America has scientists for one reason: to get out there with their instruments, their common sense, and to follow the scientific method, which does not allow for politics to intrude, to document, to verify and to report their observations.

Well, scientists went out there, took their instruments with them, and their common sense, and returned, and yesterday, Thursday, these scientists reported the obvious: There ain't no such a thing as Mary Poppins magic, you can't sprinkle a little sugar and hope for the bitterness to go away.

BP, that bunch of truth challenged individuals, and the government, (and we know what politics does to truth speaking), told Mr and Mrs America, and all the little boys and girls that the BP nasty old oil spill was gone, and that we, Americans, have nothing to be concerned about, for the Gulf is safe, the sea food is safe, and everything is just peaches with ice cream.

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In the off chance you missed my post about the $100 per way pet fee Alaska Airlines charges you can take a gander here. Wasn't that a pleasant, thought out letter to asking for a meaningful address my issue? Did my letter look like I used a "form letter" or a "bulk response"? It is a shame that a "bulk response" is what I got back! They must have missed my other post about How to Make it in Customer Service. I can tell they did because of the use of a "bulk response" - and if your going to use a "bulk response", Alaska - it should not take 12 days to copy and paste it. Just sayin'

For your enjoyment, my response from Alaska Airlines Customer Service:

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BlagojevichThe jury found Rod R. Blagojevich, the ousted former governor of Illinois, guilty of one count out of 24. The jury decided that Mr. Blagojevich made false statements to the FBI. The court has declared a mistrial on the other counts. The government says, it will retry the case.

Everybody who thought that the former Illinois governor was a goner, was on his way to do big time in the big house, should thank God for the Magna Carta. Trial by jury, not by the press. The government must prove its case to twelve citizens.

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I did this because the animal owed me moneyWhen I heard that Rod Blagojevich escaped conviction on all but one measly charge, my life changed forever. There are so, so many things I'll finally be able to get off my chest now that I know the system won't throw the book at a famous politician with enough money for good lawyers. Oh, American judicial system, I love you! I love the way you rely on juries full of people who weren't smart or busy enough to get out of sitting in that stupid box all day. I love how you reward the rich for having huge sums of disposable income they can throw at crack legal teams of unscrupulous careerists. I love how you ignore crimes that are commonly known as having factually happened just because of wormy little technicalities. God bless the USA and its corrupt, broken, mostly meaningless sense of justice!

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During the fifth grade, I went through what my family calls a “little goth phase.” I wore lots of black makeup, pewter jewelry of things like skulls and bats, and even took to wearing a Morticia Adams dress my mother had made herself for Halloween as a teen. (Yes, it was completely awesome.) Back then, it was pretty early for me to go through such a “phase” (and I put it in quotation marks because I still like to wear such jewelry and black nail polish—and would continue do the rest, probably, if I had the time and energy just because I like it), and I don’t remember anyone else dressing in such a way until junior high and high school. By then, I was in a more “earthy” phase (which I suppose I’m also still “into,” though today’s choices usually stem from whatever is sustainable, cheap, and used) and digging into my mom’s old bell-bottoms (which, unfortunately, did not fit—though they did inspire!).

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Well, this is an oldy - but a goody... well grossy...

Im a huge fan of Amy Winehouse. In fact I aspire to be like her someday. honestly, who wouldn't want to be under the infuence, semi-conscious, out of control, and rich? I guess I do not want to be exactly like her though - I mean she does do and say some pretty bizarro things, but I like to think of them as British and "charming"... sometimes.

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Once in awhile I like to imagine what my life would be like without my "smartphone" and because of the creepy crawly feeling I get I hold my phone close and hope that it never goes away. It has become an extension of my hand - not so much my face anymore because I rarely "talk" on it. My phone has really become more a part of me than... well actual parts of me. If I need some quick inspiration I open the 3G browser and surf to my hearts content, I can carry on multiple text and instant message conversations, and if I get that terrible "I forgot to pay a bill" feeling I can check all of my accounts with the touch of the screen.

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Let's Not Start Swearing Now.

Those of us with memories might remember that after 9-11 the government told us that the air around ground zero was safe, though their scientists must have known that smoke and toxins from the burnt buildings were still in the air. People got sick, some may died early. Why did the government tell that falsehood? Officials wanted to get Wall Street re-opened and for people not to leave and and not to stay away from the area in a panic.

Now the government is telling us that the sea food of the Gulf of Mexico is safe. Why? Because officials want to get the Gulf Coast economy going and don't want to panic people.

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Today, Monday, the commercial shrimp season opens in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast, and -- Blue Monday! The Associate Press reports, " Shrimpers are nervous that they'll find oil in their catch." See the video.

Nervous they should be. The massive BP oil spill still lurks like a horrible monster over the lives of men and women trawling the Louisiana waters for a livelihood. BP and the government say: The danger is over. The spill has been stopped. The oil has been dispersed. The surface water has been swept of oil.The sea food is safe. We've tested it: First by the smell test, then the taste test, then we ran our chemical analysis, and we swear the stuff passed. Believe us, the sea food is not oil-contaminated.

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"Sending Jogger Coordinates..."

If the talking, seeing, all-knowing Sauron clothes weren’t enough, now we’ll have something else to contend with: Big Brother clothes.

Wal-Mart apparently isn’t happy with being the devil; now it has chosen to take the role of General Devil God. In other words, it will start inserting “smart tags” into its clothing sometime this month. These electronic tags will not be able to be turned off by buyers (though they can remove them) and they are, yes, trackable, meaning that Wal-Mart will now be tagging its victims like a wild animal species.

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