Sad Sack
October 9, 2011One thing that aggravates me to no end is George Jr. — the man can’t really disappear because of all the horror he left behind haunts the entire planet. Now he’s afraid US troops don’t…
One thing that aggravates me to no end is George Jr. — the man can’t really disappear because of all the horror he left behind haunts the entire planet. Now he’s afraid US troops don’t…
Mr. Bush had belittled “nation building†while campaigning for president 18 months earlier. But aware that Afghans had felt abandoned before, including by his father’s administration after the Soviets left in 1989, he vowed to…
“How can we let this happen? How is that acceptable in the United States of America? The answer is, it’s not. It’s an outrage. And it’s a betrayal — a betrayal — of the ideals…
Nearly as Pink Floyd intoned more than 30 years ago: “Is Anybody Out There?” the noted follow-up nowadays: Is anybody listening, or paying attention? A surge is rippling through US financial districts as the Occupy…
In the last few years there’s been a momentous outburst of gall — the audacity of some people to bullshit despite incredible evidence to the contrary — which has touched just about every aspect of…
Living in the nowadays apparently makes a lot of people scared of just about everything, and the real ‘new normal‘ is the high-abundance of paranoia. And this delusion of persecution, this extreme, irrational distrust of…
“If you don’t want it to be the most expensive year [for gasoline prices,] you’re surreptitiously rooting for an economic debacle.†— Tom Kloza of the Oil Price Information Service (via the Washington Post last…
Despite a near-worldwide call for a stay amid a legal case with an “enormous cloud of doubt,” Troy Davis was executed last night in Georgia, once again showing how the US will kill — Texas…
(Illustration found here). Fifty percent of the US political system is eaten completely up with hardcore dumb ass — and to make it even far worse, apparently that half don’t give a shit. Not only…
From McClatchy Newspapers: Sniping and snide remarks are out on Capitol Hill. Being nice — and seeking common ground, or at least appearing to — is suddenly in. Since returning from their summer recess earlier…