Just noticed that i didn’t blog yesterday. sorry about that.

The floor fight in the House of Representatives over a resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq caught my attention. The most junior member of the House said of 34-year-incumbent Rep. Jack Murtha (D-Pa) that “cowards cut and run. Marines don’t” and the Democrat side of the aisle erupted into British style chanting and yelling for more than 10 minutes, highlighted by Rep. Ford charging across the partisan divide pointing finger first and being restrained by the Dem Party leadership. Murtha is a retired Marine colonel, widely regarded as a hawk and well respected as chairman of the defense spending subcommittee of the appropriations committee. He’s also a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient and veteran of both Korea and Vietnam. Dick Cheney tried his line about politicians losing their backbone and Murtha threw Cheney’s five deferrments and “other priorities” biography right back in his face. Kerry said he would not allow Murtha to be “swift boated.”

Here’s the latest from Peace House:

TUESDAY VIGILS CONTINUE
5 pm, in front of BackDoor CoffeeHouse
at Classen Blvd and NW 34th Street

SATURDAY VIGILS BEGIN – NOON to 1 pm
Permits have been obtained for weekly Anti-War Vigils on
Saturdays, Noon to 1 pm, Pennsylvania Ave at the Northwest Highway
Gather just before Noon on the northwest corner of the
intersection. DO NOT PARK in the business lot right there, but park
in the next two lots to the north.
LARGE READABLE SIGNS WILL BE THERE.

Permits for Saturdays secured
by The Peace House
Nathaniel Batchelder, Director
www.peacehouseok.org

Permits for Tuesdays secured
by the Impeach Bush Rally
Lisa Ghiariani & Tara Feuerborn
http://antiwarfair.com (NO WWW)

Went to Sue Moss Sullivan’s annual house party last night and the art was gorgeous! Everything was so textural and three dimensional. I loved it. I like so many of the things so much, I was moved to call MB in Memphis and left a message about how much she would have loved the weavings and “quilty” broaches and other items. I really really wanted a scarf bought by Dr. Pelovski (sp?) and have my eye on a Ron Ferrell small piece of a moon and fish that was on the porch that I hope survives Christmas when I have a little spare change for art (this year’s art budget was long ago spent on a J Don Cooke that stands in my entryway).

The personal “news” of the Paseo-Red Cup crowd was pretty depressing. Bamboo Mike is now in hospice. Kat with a K’s mother has serious medical issues. Tall Ed, with whom I’ve lately had “issues”, is diagnosed with a cancer. Button’s grandmother is in hospice and her mother has lost her job. I can’t express my gratitude for my good health and the good health of my septuagenarian mother and I pray for the succor of my friends.

On a lighter note, I received from JohnX a DVD of a 2:45 minute film clip he cut together from our film shoot at the Huge Ass Cross on I-35 in Edmond. Unfortunately, I can’t link or upload it for your viewing pleasure for two — yes, count ‘em, 2 — very good reasons. First, I don’t know how to do that stuff yet and plan a trip to Stillwater to consult the webmaster to resolve that. Second, and most important, is that John X laid a Fleetwood Mac track over the film and we don’t own those rights. Damn intellectual property law anyway.

I almost forgot another bit of news that caught my attention in the national press. A former press aide to Tom DeLay has been indicted in a kickback scheme involving Texas Indian tribal casinos, a former high flying GOP lobbyist and U.S. Rep. Ney (R-Ohio), who’s allegedly been taking bribes. Were it not for the Iraq War, this would be the top scandal of Bush’s second term. I don’t have the words to express my contempt for the hypocricy of the Republican Party.

They say we have a 20 percent chance of rain and/or snow tonight. SNOW?!?!!! Fuck.

Last night, The Gary, Mrs. Oz and I watched a movie, “Yes”, that I understand was also shown at the Wednesday Paseo dinner and movie night in my absence (I had to be in court in Shawnee early Thursday and couldn’t host). What a wonderful hidden gem of a film, all done with the dialogue in poetry but seamlessly and almost unnoticeable. The topics included western culture versus Islamic culture, being and nothingness, male-female relationships, abortion/right-to-life, racial stereotyping, mother-daughter relationships and more. Totally engrossing film beautifully shot with an Aldomovar-like attention to lovely colors in both foreground and background. Button made a cameo appearance, just long enough to deliver some pastry for our enjoyment before returning to her jewelry chores. The Oz himself is in Quartz Mountain Lodge for a seminar and won’t return until Sunday.

Dinner last night was at Lido and SuzArt showed off a huge bump on her arm where she’d received a flu shot. She felt like crap — DUH! — and went home early, missing Sue Moss Sullivan and “Yes”. Also missing the later festivities was BKMDANO, as usual.

If I think of anything else, I’ll just blog more later. Right now, I need to get out of the house and get started on my weekend household duties — dry cleaners, bank, pharmacy, grocery, dishes and laundry. You know the drill.