Just a few nuggets.

The first is a passage in Kurt Vonnegut's "Fates Worse Than Death," a book of autobiographical essays. And the second, a conversation on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour with Phil Donahue.

I was walking along the river this morning holding the girl while the boy trailed a bit behind taking in the sights. It was rush hour on a lovely overcast and slightly foggy day. He heard some truck horns blaring their horns overhead on the bridge that spans the river. To which he asked a pretty good question that may indicate he's in the next phase of his development, still not three years old: “Where are they going, Dada?”

"Maybe, maybe it's not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here. Like the public."
- George Carlin

We can all point out how the political system is corrupt and rigged. Without a doubt the news media is complicit in this travesty.