My Favorite Parasite, Kevin Mannix

is at it again. This guy is scum. He lives off of his attempts to pass draconian legislation designed to increase the prison system. It's my opinion that this guy very well could be a Haliburton troll.
One of his worst pieces of legislation is called Measure 11. The premise of this ill thought out law is that children over the age of 15 have fully developed brains and are capable of making adult decisions. This is not the case.
Teen brains are not capable of making adult decisions. Even the insurance industry recognizes this. Unfortunately, Conservatives tend to have a bumper sticker mentality.

They tend to want quick fixes that don't involve much thought. I point to Sarah Palin and the Tea Party movement as prime examples.
Teen age brains do not use the dorsal prelateral frontal cortex in decision making.
This area of the brain does not fully develop until the mid 20's.
One other thing to watch for, the Parasite has petitions out, and he is trying to use fear and shame to force people to sign this cursed petition. I know. One of his petition signers tried it with me.

In my view, mandatory minimums are Conservative tools to get votes. They are also a traitorous subversion of the United States justice system.
Our system is meant to be case by case, not a draconian medieval system.
I would give a years pay to see Kevin Mannix hoisted on his own legislation, and I'd bet that a microscopic examination of Mannix would show that he's no different that the rest of the corrupt and tainted GOP.
I'm all for disbanding both parties. They are killing us. And The Parasite, well, he's out to do his part to reduce Oregon to a bankrupt and failed state.

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What a beautiful day! I'm going to Eastern Oregon this weekend, on a large group camp out for PSU. I'm hoping to come back with some great fossils, minerals, photos and sketches. :]
This should be fun! I like camping, normally it's not in a large group, so this will be different.
Adventures in camping...
What could go wrong?

Crazy Day!

First sun, then rain, then hail, then more sun! :]
I can't wait until summer comes. I'm looking forward to the warm air. I'm in the process of having a tadpole bike built by some of my wonderful husband and our young Juggalo friends. I can't ride a regular bike anymore, so I bought plans, and they are going to build it! We have some of the parts, and are looking for the rest. We hope to make this bike out of as many recycled materials as possible.
The bike we're building is from atomiczombie.com, the Street Fox. It calls for regular bike brakes, but we got a steal on new disc brakes on Ebay! These bikes go wicked fast, according to the research we did.

Busier and busier!

Lots of work done last night, getting images onto panels for the upcoming show! May 6th, at the Aura, here in Portland OR at 8:00 pm. It should be fun! I've been to that club before, it's got an interesting floor plan.
Wax and flame, pigment and fire; the tools that create my art!