Catch of the Day: Plastic

Other species must constantly shake their heads at the mess we humans leave lying around.

Case in point, the piles of plastic we leave floating around in the Pacific. Take a look.

I remember seeing an art exhibit at Portland Community College when I was interviewing there. All the pieces were made from plastic collected from the ocean. Here is a writeup on the exhibit.

A State Without Mexicans? | Mother Jones

In Alabama, like Georgia and North Carolina before them, racism is put above both economic and civil rights concerns as the state basically makes it illegal to be brown.

Sure, there are undocumented and falsely documented workers in this country. Either find a way to get them to work legally or find a way to pay Americans enough to do the work. Because, whatever the current laws are trying to do is just going to make a lot of folks hungry, both the workers not getting paid, the farmers fined or forced out of business, and the rest of us paying more for smaller amounts of food as it rots in the fields.

Short-sighted and cruel conservatives will truly be the undoing of this nation if their agenda can’t be stopped. Or at least turned to productive ends. Laws like the one mentioned sure as hell won’t do the job.

Daily Kos: Anti-immigrant nativists show their true colors

Once again, it surprises me that most folks don’t believe that those driving the bus in the GOP are bigots and full of racial hatred. I mean, sure, not all members of the party are, but look at who they get as leaders.

So, it is nice to see the mask slip off if even just for a moment.

The shock value of those who are naive is funny, if depressing, to watch. You want to hope the folks on your side are smarter than that. What truly bites though is how otherwise decent conservatives just drive their heads further in the sand.

I am related to those folks. I am friends with some too. You want better for – and from – them.

Pity.