Hammer Mill Days

Interstellar Tour Log: April 3, 2014 On the surface of Dwarf Planet 2012 VP. Still out here in Ort Cloud land, taking a bit of a break before heading back home to see what condition the Cheney Hammer Mill is in since our departure some ten weeks ago. (Lawn probably needs cutting.) While I'm reclining in a hammock, waiting for Marvin (my personal robot assistant) to deliver my next High Ball on a silver tray, this seems like a good time to tick through some of the highlights on our brand new March .... I mean, April THIS IS BIG GREEN podcast . Or is it March? Well ... no matter. Anywho, here it is: Ned Trek XVII - The Romney Syndrome Who would have guessed that we would have made it to the 17th episode of this monthly audio mash-up of classic Star Trek, Mr. Edd, and the 2012 Republican National Convention? Not I. Even so, this episode (introduced as always by Lee Majors) is a riff on the classic series episode, the Paradise Syndrome - Captain Romney bumps his head in a ston...

So the Reagan/Bush/Bush-appointed reactionary majority on the Supreme Court came down on the side of the mega-Rich in their McCutcheon decision. There 's a big surprise. They're just doing what they were hired to do - help the rich tip the scales of justice against the rest of us. Now Shelly Adelson can give the maximum donation to every candidate for every office in the country, from President of the United States to Town Council member of Taberg, NY, and still have money left over from his weekly allowance to buy a spectacular night on the town. (Not Taberg, of course.) Once again, thank you, George W. Bush, for locking in this reactionary Supreme Court majority for the rest of my natural life. It's the gift that keeps on giving, like the Iraq war (motto: killing people from Fallujah to Fort Hood since 2003). So we should expect more of this sort of thing; ultimately, I am sure, the remaining flaccid constraints on the outright purchase of our elections by billionaire...