Monday, March 01, 2004

Cassandra Plays Are You A Liberal Gotcha! Q: "Are You A Flurm?" A: "What's a flurm?" Q: "Don't duck the question. Are you a flurm?" A: "I don't know ‘til you tell me what a flurm is." Q: "A flurm likes plums and wears shoes. Are you a flurm?" A: "OK, I'm a flurm." Q: "Hah! A flurm also has cooties. You've got cooties!" Ah, ten-year-olds at play. If only we could recapture that good old sense of fun. How's this? Q: "Are you a Liberal?" A: "How do you define Liberal?" Q: "A Liberal believes in Civil Rights, Social Security, Medicare, strengthening consumer and         environmental protections and raising some taxes on the wealthy. Are you a Liberal." A: "OK, by that definition I'm a Liberal." Q: "Hah! Liberals are weak on defense and don't support the military. You're a traitorous Liberal!" Cassandra is brought to you by eXcilliva .  Will cause psychosis. 8:12:37 PM    comment []

Cassandra Pries Just Curious Lawful Entry A recently begun study by the Cassandra Institute For Poking Around has revealed that the Patriot Act is so long that no one has actually read all of it. Not even the Congressmen who voted on it have read all 212 pages of the act. For that reason, Cassandra commissioned this exploratory journey into the Patriot Act. We will report our findings as they become available. One interesting note that we have already discovered is that, according to one portion of the Patriot Act (Section 1145.2 Revocation Of Revocation, Paragraph J, Sub (1)), it is illegal to vote against the extension of the Patriot Act. We will continue to report our findings. Cassandra is brought to you by eXcilliva .  Void where prohibited 3:32:08 PM    comment []

Cassandra Blathers Come To The Point Cheesy Geography Under the headline In Brooklyn, Velveeta Meets Melting Pot, the Washington Post describes what they see as a disconnect between the laid back, Southern style of Edwards and the high energy, multi-cultural mix of Brooklyn, pointing to, among others, Italians, Caribbean Blacks and Chasidim. We guess Velveeta is the Washington Post's shorthand for small town Carolina. We know a thing or two about Brooklynites and one of their main traits is passionate memory. Just ask them about the Brooklyn Dodgers.   Florida 2000 is very much alive there and what they want in a candidate, above anything else (the Post had this right), is a good shot at revenge. To quote Rabbi Hillel: "All else is commentary." There's a reason Ed Gilesspie and company keep giving sermons on how anger is a terrible thing. It's the main weapon that will be used to take the White House away from them. (And, of course, Gilesspie's disapproval only extends to anger at Republicans, it's a perfectly lovely emotion when its target is a member of the Clinton family.) Outside his hard core base, Bush's support is soft - folks who will vote for him but aren't overwhelmingly enthusiastic.  A snow storm on election morning will keep them home. The Dem's, on the other hand, will crawl over molten glass to get to the polls. 2004 will probably see the highest percentage of Blacks voting since Reconstruction. Sixty miles north of Brooklyn is Monroe, N.Y.  It's every bit as rough and tumble in its politics as Flatbush. (No slouch in the ethnic mix category either). In the last municipal election, angered at what they saw as some sleazy insider real estate deals by the Republican run Town Council, the voters in the Village of Monroe (the largest of the three villages that make up the Town of Monroe), went very heavily Democratic.   But the Village of Kiryat Joel, a Satmar Chasidic Community, bloc voted Republican and kept the incumbents in office. In that Kiryat Joel is pretty autonomous and has little to do with the goings on in the rest of the Town, there were some hard feelings all around.  Bloc voting in the Village is the norm and gives KJ huge clout with politicians locally and in Albany. The point of all this?  Oh, just a minor quibble with the Post's choice of geographic symbolism.  Velveeta may have taken root in Carolina, but it was invented in Monroe.   Honest. Cassandra is brought to you by eXcilliva .  Damn fine eating! 11:41:59 AM    comment []

Cassandra Boggles Republicans Prune Ranks Purity Before Victory The National Federation of Republican Assemblies ( NFRA) whose slogan is: "The Republican Wing of the Republican Party" has come to the realization that there are just too many Republicans. And some of them are just too darn liberal (read: to the left of Calvin Coolidge). What's the answer? The RINO Hunters Club! Cassandra received the following invitation: Join the Republican Assembly RINO (Republican In Name Only) Hunters Club and help the NFRA root out and hunt down RINO's. The NFRA is committed to conservative Republicans and works to prevent liberal Republicans from receiving the GOP nomination to offices throughout the nation. Yep, on the eve of a presidential election, with the polls saying they're neck and neck at best It's definitely time to toss out the closet liberals. Cassandra is brought to you by eXcilliva .  May cause psychosis. 1:50:36 AM    comment []

Cassandra Adapts Cultural Differences Six Stages of Grief in America Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance Litigation Cassandra is brought to you by eXcilliva .  Void where prohibited. 12:31:20 AM    comment []