Ann Arbor Opening Night FABU

What a lovely evening! The Art Installation, the movies, the wine, the women!
Ann Arbor Film Festival is off and running. This is a poor foto of the ever lovely, ever articulate director of the festival, Christen McArdle. Her cogent opening address was a thank you and a call to action, all without raising a dew of moisture.
The evening of shorts ranged from the creatively humorous to the weighty. All were top notch including I Met The Walrus, which actually was nominated for an Oscar!
I am running out to moderate the first panel, with some heavy hitters...more on that later....(see filmfestivalsecrets.blogspot.com/) for more on this subject.

The Blog Against Theocracy

It seems that this country is incapable of following its own rules. We have this fantastic document (The Constitution...) that lays out the basic rights and responsibilities of its citizens,and still people want to forget it except when it is convenient (2nd A. and gun owners-love it, but Freedom of Speech? Only Ok if is my speech --but we don't want to talk about sex or show its many manifestations...especially "the perverted". Separation of Church and State? Only when its YOUR church; not the christian church, of course....)

So if you want to rail against the theocracy support the arts, support NGO's, make noise, be a thorn in the side, fight for impeachment of Bush and Cheney, get rid of non-profit status for churches to weed out the fakes, be yourself.

I have a head cold and this is probably looks like words to me but may not be. My apologies to the 3 people that might read it.

Back!

Here we go: films! The 46th Ann Arbor Film Festival! All attendees will be able to blog to their hearts content, and now you can hear my special POV. It will be exciting and perverse, of course. You would expect no less. All 3 of you! Here is a picture of the Michigan Theater where all the fun will happen. Of course there will be lots of parties too.

Time is a many splintered thing...

It is incredible that so much time has passed since my last post. I am in awe of people who do this daily.
I went on a cruise with a bunch of Air America's Randi Rhodes fans...to Alaska. It was a trip (well duh, it was a trip). Alaska is beautiful and it is amazing to be on a large ship. We had some of the best weather possible-came back with a little color! The lefties on the ship were fun and spirited. We ate dinner with a very nice hetero couple from San Diego. The "we" I am referring to is myself and my 85 year old father. I was pleased to find quite a few gay and lesbian fans among the 200. Randi was not really available to talk with, but it was still enjoyable to know that she was aboard.
MY RANT: The most important thing for people to do now,in my mind, is to fight the complacency and ignorance of most Americans. It is easy for these people to accept whatever bullshit the Republicans throw at them; fear of impending terror event (which is inevitable, the need for war in Iran, the weakness of the Democrats, the need to suspend the Constitution, higher taxes for the middle class (Alternative Minimum tax)fear of the HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA...or maybe something new. We must throw ourselves behind the Democratic candidate, whomever it may be, and fight fight fight. I refuse to give this country to the right wing. Perhaps the youth will realize the load of crap they have been sold,and the fact that buying things does not make people happier, prettier or smarter. (It just makes them in debt.) They will have to wake up to the fact that they have to be a part of making this world better,and not just their own pocketbook. But some call me a dreamer....
Anyone in LA this weekend and want to support some funny broads, ck out the Broad Humor Film Festival in Venice. broadhumor.com
Its cheap and funny!

A simple question, really.

Is anyone else appalled that Karl Rove remains in the Bush Administration? This guy is a criminal and continues to manipulate and turn inside out every action that occurs. His stay on point command seems to work. Lack of health care? 9/11-Fight terrorism. Immigration issue? 9/11-Fight Terrorism. Women's right to choose? 9/11 Fight terrorism.
Why are the Democrats* not pointing out the lies? Remember when Bush said he would get to the bottom of the leak in the White House? Nope, never did.
Oh the list goes on, and I have just a minute to finish this up, but why do we let this lying sack of poison continue to live in government? Do we really get the government we deserve? I hope not. Common, there must be some way we can get this evil out of our lives.
And my condolences go out to the families of the military. How must it feel to know that you were manipulated and lied to as a way of getting young bodies (and many not so young) to fight? I understand that you must continue to live in denial in order not to go crazy. But really we need your righteous anger now to stop the senseless murder of more soldiers, translators and news-people as well as as civilians. Embrace the difficult, save lives.

* Please buy some guts Democrats...its hard to think of donating to a bunch of people too scared to put their feet on the line.

Is it wrong to celebrate a death?

Normally I might answer that the old adage of not speaking ill of the dead would apply. After all, they can no longer defend themselves. But would one think of NOT criticizing someone such as say, Hitler, Idi Amin, Saddam Husein,Franco etc? And so it is with Jerry Fawell. HURRAY! YOU WERE A BAD HUMAN BEING. Full of hate, ignorance and bigotry. Why? Because Fear Mongering pays the bills, and pays REALLY well. Look at the professional Hate Mongers- Fox TV, the Catholic Church. Clearly it is easier to fear than analyze or inform.
And now to something very important.
http://www.wavelengthclothing.com/impeach_bush.html

Time for Blogging?

I am amazed that people are able to do this on a regular basis. Kudos fellow bloggers! I have very little excuse not to write on a daily basis,and yet, I don't. Well, I am going to go with the "less is more" theory of blogging. Deep, pithy blogs from this blogster.
My favorite bumper sticker a few years ago was "Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket?"and it is one that seems to be relevant yet again (never not relevant you say?) I feel like I am in a bad episode of the Twilight Zone with Bush et al. These people apparently have never made a mistake in their privileged lives, and thus have never had to re-evaluate, change direction, make amends. Wow! Ok I might be able to live with that if it did not involve other peoples lives. And just what is up with this sense of duty to one's country when one's country doesn't give a crap? Why aren't these people getting it? Do they really have to loose limbs to figure it out? I don't want to disparage these military people, but get a clue! Read a little history, take a course on media manipulation. Think. Subvert the status quo.
More on that later. I'm tired.