BLogging has taken a back seat to lying abed moaning and all sorts of displeasure, so apologies to friends who have sought my updates! Actually, Open Source Politics is coming along nicely and there is such a wealth of information and good critical writing on a variety of politically-charged topics that I use my sick bed time to read, read read!

Now that I am more mobile with the addition of a walker rather than crutches, this accident-prone writer is back to the computer twice a day. An increase of 50% or more from the last two weeks. I am alive to tell all: use your seatbelts and have a shoulder strap and have an airbag to save your life in a 5 mph car accident! A girl tried to zoom across an intersection before I made it through. I was in 1st gear only but 2/3 the way through and my car was totalled. Front end pushed all the way crumpled, with the steering wheel and engine coming thru my dashboard. As the smoke came billowing, I wriggled out to throw myself thru the driver door to the asphalt and so I am lucky to be alive to blog again another day.

So, next car: more metal and bigger, that's for sure! Back later tonight to blog as usual,
cobalt

Today's articles in the Inside-Outside section of Open Source Politics feature the plight of medical school student docs working 80 to 100 hours a week at low pay, and also a survey of the world's largest environmental group, the webhost care2.com

Check out these stories and don't miss the stories by PG Gandy of Half the Sins of Mankind (the medical student article), Shawn's story of a logger and Bush environmental policy, and Jordan's article on OSHA. Inside-Outside is more than the USA for focus - the Big Puppy America affects so much of the whole world that sharing such information is vital to voters the world over.

I've always loved all of Johnny Depp's films and find that he has always been an interesting sort of person. Sometimes it is a "good thing" when one achieve's enough celebrity to be able to be quoted - and in a global forum, no less! I agree with his America as a Big Puppy assessment.

This is from a lead I found in Shock and Awe today by following the "trackback" link to an article Major Barbara wrote in Open Source Politics today:

http://shock-awe.info/archive/000848.php

"BERLIN (Reuters) - Hollywood star Johnny Depp said on Wednesday the United States was a stupid, aggressive puppy and he would not live there until the political climate changed."

"America is dumb, it's like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive," he said." Be sure to check out Lilith C. Devlin's article in LegalWrites while in OSP - the homeless suddenly are sought by the US government - whoa! What's wrong with THIS picture!!!