thank you for the video of the horses, amazing!! compelling!! Outstanding!!
amazing video, indeed.
My headline: "Classified Cheney files opened by public demand, revealing that Cheney had a Martian heart. It is believed he was part of the first wave invasion of earth, sent here to destroy the environment and wage debilitating wars."
Grrreeeeaaat post youse guys.
Bush indicted by the Hague, Cheney collapses from the news. Republicans in disarray as Condolezza Rice speeds home.
I am left without words...
Great post but I can't decide whether to laugh or cry.
I love it! A breaking news where the headline is Bush stepping down. I printed it and will share this one. As for Cheney with a martian heart, I choose to believe it LOL It would explain his disturbing coldness and his evilness (sorry, I can't put it in any other words).
Great post!
Poll reveals the astonishing news that 90% of Americans in the 18-25 year range know the difference between global warming and the ozone hole.
Only 10% know who Eminem is.
What fun!
Breaking news: George W. Bush and Condi Rice caught in delecti flagrante. Laura Bush sues for divorce. Religious Right implodes.
Fantastic post. Would love to share it with others. (I have enjoyed your blog, and this is my first comment.)
My CNN Breaking News headline is:
George W. Bush discovered plotting to intern Americans for disagreeing with his philosophy, convicted of crimes against humanity, and sent to Leavenworth for the rest of his "unnatural" life.
Thank you, thank you for an amazing start to my day. I need a dose of truth and they're getting harder to find. Your blog is my sustenance.You two are amazing - Thanks for being one of my little corners of reality on the web!
That was great but the video sad. Animals are indeed amazing.
My favorite headline is 'In stunning reversal, the Supreme Court admits its prior mistake, anoints Al Gore as United States president and ousts entire Bush- Cheney team after accepting undeniable evidence of voter fraud in Florida 2000'
Religious fundamentalists of all stripes were swept off the earth yesterday in what was, apparently, the Rapture they have been expecting!
I LOVED this post, it made me laugh, and the video made me cry. When that first giant tree went down, my whole body reacted with grief. Bless you both for giving us so much to keep us sane and laughing!
Priceless. Can't add anything worth a damn to that list.
"The haunting song" line gave me chills.
I, too, cried when I watched the video. These are the stately oaks of my youth - they guarded my beloved English countryside. Even though I knew the horses were coming, I gasped when they appeared. It was mythical: dark messengers sent by a mourning earth-spirit.
As for CNN breaking news, I don't think yours can be improved upon: Bush resigning because he's not having fun. It says it all.
Dawn-- I thought that was a pretty remarkable video too.
TD-- Ah Cheney's martian heart. I always thought I'd like the martians, but if Cheney is any indication of what they'll be like, No Thanks!
SBGypsy-- Good one! Yes, Bush indicted, Cheney collapses. It's pure poetry!
endment-- So glad you liked it. It was fun to write.
Suzanne-- I love that you printed that faux breaking news email. I had such a good time creating that!
wayne-- I'm sorry, but that's just simply too unbelievable! Only 10% know Eminem? Impossible. Cheney's martian heart is more realistic!!!
CCorax-- Pictures at 10:00. Woohoo!
Motherkitty-- Welcome to the bums and thank you so much for commenting. I like your headline very much, although it has a very scary beginning. As long as we win at the end!
Patricia-- Thanks for such a kind comment. We like to have fun every now and then, even while we are scared sh*tless about the direction our country is going in.
Rain-- It was a very sad video. I had hoped the horses would prevail. It's amazing that I can still have such naive hope.
Kim-- Sane and laughing, that's what we strive for in our own lives. It's work to find something to have a laugh about everyday.
Culture Ghost-- I could almost imagine the song, when I wrote that line. The sound of all the animals of the world pleading with us to stop.
1. George W Bush has gotten lost wandering on the White House lawn.
Pam-- Oh, you know those incredible oaks? How sad. It is painful to watch them being hacked apart, like the flesh of silent whales. Unbearable. I really had hope that the horses would win, would make everyone see the horrible mistake they were making.
