The Furious Spinner

"I was once Snow White...but I drifted." —Mae West

Whilst in medias res I skimmed a bit...

I am so accustomed to the media not challenging this administration or any of their goons that I hardly even notice it any more. I am really at the point of just throwing up my hands (and my lunch) and saying, "Fuck it." For one bright shining awful evening after Katrina, I thought the media had found their souls again. But, it is not to be. They quiver in their boots; they eat the shit the Bushies serve up like it was French cuisine—and they don't even know the difference. Most of America doesn't know the difference either. Check out this article from Media Matters about all the lies that have gone unchallenged since Katrina. It's the Rove mantra. Lie, lie, lie. They come up with their lies and then they keep repeating them until everyone believes the lies. Remember, they don't care about reality. (Check out Media Matters, by the way; as always, they are doing a great job of winnowing truth out of the Emperor's chaff.)

Can someone please stop the Emperor and his goons? I haven't the energy or the power.

On an aside, I looked up Oya in Luisah Teish's Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book. It is interesting that the corresponding Catholic Saint to Oya is St. Catherine. Both Katrina and Catherine are variants of the name Katherine (which means "pure"). Remember, when the Africans and others were kidnapped and brought here (and those who later came of their own free will) their religions blended with Catholicism in a fine bit of syncretism. It's an age old practice: hide your own religion within the oppressor's religion so that you can still worship. So aspects Oya, Yansa, Olla, Aida-Wedo, Brigette were folded into St. Catherine and St. Theresa; Yemonja, Imanje, Yemaya, Agwe, La Balianne became Mary. "Became" is really the wrong word but you catch my drift. Just an interesting coincidence... 0 comments

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