the otherwhirled

…but I find the revelation that Chimpy and/or his administration both approved waterboarding and destroyed evidence of it to be a non-shocker. I guess it is really sad that I now expect that our assrocket-in-chief, the bee-hung decider, Chimpy McStagger, to be the one behind such outrages. His whimpering denial, his forgetful memory notwithstanding, does anyone believe anything this craven momma’s boy bleats and mewls? Is anyone shocked any more?

So imagine my evening, I return home to look at the news of the day to find snark-able material, you know cynical, sarcastic, eminentaly satirical stuff, and I read that John Kiriakou says that approval to torture prisoners came from the White House. Instead of being outraged, I wonder if there might be something, well, snarkier to focus on. Torture? That is so 2003. We covered it already. I go looking for pictures of Pickles, which always lightens my mood.So what have I become, seven years into the most regressive and lawless administration in our history? Am I just another gawker, looking at the outrage du jour and wondering why it is not more outrageous? Have I become so immune, so cynical that nothing short of Chimpy pulling the trigger himself in a meth-fueled hold up of a 7-11 will spark my interest? When are we going to catch him in bed with a dead girl and a live boy — now that would be big!Then I heard Barbara Lee, the member of Congress from my old district in Oakland, on the radio this afternoon (Hard Knock Radio on KPFA at 4PM Pacific time), and I marvelled that she still cares, that she is still active and involved and seems to not let any of it get her down. She was saying, in effect, that what the GOP and the other powers of darkness want is for everyone to become apathetic. She said that our non-participation in the political process is what lead to Chimpy’s administration and his willful and reckless ways, and clearly that as a strategy, not participating in the political process has failed us. She was urging the listeners to get off their butts, get registered and get involved. It was a marvelous moment.So even though I am clearly fatigued, and my outrage meter is shot, and frankly I could use a good night’s sleep, but thanks to Barbara Lee, I’m ready to fight another day.