Plant More Trees:

It will make you feel good. Jim Robbins explains why in a New York Times' article that appeared eleven days ago. One point that Robbins leaves out is that trees inhibit the growth of grass. Americans currently contribute approximately 3 percent of global warming carbon emissions because of the lawn mowing they do.

Thoughts for Today:

"Postmodernism: vulgarity trying to pass as irony."

And

"—Do you understand that understanding is impossible?

—I do."

Both come to us by Vera Pavlova,  

Heaven Is Not Verbose: A Notebook, 

trans. Steven Seymour, Poetry, April 2012: 84.

Little Ricky Is Broke:

Rick Santorum, the great white hope of men wearing dirty T-shirts who like to stroke their guns and scratch their privates in public, bowed out because of lack of funds, according to a story in today's New York Times.

Little Ricky, who likes to self identify with both David and Goliath, has, no doubt, left them weeping on K Street.

I don't know about you, but I'm going to miss seeing those beady little eyes staring out over his foot in his mouth. The Mormon is just too wimpy except when it comes to firing people. (Would you loan me the money for a hamburger today? I'll pay you back on the second Tuesday of next week. — Thanks, Popeye.)

Neutered Getrich in Tizzy Fit Over Former Employer Fox's Coverage of Campaign:

Deposed former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is upset with Fox News' biased coverage of his embarrassing presidential campaign. Newt claims Murdoch is at fault because the Auzzie likes the Mormon better than the recent convert to Roman Cotholicism:

“I assume it’s because Murdoch at some point said, ‘I want Romney,’ and so ‘fair and balanced’ became ‘Romney,’ ” Gingrich was quoted as saying. “And there’s no question that Fox had a lot to do with stopping my campaign because such a high percentage of our base watches Fox.”

(Jeremy Peters, NYT, 4-12-12)

Fox, for its part, asserts Nuke'm Getrich is auditioning for a job with CNN. Comedy Central, however, has already identified the failed community college professor as Mayor of the Moon. (I thought I recognized that face!)

Dowd's Humorless Excoriation of the Politicized Supreme Court:

New York Times' op-ed writer, Maureen Dowd, has won awards for her humorous take on the foibles of politicians, but today she's chosen the Supreme Court as the object of her criticism, and forget the humor. The red headed Irishwoman is mad as hell, and she's not going to take it anymore!

Thanks, Ms Dowd, for speaking truth to power. This court is not objective or operating within the confines of reason.