"the power of the people is greater than the people in power"

Saint Patrick's Day.

A Reader Comment on SLATE asked,

"Can we drive the snakes in Washington into the ocean?"

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Other Comments on their article today about coronavirus:


~ I think it's fun that every time a new crisis arises we get to wonder whether or not the U.S. Congress will be up to the task.

~ Panic got boring, now what?

~ Our first priority must be to protect large corporations that sheltered cash overseas during the Obama administration, and then splurged on stock buy-backs, C-suite bonuses and dividend payouts when Trump gave them a tax break; because all that stock they bought back has lost value!


~ I wish those in power would react to the threat to future generations i.e. climate change the way they're reacting to a threat to themselves and their wealth/power in regards to this virus.  

When it comes to Boomers, everything closes.  

When it comes to everything else, it's let's not overreact.




~ What did we talk about before there was Coronavirus?

~ Trumpcast had Bill Kristol on recently.  It's worth a listen, as he seems to honestly self-reflect on what conservatism started out as and how it came to be that they are all lined up behind Trump.


~ Funny how all the consumers and workers staying home has brought the economy to its knees and the job creators are not keeping the economy running with their amazing boot straps.

    Almost as if it is the people at the bottom that create the wealth.




~ On the bright side, my Fear Of Missing Out has gone away

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     Woody Allen's memoir, Apropos of Nothing, is sitting there on Amazon, and it says, "currently unavailable."

     Sonofabitch.

     Fecking Hachette.


     In consolation for not being able -- nay, allowed (!!!!) -- to read the book, I started watching more of his movies.

     My Friday March 6th blog post was the e.e. cummings poem Woody used in his 1980s film, Hannah And Her Sisters.  Very good movie.  Soundtrack beautiful, and punchy.



     Friday March 13th blog post title:
          "it's going to rain -- do you have enough canned goods in the house?"

--------------------------- This phrase seemed to relate to the grocery-stockpiling which the post was about, and it was borrowed from a wonderful documentary about Woody Allen and his work that is available to watch free with Amazon Prime.

     His second wife Louise Lasser appears in that film and she tells about when she was married to him and they lived in NYC, Allen's father would call over to their house and say -- "It's going to rain.  Do you have enough canned goods in the house?"  Kind of sweet and old-fashioned.

------------------ Another crushing problem:  no more Hardball with Chris Matthews.  (No other show fills that role; there's no replacement, no substitute.  This stinks.)

     To paraphrase Yvonne Elliman,

 "since - I - can't - have - him [Chris Matthews]" 

-- going to re-read his 1988 book titled Hardball.

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