Hammer Mill Days

Down and down and down we go, round and round and round we go... Ah, I forgot what comes next. Oh yeah - it's either "ker-splash!" or "crunch!" Hi, friends. If you're just tuning in (or browsing over), we're working on a little under ground expedition. That crevice that opened up in the foundation of the Cheney Hammer Mill (our adopted home) apparently goes down to the core of our humble planet, and we've taken it upon ourselves to determine just how goddamned deep that actually is. First we sent Marvin (my personal robot assistant) down there, with less than his full cooperation (we had Big Zamboola give him a shove of encouragement). Our latest foray is actually tasked with finding out what happened to Marvin. This consists of the man-sized tuber with a flashlight and a web cam attached to his... well... head (or anterior protuberance, whichever you prefer). Dropping him into the crevice is like dropping a potato down a well. In fact, I don't k...

Kind of unfocused this week with all that's going on, so I'm going to resort once again to brief rants on various topics. Bear with me, friends - I promise to keep the lid of my head on. The Commission. I understand Congress's reluctance to deal with difficult issues like raising taxes, cutting popular programs, etc. That is, however, the main reason why they have been sent to Washington D.C. - to decide where the money for the federal government comes from and where it goes. If they are unable to grapple with these issues, they might consider applying for jobs at the corporations that paid for their campaigns. What irks me about the deficit reduction commission, aside from the participation of paleocons like Alan Simpson, is that they are not directly accountable to the electorate. Even more than that, commissions are usually mustered to do particularly dirty work, like cutting or privatizing Social Security to save a few bucks. Let's look at this for what it is. The...