Big American Party!

One time long ago Laurie saw an animated tv show which she then tried to describe to me. She had difficulty describing it, but she remembered some funny lines. Like "Big American Party!" and "Who is driving? Bear is driving! This cannot be!"

I found it hard to believe something like this existed. And there really wasn't any evidence of it. It faded into the annals of Tom & Laurie lore. And then there was YouTube... Big American Party!

(I'm sure some major studio has the copyright for this video, so could be taken down at any minute).

How Things Work Now

Read this Editorial in the New York Times.  Among the other disasters the neo-cons have brought upon this country, the dissolution of the governments role in protecting its citizens is one of the more reprehensible.

(There's some more info on the Leandro Andrade case here.)

Now, it's highly probably that Mr. Andrade did not have the kind of legal counsel available to State Farm Insurance or BMW.  And so he couldn't make as sophisticated a case to the Supreme Court.  Even still it's hard to imagine how anyone could sentence a man to 50 years in prison for shoplifting.

The problem of corporate bias is not so much in the "conservative" judges on the Supreme Court.  (Though that's certainly a problem).  The problem lies in the fact that the law-making process of this country is directly controlled by corporations.

Making the Move

You might have noticed a change in the appearance of the blog the past couple days. (You might notice that it's better now.) I moved the blog to blogger beta. Which has certain advantages (Notice the recent comments at the top?).

I apologize for any stress this transition is causing my users. I promise it's for the best!