I'm not a party animal...

I enjoy politics from a distance...I enjoy the tug of war of ideas...but I'm not a flag waver...there are very few things I will cheer or clap for...especially in a group environment...I'm even suspicious of doing the wave...the mob mentally is an ugly face of humanity...

So...why is this...political rally...a big deal???it's history...

so far, i've been more interested in bird dogging the network news booths...the fact the they parked fox news right next to nbc...but the msnbc booth is as far away as possible...it looks like al-jezzera is here...the fact that ann curry has a front row seat...the camera that flys over the field during games... i finally got to see how one of those work....

These are the things that i've found interesting so far...the music has been dull...the speakers, boring...i'm surrounded by union yahoos...but here I am...to bear witness...

next...obama speaks...
Showing up is not enough.

James P. Johnson

i've got a goolden tiiicket...

me and 70+ thousand other yahoos...and yes, they're nosebleeds...

hurricane DNC...day two...

ms scribe has a friend...elayne...is a longtime dem...she worked in the clinton white house...with vince foster...she was one of Tim Russert's sources on the linda tripp story...and she is staying in our home while she works for the convention...she's got stories...i hope to share some of them here with you...

meanwhile...

watching HRC give her speech tonight...my thoughts turned to...Shirley Chisholm...if you don't know the name...and the history associated with it...look it up...i'll be here when you get back...

just a reminder that this year is not the first year this kind of history has been made...

Denver DNC lunancy...

we have a guest in our home this week...she's a friend of ms. Scribe... and she's here to work on the convention...there's a lot more to tell, so stay tuned...

Showing up is not enough.

James P. Johnson

monday night movie...klute...

seeing how ms scribe is all occupied with going back to school...i find myself looking for something to do on monday nights...so what do i do...six pack of beer and a movie...old bachelor habits don't die...they hibernate...



i love this movie...

not just because i think it's the only watchable movie jane fonda ever made...

not just because it was released in one of the greatest years ever for movies...ever...

not just for the whole 70's dingy NYC vibe...

it's donald sutherland's stoic, enigmatic detective that holds the whole thing together...and keeps this one on my shelf...