A Lone Gunman At The Movies
I feel like there is something very important that will happen today, or that I should remember to do today, or that has already happened and I don’t know about it. I’ve had this feeling about today since early yesterday afternoon, but I have no idea what the hell it is. Any ideas?
Ron touches one the upcoming trouble with Cabinet confirmations in the Senate on leather egg today. And the NY Times has had some rather scathing things to say about it as well, about Ashcroft in particular. The man scares me, and he embodies exactly the reason that I didn’t want W in the White House. But you can’t always get what you want. And true to form, Alabama’s Senators are not only supportive of Ashcroft, Jeff Sessions is even holding strategy meetings with him.
My wife and I were talking this morning while Matt and Anne (Katie was out) were detailing the Chavez situation, and I commented that it’s amazing that Bush has garnered so much positive press for appointing such a diverse cabinet - never before have so many minorities and women been appointed - but they all think just like him, or worse. I mean, Chavez is a woman who doesn’t think that America has a glass ceiling, and that men don’t make more than women for the same work. Is she living in the same America as the rest of us? Superficial example? Maybe, but I think as time goes on, we will see the true ultra-right/conservative nature of this adminsitration revealed.
God, do I sound like one of the lone gunmen, or what?
On a much more positive note, NPR presented a terrific interview this morning of the Indivisible Project, with Tom Rankin, head of Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies. Basically, they explored localized grassroots organization and politics in various settings in the US and present the documentary, a travelling exhibit and a book to “offer hope in America, because there are people out there who are working to make a difference in the lives of others. It’s really quite remarkable.” Amen.
Found this quite by accident today online. Hee-he.
We finally caught up on a few films this weekend. Movies, I should say. We saw Summer of Sam, which was OK, Scary Movie, which despite myslef I found hilarious, and High Fidelity, which, of course, was wonderful.
