So I saw McCain's speech.....

.....and I wasn't moved by it. I was too busy playing "Spot the Person of Color in the Audience". It took the camera crews at C-SPAN about 30 minutes to find one.

Yes, McCain delivers a good speech, and there were some good ideas presented, but I still was making comments back at the screen a la MST3K. Did he say that Roosevelt was a Republican? I don't remember Teddy's party affiliation, but FDR was a Democrat.

Thankfully, I missed the 9/11 highlight reel which was shown before his speech. filkertom has a link to a copy posted on YouTube, with some choice commentary. I'm told that the Keith apologized to his audience for that clip. Yes, we should Never Forget, and say Never Again, but is there a need to bring up past hurts, other than to further the advance of American fascism?

My take: If there is to be change in America, people are going to have to want it bad enough in order for it to happen. If it's curbing our addiction to petroleum, or changing the regime, it has to come from We The People. I remember the Metric System and the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin. These were changes foisted upon us by the Government. Where are they now?

The Sounds Of Cylons......

Back when the original Battlestar Galactica series aired, I thought about doing a parody of Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sounds Of Silence" to reflect the show. (This was back before I even discovered filk.) But alas, the words never came, and the only thing I could come up with was that the words "of Cylons" would be sung in a Cylon voice.

One Google search later, and I'm proud to say that someone else had the same idea, picked up the ball, and ran with it. The words are here: http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/simonandgarfunkel108.shtml

I am so adding this to my covers book.