This is why I love Naomi Klein

I may have to run out and buy her new book when it hits the stores here.

I remember extolling the virtues of her last book No Logo to a young female cousin of mine. I was telling my then teenage cousin what a bad thing that corporations were branding everything in sight including her clothing and she looked at me like I had three heads. My cousin said something like, "But I like Old Navy and Gap clothes. I like people seeing that I wear those kinds of clothes," and as soon as she said that I thought, "Oh shit, we may have already lost the fight to take back our lives from the greedy corporate pigs."

But then Ms. Klein comes out with a new book and she restores my faith in people once more.

Thank you once again Canada for producing another great American.

I get all my best ideas for posts from women (part 2)

I saw Pam over at Musings of a Working Mom had taken this quiz, so I did it too.

My Liberal Identity:

You are a New Left Hipster, also known as a MoveOn.org liberal, a Netroots activist, or a Daily Show fanatic. You believe that if we really want to defend American values, conservatives must be exposed, mocked, and assailed for every fanatical, puritanical, warmongering, Constitution-shredding ideal for which they stand.

Take the quiz at http://www.fightconservatives.com/Inside-the-Book/What-Breed-of-Liberal-Are-You.html

I may be a bit old to be called "new" left, hell I remember shilling for Jimmy Carter even though I was too young to vote in '76. And if you knew me there would be no way you could classify me as "hip." But all in all, I'd say that's a damn accurate description of me.

The latest corporate outrage

This time it comes to you courtesy of Sprint/Nextel/Embarq!

"I will bitch slap anyone who complains! Sprint uber alles!"

The crazy greedy bastards at Sprint, who have been rumored to enjoy gunning down busloads of orphans, pledging to give 15 percent of their after tax profits to sinister homeschooling cabals, and poisoning wells, have just decided to drop over 1000 of their customers. Why are they dropping these customers? Because these damnable people had the gall to call them and complain about their shitty service. Imagine that, people who paid Sprint to give them decent phone service had the gall to complain and then turn around and bite the hand that took their money! Oh the humanity! Oh the cheek! Oh my fucking god, go read the full story here.

Then when you either calm down or stop laughing, go see this guy's old page about how Sprint screwed him over. Also you take a gander at this if you have time.

You know it's a miracle that we got out of the past six years of the corporate Republican stranglehold without them passing a law that made it a crime to go into a store and to not buy something. How much you want to bet Sprint gets more than enough corporate welfare from the Bush junta to cover the cost of losing these fine American customers.

Actually, it just hit me what all this is about, it's about corporate America wanting to shut us up and to stop us from using our freedom of speech. Well how about this then Sprint/Nextel/Embarq---FUCK YOU!

If I had Sprint, I'd drop them like a fucking rock if I could.