when Voltaire was on his deathbed, the priests gathered around begging him to give up the Devil. Voltaire replied: "this is not a good time going around and making enemies."

I heard Tavis Smiley and Cornel West talk yesterday on CNN (I was in the pre-op room, so CNN was the best of the worst options) and the only thing I could think of was: "when will the government classify them as 'domestic terrorists'. We have the law now....so broad it can encompass anyone who can be held indefinitely for any imaginary excuse." It's made me very sad that we came to this. "Yes We Can" was not supposed to mean that. It was not supposed to mean supporting big banks and let people starve, lose their homes and their jobs. And yet, by comparison, Obama is an angel. Which made me even more sad. Luckily, they put me under general anesthetic afterwards....:-)


The Poverty Tour

wonderful music....