Well how bout that?

This is my 100th post! Wow. I'm stressed out and getting desperate in the midst of a series of snowstorms down here on Red Butte Drive. They don't stop, there is little sunshine or blue-sky, and it's beginning to make me feel insane. The skiing has been deep and grand, and the snow is piling up like the bullshit in Washington.

I can't seem to get away from current events, and this heavy snow up here in paradise is making me ever more aware of a dark sense of impending doom for my country. If only our founding fathers were here now to see what has come of their grand visions for the manifest destiny of this continent. They would all be disgusted. Washington and Adams would quickly grasp the failure of their ideas about a strong National Government. These two, smart men both of them, would notice, upon returning to this once pristine and beautiful land, that it had been raped, and that the Federal Government, which they had insisted was so important to unify the country and prevent chaos amongst free states , was chiefly responsible for terror at home and around the world and assorted crimes against humanity and the rule of law. Washington would have realized that Adams was a greedhead and would have been pissed that he'd been fooled by Adams false humility and calm, calculating, demeanor. Adams would look at Dick Cheney and see a chilling resemblance to himself. Jefferson, if armed, would immediately shoot Adams, probably in front of a Wal-Mart, and then he would find some hippies, give them guns, and start another revolution.

These men, were they here today, would be absolutely astounded at the absolute failure of the free-market experiment. They would be astounded at the inequity and human suffering it has allowed, indeed spawned, in the name of "freedom." They would probably feel bad, but they would be able to forgive themselves because they did not know what they were creating. Had they known what their creation would become, they would have gone the way of Canada or Australia, and would not have declared themselves independent of England when they did.

They would watch the 2008 campaign and they would say, in regard to the importance of an independent media and an educated and skilled population, "We told you so." They would be most of all shocked by the idiocy of the general population, noticing, for example, that in order for Hillary Clinton to have a surprise win in the New Hampshire Primary, all she had to do was whimper like a weak little school girl who's mommy wouldn't get her a new pair of ear rings, and then let the media run with it. God help the opponents of the candidate the media has chosen as the best for ratings.

More on Roger Clemens to come.