11.26.07 Scorcher
11.26.07 Scorcher
Last night, Pat and I watched Scorchers (1991) I’ve probably missed more movies than I’ve seen and this one was an incredible surprise . If it’s unfamiliar to you, check it out. You won’t regret it. (‘A Most Excellent Comedy’ with a cast that’s second to none!)
Earlier this week Exie, my maternal grandmother, shared a photograph taken when she was a young girl, living at the base of “ Cold Mountain - 2003” My paternal grandmother, as I’ve mentioned elsewhere, was born at Pink Beds, near the Cradle of Forestry and another migratory logging camp at the time. Exie later met Paul, who was also a “logger” and had five daughters and a son.
I’ve always enjoyed movies. Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is another classic that probably drives many religious folk into a frenzy. There’s a scene in which a computer, endowed with the ability to speak, reports the imminent failure of a module that enabled communication between the planet Earth and the ship. Faulty programming allowed faulty diagnostics, which led to crew members being killed. Sound familiar?
The failure of the AE 35 unit in the film is like the failure of our Supreme Court to take the proper action when dealing with the Gore/Bush fiasco in Florida. Faulty programming, generated by a conspiracy to undermine our democracy and it’s constitution has rendered a situation where our leadership is killing Americans just like the Hal 9000 computer killed most of the crew. Religious belief, founded on fertile fallacies has lead to chaos. America’s foreign policy is based on the ignorance generated by religious belief. Atonement 2.0 is the faulty programming that prevents our government from being the entity our founding fathers desired. The failure to realize genuine separation of church and state skews our telemetry to the point that our nation iscurrently trying to steal the oil and rename the planet “Zion.” It’s utter nonsense which appears to be perfectly logical to the GOP and it’s religious right’s desire for christian imperialism. America doesn’t need ‘christ,’ or Israel for guidance. It needs it’s Constitution, properly installed and the religious ignorance that stands falsely in it’s place, raptured.
Religious ignorance, generated from false faith, will not get the job done. The bible is filled with lies. “Come out, come out, wherever you are,” it’s time to be an American star! Shine “against the firestorm of inexorable malfeasance” that falsely claims to know God! The GOP and it’s ‘godless’ leadership have rendered our system of checks and balances, useless. We’re flying blind because Bush cannot see. He’s blinded by religious ignorance and servitude to mammon’s party of choice, none other than the GOP.
gaia’s fool,
in uncle sam’s service,
………………………………….. elford, lejeune’s ass, (9.11.55)
Today’s honorable mention : Monstering, by Tara McKelvey, Hardcover
Democracy Now! | Democrats Choose Prisoner Abuse-Linked General for Radio Address, Author Tara McKelvey on Sanchez and Her Book “Monstering”