goodbye to a good one

Another unrelenting, courageous heretic, and while I didn't agree with everything he wrote, he was an unashamed liberal in the best sense of the word, and always an incredible breath of fresh air among the plundering hordes of uncaring, conscienceless lassez-faire capitalists and their lapdog right-wing economists. His pithy comment on trickle-down economics, the Reagan/Thatcher/Bush-beloved theory that the best way to help the poor and middle class is to use governmental power to make the rich even richer, was priceless: "If you feed enough oats to the horse, some will pass through to feed the sparrows." In other words, fellow economists, your pet theory is pure horseshit ;>

May we all have such courage, to challenge the established wisdom and entrenched power structures in the name of compassion, humanity, and a more just society. That which is remembered, lives.

fantasylands

Energy chief: High gas prices could last 3 years

Yeah, because at the end of those three years, God's Magical Oil Angel will come down from heaven and miraculously gift us all with untold millions and millions of barrels of new, easily extractable oil reserves to make up for our and the rest of the world's ever-increasing demand.

No, really.

Tra La!

Thank you, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe...

And a most blessed, and deliciously wild and wicked Beltaine (and a May full of juicy love and joy) to you all!


The Lusty Month of May
by Lerner and Loewe

Tra la! It's May, the lusty month of May!
That lovely month when ev'ryone goes blissfully astray
Tra la! It's here, that shocking time of year!
When tons of wicked little thoughts merrily appear

It's May! It's May, that gorgeous holiday
When ev'ry maiden prays that her lad will be a cad!
It's mad! It's gay, a libelous display
Those dreary vows that ev'ryone takes, ev'ryone breaks
Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes
The lusty month of May!

Whence this fragrance wafting through the air?
What sweet feelings does its scent transmute?
Whence this perfume floating ev'rywhere?
Don't you know it's that dear forbidden fruit!
Tra la, tra la, that dear forbidden fruit!
Tra la la la la - Tra la la la la
Tra la la la la - Tra la la la la
Tra la - Tra la
Tra la - Tra la
Tra la la la la la la la la la la la

La la! It's May, the lusty month of May!
That darling month when ev'ryone throws self-control away
It's time to do a wretched thing or two
And try to make each precious day one you'll always rue

It's May! It's May, the month of "Yes, you may"
The time for ev'ry frivolous whim - proper or "im"
It's wild! It's gay, a blot in ev'ry way
The birds and bees with all of their vast amorous past
Gaze at the human race aghast
The lusty month of May!

Tra la! It's May, the lusty month of May
That lovely month when ev'ryone goes blissfully astray
Tra la! It's here, that shocking time of year
When tons of wicked little thoughts merrily appear

It's May! It's May, the month of great dismay
When all the world is brimming with fun, wholesome or "un"
It's mad! It's gay, a libelous display
These dreary vows that ev'ryone takes, ev'ryone breaks
Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes
The lusty month of May