Anyway, it was really odd to see a Canadian skewer everything that's so fucked up in America right now, just one right after another: our verbally challenged president; the bills that get names completely contrary to their purpose (the Healthy Forest Defense act?); the purchase of the media by rich companies eager to protect their own interests by gagging news outlets; the (oh, shame, shame, shame!) fact that most Americans are so dulled by things like the last Presidential election being rigged that we can't really get a head of steam worked up about anything; the casual abuse of (illegal) migrant labor, who are pursued just because they can be abused; the fact that rules on worker safety are being written by companies who want to save money rather than save lives.
I felt so ... scathed, embarassed, like all of the world just said, "Hey! You over there in America! Do you realize you're NAKED???" I mean, Jesus, as long as you stay in the nudist camp where no one says anything about it it's hard to feel too embarassed, but now I'm ready to go reaching for a fig leaf. That probably will mean another wad of cash to the Kerry campaign - I just don't know what else to do.
Anyway, I'm home, and Friday is over. I'm going to sit down either with the book I started last night or the book I started today (the last in the Garden of Iden series by Kage Baker) and happily call it a night.
(Interested in the rest of the movies I've seen or books I've read this year? I've finally put this information on line. It's linked to off of the