In times of old, The Furies protected Mother Right. If a mother (or any woman) was harmed, The Furies swooped down and took their vengeance. They were one of the last vestiges of a world that existed before the patriarchy. When we feel righteous anger, it is The Furies who are calling out to us to make what is wrong right again.

Monday, February 23, 2004

Fiddling 

We went to see Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. We've now seen all the "best film" nominees except Master and Commander. Yes, we're fiddling while Rome is burning, but it's been fun. I saw the first two Lord of the Rings on DVD. I wanted to see the third one in a theater. I think I like them better on the TV screen. All the gross stuff is really small on the small screen; on the big screen, it is really BIG and gross. I think I enjoyed the movie, although I was hiding my face a great deal of the time. I cried, I laughed, and I didn't fall to sleep. (It's over three hours long.) It is an amazing movie, and the three movies together are an incredible achievement. However, I don't know if someone could just go to the third movie knowing nothing about the other two movies and understand what's going on. Of the four nominated movies I've seen so far, Seabiscuit seems to hold together the best. As I said before, I know it's Hollywood hokum, but it's good Hollywood hokum.

Speaking of fiddling whilst Rome is aflame, Paul Loeb has a nice piece on what the hell Ralph Nader is doing. Norman Solomon talks about "Nader's Tin Ear" in this essay.

In case you were under the delusion that Bush, Cheney, Rumsfield, and Ashcroft are the only dangerous fruitcakes in this administration, check out Education Secretary Rod Paige. In a meeting with the nation's governors, he called the NEA, the largest teachers' union, a terrorist organization.

Here's another essay on why Bush went to war with Iraq. And this piece is called "Ashcroft's Subpoena Blitz." The title kind of says it all.

I have gotten a lot of letters about my immigration piece here and on Common Dreams, mostly people sharing their own immigrant experiences. But one person who is trying to help a detainee obtain his freedom said, "What I don't understand is why the American people are letting this happen. Why aren't people doing anything." I didn't have an answer.
Posted by: Kim Antieau / 2/23/2004 08:15:00 PM
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