I read this in Slate. It is Lithwick making a case for how those who participated in torture should not be pardoned, that we need indictments. I agree. Makes me think how some people have come to see the President as though he has Pope infallibility. Just because we have elected him president, what he does is always correct, even if he says he acted in "good faith" or in the nation's interest?
Just trying to hold someone accountable or even looking into it is "politically motivated". Ridiculous.

Guess I'll be branded a dangerous liberal now.

Spambots.


I don't expect my blog to get many comments. I don't really advertise it and I don't think I am posting things that entertain the masses. Now, I do know that every now and then I'll post some things that people will disagree with it. I understand that people will express their opinions and there will also be those trolling for responses. I welcome having a discussion, but not a "my dick is bigger than yours" argument.

So I noticed that I had three comments on a prior post. At very first read they looked like "your blog is stupid" comments, not very intelligent. Then I took a look at links associated with the profiles...and they lead to loan and lottery sites...damn spambots.

Unless they were actual people, in which case I still refuse to recognize you and I'll call you stupid.

So what is a Green Chicano? Well, I will not spend too much time on it now, hopefully I can be more explicit and detailed in later posts. All I will type in right now is that I strive to complement the social justice and cultural aspects of Chicanismo with my hopes and aspirations of ecological and social sustainability. It shares commonalities with environmental justice, but I am still working on explaining it to myself more, as it is a term that I don't think I have seen used too often (at least it doesn't google with much...except this blog!). Thus I am working on a concept of the Green Chicano Berets, as a nod, ode, and with respect to the Royal Chicano Air Force.
But I'm so much of a mix of different thoughts, influences, and ideas that I'm still working on it. Hopefully more to come, as I have dozens of projects I hope to keep working on. For now, another old drawing.

Something's cooking...more to come.

In the words of Robert Heinlein:
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”

Ah, the sounds of summer. Here we go again, another go at the "this time I'll get it done". I will issue a challenge for myself as this academic year starts: a drawing/illustration or photo a week, if not per day. I need to work on my discipline and I hope and believe that this will make it so. If I can just make it a habit, I feel I'll be okay. Plus of course there will be the occasional ramblings, thoughts, and tidbits. For now lets start with some photos and stuff. The three drawings were done for friends and th bottom one is an old of me working on a Semilla poster.