07/05/2008
Last year, Paul Craig Roberts was quite worried (in politics)
And nothing's changed. Who is Paul Craig Roberts? Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Under Ronald Reagan Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page Contributing Editor of the National Review. What's to worry about ... Read More
Happy July 4th (in politics)
Bush mouths patriotic BS over protests at July 4 ceremony. Oh, for the good old days, when every press op was completely filled with Republican thugs, and these "free speech" nuts were several miles down the road, out of the way... Read More
07/02/2008
A documentary worth watching (free) (in politics)
Yesterday I mentioned the site freedocumentaries.org and the fact that they have, uh, free documentaries you can stream or download. I wanted to put in my two cents on a film I hadn't seen before but think is quite good, with one or two minor re ... Read More
07/01/2008
Venom, Ire, ribs, etc. (in politics)
Well, I'm still quite fond of the surgeon who performed my recent surgery, even though I think he underestimated the recovery time from my collateral damage, a broken rib. I think I'll need every moment of the 2 months he initially predicted fo ... Read More
04/27/2008
Who is Laura Berg and why is she getting an award? (in politics)
Better watch those letters to the editor, friend. Laura Berg is a VA nurse who wrote an outraged letter to a local New Mexico paper about Bush, his non-handling of Katrina, and the murderous bogosity of the Iraq war. Her bosses set the FBI o ... Read More
04/16/2008
The difference between lobbying elected representatives and bribing them. (in politics)
For 10 points on the exam, compare & contrast: Example 1 Political giving, Walker said, "gives us the opportunity to participate with elected officials and offer solutions to growing concerns within the energy sector." Example 2 Usin ... Read More
04/10/2008
At Nuremburg, the Nazi High Command were hung for the same things Rice & Cheney approved and directed. (in politics)
Oy & Oy. Oy twice. Once for this news, although ABC is right now the only place carrying this that I can find, and once for the quality of this newscast. I realize I'm out of the loop for "serious" programming on the major networks, but the deli ... Read More
04/07/2008
Money changes everything (in politics)
Truth, objectivity, and scientific integrity are so last century. The important thing is the bucks. Running those big universities costs so much money, and it's so hard to get government grant money because it's all going to fund the war. Be ... Read More
Democratic President or Republican President, Burson-Marsteller will be with us always (in politics)
If you read the paper today, you'll see that Hillary Clinton is shocked - SHOCKED - to find out that her lead pollster and political aide is taking money to support a project Hillary opposes. Mark Penn, a duplicitous schmuck who runs a huge c ... Read More
Lawrence Lessig and his very good idea (in politics)
Following his decision not to run for the US Congress, Lawrence Lessig started an organization called Change Congress. The organization's aim is not to fix the United States, but to address what Lessig calls the first problem; the corrosive e ... Read More