"I often think it comical--Fal, lal, la!
Now Nature always does contrive--Fal, lal, la!
That every boy and every gal
That's born into this world alive
Is either a little Liberal
Or else a little Conservative!"

--William Schwenk Gilbert (1836-1911), "Iolanthe"


Maybe. Perhaps I am an anomaly, but I have always been somewhat double-jointed in the above regard. I evince a strong Conservative streak when I feel the minions of the Nanny-State breathing down my neck, imploring me to desist in my self-destructive (Pilsener swilling) healthstyle. But when I see right-wingers beating up on one of their stock scapegoats, my heart begins to bleed like a Romanov family reunion. This current regime is overtly nasty, cynical, avaricious, sanctimonious, hypocritical, puritanical, and monochromatic. Thus, I am a proud registered Democrat who loves America, with liberty and justice for all--not that I don't think that most Republicans share those values. It's just those Radical Righties who now hold the reins that make me want to sigh in technicolor.

As of this writing, this is a LIBERAL SITE. (Maybe not musically, but it is politically, for certain.) When I see atop the archived entries for The Dyspeptic Tank, that THE LEFT HATES AMERICA (advt.) only a sense of fairness keeps me from screaming, "NO! FUCK YOU MAN! THE RIGHT HATES AMERICA!" Maybe SOME members of the right demonstrably hate America (at least the "freedom and justice for all" part). And there are some on the far radical left who hate America, for whatever reason. But you can sure as fuck LOVE AMERICA and still believe that the Chief Executive is a Monkey-faced, Earth-raping, sociopathic, imperialistic, people-hating, murderous son-of-a-bitch. GOD BLESS AMERICA, IN SPITE OF BUSH!

Pertinent to the above quote, Tony Blair has abolished the 1,400-year-old post of Lord Chancellor in favor of a U.S.-style Supreme Court. Jesus Christ! Just what they need! It's obvious that that little jug-eared Bush-licker wants to keep his job. (Could he grant Rhenquist and Scalia dual citizenship?)

At least I managed to fix my e-mail. Thank heaven for small miracles.

"Up in the air, sky-high, sky-high,
Free from Wards in Chancery,
He will be much happier, for
He's a very susceptible Chancellor."

--ibid.