans claim to be for cutting taxes, the Democrats managed to pass 25 tax cuts last year, all of which the Republicans opposed.

Here’s an even more recent chart, representing the period December, ’07 through June, ’10:

Friday, 10/22/10, Public Square

A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.
— Jerry Seinfeld

I would add to Jerry’s quote that evidence of thinking can be found among PPP bloggers.  😉  Since thinking seems more scarce on a daily basis it doesn’t hurt to make note of where it may be found!

Thursday, 10/21/10, Public Square

“The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.” —  Abraham Lincoln

Wednesday, 10/20/10, Public Square

“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.” —  Rene Descartes

Tuesday, 10/19/10, Public Square

The procrastinators club will be meeting tomorrow. Please wait for the announcement before responding…