the prognosis
in the face of a spiralingly horrific political economy, there’s a slight bit of good news in that oregon voters (barely) selected ted kulongoski over kevin “screw the workers” mannix. it’s interesting to see, given how they compared that mannix got any votes at all. but then of course, the repugnicans got and stole offices all across the country. folks are more asleep than i thought possible. as A and i were walking the other night, we saw the headline showing the final results. i sighed, and quipped rather sardonically, “well, that’s good. but you know, it’s just kind of that subtle difference between being basically screwed and totally fucked.
