Tom Delay is indicted again, this time for both conspiracy and the underlying crime of money laundering. Meanwhile, his high powered attorneys are working to get earlier indictments dismissed over a “technicality”. Isn’t this the same Hammer who blasts trial lawyers for getting criminals off scott free on technicalities? I find that those who think lawyers get people off on technicalities believe that those technicalities are their God Given Constitutional Rights when their own ass gets into a crack. We’ll see who thinks what about “technicalities” when Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader, is in trouble with the SEC for insider trading of his family’s HCA stock, Rush Limbaugh faces justice for Oxycontin use and distribution, Karl Rove and Scooter Libby for “outing” a CIA agent, and that whole cabal of fascist corporatists called Republicans is exposed as being owned, lock, stock and barrel by the Forces of Evil. This message is brought to you by Hyperbole R Us.
movie review
Went to see “Corpse Bride” with the lovely Juliet last night. Very good movie, even though I’m not fond of musicals, but not quite up to “Nightmare Before Christmas”, the earlier Tim Burton movie of the same vein, in my own opinion. Of course, as Juliet and I agreed, a film can be darn good and not as good as “Nightmare” and this one is. Johnny Depp absolutely amazes me and I think he’s the best thing to happen in Hollywood in many a year.
Upcoming Event
Be sure to put The Girlie Show on your calendar. Some 40 women artists will show their works at Farmer’s Market Oct. 14, with the fabulous DeShan as one of the 4 strawboss honcho leaders. Tickets are $12 in advance and there’s no better way to spend a little cash in OKC that night, IMHO.
Beware! The Cold Front Comes
Be on the lookout for some sketchy behavior by yourself and those around you. A cold front is on the way into town. Everyone I know has no trouble at all recognizing that the weather and Mother Nature in general affects domestic animals — our cows, horses, dogs and cats. We’ve all seen it. We pretty much know for sure that animals in the wild have weather and natural behaviors like hibernation. Everyone “knows” that chickens and whatnot will get excited right before an earthquake. What makes us think that humans, mammals that we are, don’t also feel the effects of weather? When there’s a big change in the weather like that, I certainly notice myself and those around me getting on edge and flopping about. Add to that the fact that it’s going to rain and Oklahomans, with 250 plus days of sunshine a year, don’t know how to drive on wet asphalt. I especially don’t much like the change since I love to drive around with my ragtop down and the wind in my hair and my little Miata doesn’t perform all that well on wet or icy roads. My one wreck in the past many, many years was a result of hitting a wet spot on an Arkansas mountain curve. My love, MB, still won’t drive in the car with me after THAT little episode. I don’t just think it’s barometric or a result of precipitation, btw. I think all sorts of natural phenomena don’t get enough credit for their effect on human behavior. For Example, the word “lunatic” comes from “luna”, the moon, and if you don’t think a full moon causes crazy behavior just ask an ER nurse or a cop. Once, long ago, while a reporter at The Oklahoman, there was a full moon on a payday Friday when a winter storm kept most everyone home and the domestic calls to the police station — shootings, stabbings, you name it — went through the roof. It was bedlam in the old fashioned sense of the word, a reference to the mental asylum in England. Anyway, I’m betting that tomorrow sees some craziness based on nothing but a change in the weather. See if you don’t feel it when you get quiet and look for it.