John-- You made me laugh out loud. You capture the absolute idiocy of our President.
Afterthought: The oaks in England were being removed to make way for a road. It reminded me of our last trip to Ireland. As our bus took us from Shannon Airport to Ennis, the bus driver told us a bit about the area. He pointed out that the straight multi-lane highway we were travelling on was about to make a sharp curve, like a river meander, and then return to the straight-away. The reason? The road was going around an ancient, gnarled oak tree - home to the "little people." No one in Ireland would dream of disturbing the little people.
what a totally sad and desperately lovely video. it says it all. how can we be so far removed from the one home we have?
i agree with everyone else. amazing video. what were the horses communicating to one another when they touched the police horse? where did you find this?
my cnn headline? hmmm. it has something to do with legalizing pot...
I keep thinking back on the closing Bob Newhart episode in which Suzanne Pleshette (his wife from the prior Bob Newhart Show) and Bob wake up in their bed. He says, something to the effect: I've just had the weirdest dream . . .
My fantasy is to wake up and find that Gore was acknowledged to be our legally elected president. I'd like to turn to my hubby and say "I've just had the wierdest dream - Bush was selected president by the Supreme Court and then we had eight years of unfathomable downward spiral. Whew, am I glad that was only a dream!"
Or how about "US Government designates Kansas Extreme-Right Safe Zone" where folks are free to pollute the earth, stockpile assault rifles, spew anti-Hillary bile, control bedroom behavior, purchase their "elected" officials, forcefeed the Ten Commandments, proclaim righteousness and superiority, let each individual fend for their health and safety, and make as many babies as their hearts' desire.
If they are found outside Kansas attempting any of the above, they will put on a bus and extradited to Kansas.
Pam-- I would just like to see decisions made that puts wildlife and trees above industry and money. What a different world we would live in then.
Anne-- I don't know how we can be so divorced from the one earth that sustains us and gives us life. It is a remarkable and deadening arrogance.
k-- I found the video at a friend and former colleague's website. You can get there by clicking on the Rosewood link on our blogroll.
I also wonder what the horse was trying to communicate when it nuzzled the policeman's horse. It was such an evocative gesture.
soccermom-- I totally remember that episode of Newhart. Wouldn't it be grand if we all woke up and found these years since 2000 were really a horrible, horrible dream. Oh my, I could feel my body relax, and I would dance like there was no gravity!
soccermom-- I love the Kansas solution. It's very funny, and it answers the question: What's the matter with Kansas? On the other hand, we know some lovely, wonderful people who live in Kansas. We couldn't banish them to such a life.
Well, I'm sure we could provide a safe haven for any Kansans who would like to escape before the "rapture" hit their fine state.
'Fraid I have a violent fantasy headline:"CNN Breaking News! Entire US leadership and most of Congress vaporized by alien attack! Only Russ Feingold left!"
Breathtaking, heartbreaking film. I'd love to know what the animals - and especially those horses - have to say to us.
My fantasy CNN Breaking News Headline?
In response to an overwhelming popular outcry, FEMA ends all no-bid contracts, begins hiring displaced local residents for Gulf Coast clean-up and rebuilding, and adopts Katrina Cottages as preferred post-disaster housing option. Thousands of families will have safe shelter before the beginning of the 2006 hurricane season.
*sigh*
Global warming trend reversed; ice caps which were melting re-freeze. The conservatives finally got something right!
I'd love it if we were proved wrong on that one.
Wish I had seen this earlier. The laughs would have kept me warm and fuzzy for hours! Fabulous fun. Thanks, thanks, thanks!
My headline:
All religious leaders recieve divine revaltion! We had it all wrong! We must love and care for each other and our world! Everything else is just BS!
and now Scalia is saying the reporter put words to his gesture that wasn't what he meant. I think you've come up with a fun idea
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