This last photo here is a negative. The rest are pretty much left as taken. I left a disk of ice on top of a cup, and it slowly melted into the form of the cup. Then the rest of it is just playing with a disk of ice, a cup, a flashlight, a dark room, and a poor obedient child, whose hands were nearly frozen off in the shoot. Poor thing, the trooper. But any real artist must be willing to endure other people's pain. And I am.
My pain, not so much.
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Ahh, the power we have to mess with and mold our kids' lives. It's grand!
What's the point, otherwise?
There has to be some trade-off, no?
what's it like?
As you know, I've yet to live in a blue state since I first started voting.
I love the middle picture. Very cool.
You ain't missing much by not living in a blue state. Just imagine more taxes and less prosperity and politicians talking of how they are thinking of more new taxes that will tax us into prosperity.
Thanks for the photo props. I'm glad you picked that one because I personally like it about as much as any photo I've posted in a while.
As for blue/red distinctions, I'm very much a realist. I don't expect sweet and lightness and the flowing of mild and honey now. I'm a moderate centrist on economic and military issues (a Kennedy Dem, say)--the kind of person that neither party believes to be principled. But as for the joy of blue, what I think is important is that there be some accountability for the past eight years--in particular, for the breathtaking cynicism of the W team in championing itself as the lover of the Constitution when in fact it has gone out of its way time and again to set aside the rule of law. W/C's contempt for the free flow of information is stunning. I'm definitely blue here.
But as for taxes and regs, the kinds of things that animate you and yours, I'm basically nonpartisan. I just want us to determine our priorities then pay for them. The economy grew after tax cuts (Kennedy and Reagan) and it grew after tax increases on the wealthy (Clinton). It did poorly after tax cuts (W) and it did poorly after tax increases (Bush I). Context matters. A lot. I just want fiscal responsibility. Once upon a time, that used to be a red virtue. But the historical record would suggest that today it's far more of a blue strength (compare Bill's record vs. Reagan, Bush, and W's.) Nearly 30 years ago, Reagan/Stockman sort of once-and-for-all wrecked Red credibility here because they were so brazen in explicitly stating that balanced budgets were not important.
at the state level, who knows. I'm pro-literacy, and that seems to be a blue priority. but i'm also pro-employment, and the reds had a good streak going there for a while.
The middle picture is definitely cool. Poor child. Now I want spawn that I can bend to my nefarious will.
You didn't say whether you're able to imagine even *less* prosperity than we're currently "enjoying."
Cool pics. What's with the ice obsession lately?
Hey, haven’t you heard? We don’t live in a blue America or a red America anymore. We live in the United States of America. We can replace words like cynicism and Orwellian with transformative and redemptive change, correct? And with Rahm as Chief of Staff yes, we f------ can! Or as Andrew Young explained to Stephen Colbert, “The world got so messed up nobody else wanted to really tackle it so then they turned it over to us.”
Doesn’t look like the age of irony is over, but man it sure will be nice to say Mr. President without irony again. I love my blue state. I love that the red, red state I moved from turned blue this election. No matter what Caribou Barbie says, I’m with Joe – paying taxes is patriotic. I love that I saw numerous grown men (talking heads, activists and even detractors) tear up on TV the night of November 4th somewhere around 11 PM EST. But at its core, my rapport with the electorate at this moment kind of feels like that breathless, gulping, crying, sniffling conciliatory moment of an abusive relationship – relief, sentimental and hesitantly encouraged. I’m getting tenderness and promises, hugged, my hair pulled back and my eyes dabbed. I desperately want to believe this is the break through moment. I’m hoping the, “See, baby we want the same things. I can change. I’ll do better. I can be a jerk, but I have a good heart. We can make this work,” lines are ones I can believe in without getting smack on the side of the head again. Still afraid that O will be sabotaged and undermined. Still waiting to exhale.
Leave it to me to put our wonderful voters in a wife beater :)
Compliant spawn are most excellent. Agreed, s-s.
JC--I can certainly imagine less prosperity than we're enjoying, which is why I've found a cave in which I've store goods for bartering such as salt, bullets, and "how to convert zucchini into food" emergency instruction manuals. but i do think it's hard to imagine a less fiscally responsible crew than W's. (except maybe Reagan, who at least hoped that our recovery would pay down the deficit.)
trueoutlier--
ice obsession. it's not a "lately" thing. It's all about mercurial reflections of light.
I had my three daughters watch Obama's speech acceptance speech on the internet last night. It was really lovely. You know, you cast a vote at the presidential level for policy reasons but you also do it becasue you're endorsing a kind of politics. And it's the kind of politics that Obama promises more than his policies that I embrace.
I became convinced that W only understands power. That's all. And though Mac isn't W by a long shot (thank goodness), his party needed to get the message loud and clear. The Constitution matters.
As for the wife-beater analogy, I'll pass.
But as for Obama being sabotaged, of course he will. But here's the thinga about him. He's smart. He's analytical. He's competent. He wasn't rattled once in the debates. He wasn't rattled once by the credit meltdown. The guy is an information guy, and despite his soaring rhetoric he makes decisions based on facts. There won't be an Iraq fiasco under him.
I'm sure economists will find plenty of reasons to question his tax plans, and they'll be right to do so. But society is held together by trust. The economy needs more than trust, but it does need it. And Obama engenders trust in a way no Republican can right now. They really really blew it. Big time.
I've been blown away at Obama's cool, his humility, his analytical approach, and it's clear he sees how things fit together better than any politicians since Bill and Newt. And Bill had zero self-discipline, and Newt never met an outlandish idea he didn't love for being outlandish. (Newt in some ways was the least conservative politician we had in years as measured by commitment to the sanely tried and true.)
Sorry for the over the top American electorate as abuser metaphor, but I spent the Gore election in one red southern state and the Kerry election in yet another red southern state (with a Jewish spouse and within walking distance to Jerry Falwell I may add) so it did feel at least like oppression if not abuse. Another great thing about my first election night on the West coast – by 8PM we knew the results. Our boys got to watch the whole thing from the weird CNN Jessica Yellin via hologram to the acceptance speech. I think they will remember that election night party for the rest of their lives. There were TVs on CNN, FOX, MSNBC and one that we switched back and forth from the three major networks and the Comedy Channel. The kids got to see a variety of analysis and reactions. They also got to see the usually mild-mannered adults in their lives act like they were at a frat party, but nevermind. Even Juan Williams’ comments after the acceptance speech on Fox made me respect Fox – okay, that was inaccurately strong language now that we are pro-literacy again – made me disrespect them less.
Hey out there my friend who is a lurker (you know who you are). Are you getting all this?
outlier--
you respect fox now, huh? hmm... a little irrational exuberance is okay now and then. i'll give you a pass.
thanks for the fun post. though i think you'll be punished by apolitical kids whose only interests are sports and making money.
hey lurker (yes, i know there 80,000 of you, but i'm talking to jc's lurker friend--you know who you are), make an appearance, would you??
Eyes...ice...eyes...ice..eyes..ice.eyes.ice.
Hey. Lookie there.
ice, ice, baby. oh the shame.
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