Friday, September 11, 2009
I’m not entirely sure whether the President has been heckled from the floor of Congress before. I do know if this had happened sometime during the past eight years, it would be a better country today. Again, civility towards the President is overrated. George W. Bush lied to the country every day in office, and [...]
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
One of the things we tend to forget, ignore, or downplay is that history is going to look at the turn of the millennium as The Obama Era, no matter what happens. That’s just a fact of life. America is coming to terms with its racial and racist past, and all of our lives in [...]
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To make it up to you, holy crap. Jim Cornette. Turn it down if you’re listening at work.
My beloved wife stumped me the other day. I have no idea how to get rid of crabgrass. In fact, I say, live and let live. After all, the crabgrass was here first. She also stumped me with an historical* question. When was the best time to be alive in American history?
Wow, I didn’t realize how little I’d have to say after Obama’s election. I suppose I could have gone ballistic about people like Rahm Emmanuel, Robert Gates and Hillary Clinton being part of the new regime, with a loop of “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!” playing in the background. But that [...]
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
I’m sure I’m being terribly, terribly unfair. But tell me this isn’t the face of a man who would curbstomp me for being a race traitor.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
In “I, Claudius,” the protagonist rolls his eyes at those who expected Caligula to be an improvement on Tiberius, on the grounds that any man of any quality would have been eliminated long before he would be in a position to become Emperor. Claudius uses his brother Germanicus as an example – yes, he would [...]
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Calling Obama a terrorist is not precisely the same as calling Sarah Palin, in the words of “Arrested Development,” a “country-music lover,” or “seaward.” First of all, nobody thinks C-words are un-American. C-words never killed anyone, except in very specific and unpleasant circumstances. Nobody thinks C-words should be killed, assassinated, imprisoned, tortured, or shorn of [...]
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Saturday, October 11, 2008
Video of him trying to bring his supporters back to America. It’s not like McCain deserves a cookie for not calling for Obama to be assassinated. But John McCain climbed out of the abyss. That’s very reassuring. Maybe he can bring his supporters with him. Some of them, maybe.
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Of course Bill Ayres is an issue. I can understand why Republicans are so outraged about a man who said this: When the bureaucrats come after me, I suggest they wear red coats. They make better targets. In the federal government are the biggest liars in the United States, and I hate them with a [...]
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I’m sure the answer is elsewhere on the Internet, but how’s McCain gonna buy up all these crappy mortgages AND freeze spending at the same time?
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Forgive the angry, partisan title. I thought it was funny. I find a number of things about Governor Palin and her support disturbing for a couple of reasons. For one thing, it is as deep as the ocean and as fervent as the plague…and as of September 16, thirteen days old. Her supporters, which for [...]
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Boy, I thought I felt bad that my favorite soccer team is licking the anthill. Hopefully that Obama gaffe will be shrugged off, or at least only focused on by the nits who think Obama was a Muslim anyway. But man. The idea that one stupid gaffe will validate the PUMAs just breaks my tiny [...]
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Thursday, September 4, 2008
“Oh, your baby is so beautiful!” “Oh, I know! Makes your baby look like two bowls of dog food!” I don’t ACTUALLY long to have that conversation. For some weird reason, everyone I know who has had a children has ended up having INSANELY beautiful children. I’m just glad that Sophia kept pace. Anyway, speaking [...]
Shower was a big hit – my big contribution was a CD with “Rubber Duckie” by Ernie along with “Rock Lobster,” “Bananaphone,” “Nellie the Elephant” – yes, Sophia Cat’s taste in music will have a kill radius, if I have anything to do with it. “Rubber Duckie” was my wife’s idea, though one that had [...]
Mrs. Sandbox with the all-time great political gift idea: a Barack Obama onesie labelled “It’s Time For a Change.”
My mom answers the call. Hilary asked that suggestions be sent to her website. Here are mine. After the South Dakota primary, you asked for suggestions. Here are four: 1. Concede promptly and graciously. You should have done so on Tuesday night. 2. Stop referring to your victory in the popular vote. The popular vote [...]
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This issue annoys me greatly, because it’s so clear-cut and simple. There is simply no reason to oppose gay marriage, except out of reasons motivated by prejudice. That’s not saying California won’t prove itself to be populated by a majority of bigots, or easily manipulated dopes. It just means that this is the biggest civil [...]
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If Senator Clinton were advancing some noble cause, or even opposing someone whose ideological makeup was significantly different from hers, then her quixotic campaign would be absolutely understandable, perhaps even noble. As every American knows by now, she is not. The lead page of hillaryclinton.com features reports of her win in Puerto Rico, her leads [...]
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My Dad just had a birthday – happy birthday, Dad! – and so he felt obliged to comment on the current political process in a letter to his local paper. This year I turned 65. As a card carrying Old Geezer, I have observed the Democratic primaries with interest. The Senator from New York has [...]
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