July 5, 2006
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Why am I here?
I have nothing to say. My brain fog seems to be clearing a bit,
but is still thick as soup. I was able this morning to discern an
inaccuracy, or at least an instance of woefully incomplete information,
in my latest entry. The Aleutian Islands range along the boundary
of the North American plate and the Pacific Plate, and it is actually
the Pacific Plate doing most of the moving.Sea floor spreading in the deep trenches of the Pacific pushes the
crust outward from those areas. Up here, the Pacific Plate is
thrust under the North American plate. Islands, mountains and
volcanoes develop along the plate margins.North Koreans are shooting missles toward the Aleutians, I have
heard. I think I might be a happier and more serene person if I
could break the news addiction. I think, maybe, that is
true. I don’t know for sure. What I know for sure is that
I’d be more ignorant and out of touch with what’s going on in the
world, and that is what keeps me tuning in.This morning I was listening to an inteview with Jane Mayer who wrote an article for the New Yorker
magazine about David Addington, the Vice President’s lawyer, who seems
to be more powerful, and certainly more intelligent, than the
President. Intelligence does not necessarily translate into
wisdom.Several factoids from that interview impinged on my
consciousness. One was that far fewer of the top members of the
current federal administration are lawyers than has been the case for
many years. Ms. Mayer’s comment on that is that they are not
conversant with the U. S. Constitution. That clears it up for
me. All along, I’d been thinking that they just didn’t care about it. Now it is apparent that the problem is simple ignorance. Yeah, right.Another thing she said was that Addington doesn’t like having his
picture taken. That impelled me to see what he looks like.
In my Google image search I found many iterations of an
official-looking formal portrait, and several more candid-looking shots
of an entirely different, but similar-looking (though probably older)
David Addington, a litigator in England. Imagine being that
English David Addington, learning that your evil twin across the pond
is pulling the strings of extraordinary rendition for the former
colonies.The image search turned up a different, but related, picture from the (old) heretik: (now burning hot at http://theheretik.us/):
There, I guess that’s enough of nothing-to-say for today.
Comments (4)
I love the new pic.
I’m fascinated by your earthquake watch. I’m of the mind that the earth has always been in a state of constant change and it will always be that way. The great human challenge is to continue to adapt.
I’m trying to ignore North Korea and pretend my brother didn’t just register for the draft.
Canada anyone?
you forgot today’s good news about the demise of ken lay. i wonder what his next life holds, or if the universe even bothers to send him back, opting instead to just toss him into the sun. (tounge in cheek of course)
It’s interesting about the whole lawyers in politics thing, isn’t it? The majority of our prime ministers have been solicitors. What? Do they have to be lawyers so that they know how much bullshit they can get away with? Nevermind, don’t answer that.
ryc – I know what you mean. I can push through pain. My brain fog is just from sinus infection/end of day tiredness, but it’s real lol. It was great fun for a while and it was great training for a long time. It’s just time to move on. I’m excited about the other options I can check out now… do I want Tai chi? yoga? bellydancing (the boyfriend would like that one lol)
I hope you get a remission soon so you can play too for a while