http://www.reachm.com/amstreet Liberal and progressive US politics, news, media critique, religion, sex and culture. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:53:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Video here I was born to love no one No one to love me Only the wind in the long green grass The frost in a broken tree. I was made to love magic All its wonder to know But you all lost that magic Many many years ago. I was born to use my eyes Dream with the sun ... http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2009/07/04/i-was-made-to-love-magic/ Video here. My friend and me Looking through her red box of memories Faded I'm sure But love seems to stick in the things you know Yes, there's love if you want it Don't sound like a sonnet, my lord Yes, there's love if you want it Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord My lord Why can't you see That ... http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2009/07/04/sonnet/ My apologies to everyone for neglecting my blogging duties.  Now I realize, too late, that the seemingly endless source of pleasure derived from watching the GOP implode may disappear in one ginormous explosion of fireworks and Palinfreude (Yes, Skippy, I coined that word.)Other than getting elected to the Senate, just ... http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2009/07/03/palinfreude-overdose/ Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Unanimously for Stuart Smalley; Al Franken Gets the Joke, Norm Coleman Doesn't http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2009/06/30/fearguths-great-snark-hunt-433/ Leo Hindery Jr. & Leo W. Gerard write, in The Nation, about the lack of jobs in the still-yet-to-come recovery. And the numbers need some added perspective to grasp what's happening without the confusion of percentages. First, jobs were getting lost before Dec 2007. I was laid off by a ... http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/archives/2009/06/26/where-are-the-jobs/