Am I the only one who’s sick and tired of Olympia Snowe? I mean, fer chrissakes, what’s the goddamn fascination with kissing her ass? Just to get one Republican vote? Screw ’em; the fewer Republicans that vote for a bill, the more I think it must be a good one. First off – and I hate to be shallow and superficial, but – they’ve been plastering her photo all over every website I go to (often in rather large size), and, let’s face it, she’s got a face only Ladybird Johnson could love. Secondly, if she thinks Max Baucus’ (he’s a creepy-looking bastard, too) “reform” bill is great, then she must be just as deep in the pockets of the insurance and drug companies as he is. Who the frack elected her queen of the Senate anyway? I mean, the entire population of the State of Maine is about half the population of the borough of Brooklyn alone. Speaking of pissant states (no offense; Maine is really quite beautiful – though it makes Syracuse look like Miami in the winter – and has really friendly people) getting to decide how the rest of us will live, Baucus’ state (Montana) has about half a million people less than Maine. Let’s not forget that other great DINO, Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Nebraska (a state that looks like a parking lot with a shitload of corn planted in it) has a measly half million more people than Maine. So, three states with combined population of less than 4 million people, and they get to rule my world? It just aint right.

Speaking of shit that aint right, the NYS Department of Health has decreed that all health care workers must give up sovereignty over their bodies and undergo forced medical treatment in the form of the seasonal flu shot, and the untested, experimental, rushed to market H1N1 flu vaccine (a series of two innoculations) when it becomes available from the drug companies, who have been absolved of all legal liability should the vaccine kill more people than the flu itself (as was the case in 1976 with the much hyped “swine flu” shots). When the State declares that it owns your body, something is terribly wrong (particularly when the orders come in the form of a fiat from some faceless, unelected, and unaccountable government agency headed by a commissioner – Richard Davies, MD – who was a Mormon missionary; I wonder whether Dr. Dick is gonna get a flu shot, or if he’ll be relying on his magic underpants). I believe we saw this sort of thing 60 years ago in Germany (well, not the Mormon part). Talk about fascism. What’s next? Subcutaneous RFID chips? Bedroom video monitoring to deter aberrant behavior? Death panels? Mandatory abortions? Human/Animal hybrids!? Time to get Glenn Beck on the job, to organize (if not actually attend) a march on Albany.

OK, so, you Apple fanboys (and gals) out there. Is there no such thing as a delete key (no, I’m not talking about the backspace key labeled “delete”) on a Mac, or am I just missing something here? I finally reach out to the Mac evangelists, and you shun me. I may have to join the Syracuse Mac User’s Group, known better by its rather apt acronym, SMUG.

Oh well, time to get this rather long week the hell over with.