Busy

I took a few minutes last week and updated the version of Drupal for my blog. It's been kinda broken -- and is still. I should probably start over from scratch, but at least it's sort of working. I feel like my blog is like the shoe-maker's children, running around barefoot.

I've been angry reading the commentary about the stimulus package -- everyone's coverage, but especially the coverage from the right. A bunch of the right-wing people talk about the stimulus package as "stealing from our children and grandchildren". What about the last 8 years, when the Republicans ran giant deficits that went directly into the pockets of the wealthiest? I could more easily argue that letting anyone make more than, say, $400,000 a year is stealing from society. Anyone who does well in our society does so only because they've been provided by a framework of laws and rules that makes that possible. I think we should have much, much higher taxes at the highest levels so that the wealth that our society generates can be used to promote the common good. At least, the stimulus package has been passed. It's not enough, but it's a good start.