" In The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby writes: "If Bush's election was not a measure of conscious anti-intellectualism on the part of voters, it was certainly a measure of the public's indifference to demonstrable mental acuity and knowledge as standards for the presidency." (p. 285) "

Read the rest of Joseph A. Palermo's Blog on this topic HERE.

Here I am with the Olympic games (the basketball game between the US and China just over) blaring in the back ground on TV and my eyes glued to the comp screen as I scan the web for news on Georgia and Russia.

Madness!!!! Fear, anger, and confusion.....

My stomach is tied in knots and I'm next to tears about this new outbreak.....

ANTONY:
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.

I'm really worried about George Lashki (HerenIstarion) and his family - has anyone heard from him?

~*~ Pio

Map of area - click HERE

Am going to see The X-Files: I Want to Believe movie today. I hope it's as satisfying as I want it to be.....

Movie Trailer - #1 HERE
Movie Trailer - #2 HERE

~*~

All Things episode/Gillian/Moby - The Sky is Broken - Lovely!



~*~ Pio

Best of The X-Files montage - HERE