Cultural Chassis
June 5, 2009In 1956, there were less than 170 million US peoples, unemployment was at less than 5 percent, a first-class postage stamp cost less than a nickel. And Dinah Shore was hawking the Chevy brand. In the…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Figs Newton
June 1, 2009Villager #1: We have found a witch. May we burn her? Crowd: Burn her! Burn! Burn her! Burn her! Bedevere: How do you know she is a witch? Villager #2: She looks like one. Crowd:…
‘Hiroshima Mon Amour’
May 28, 2009This past weekend the North Koreans tossed the old middle finger once again at the world and tested a nuclear device: “Was it another fizzle?†asked Hans M. Kristensen, a nuclear expert at the Federation…
Memory
May 25, 2009Despite all the posturing, the US is a war-like nation. (Illustration found here). War has always been in the vital interests of the US — starting from day one, but officially most-likely from the Pequot War…
‘Change’ = ? = WTF!
May 21, 2009Change out my wizened, ancient ass! Yesterday from CREW  — Citizens for Responsibility And Ethics In Washington — on the so-called Valerie Plame Wilson episode: CREW learned today that the Obama administration is opposing our request that…
Where Is We?
May 19, 2009Talk about being lost after eight years of failure on so many different levels! It is uncertain whether the Air Force will be able to acquire new satellites in time to maintain current GPS service…
‘IRF-ed’ — Biblically Speaking
May 17, 2009The terror/shame of America. (Illustration found here). Similar to peeling the layers off one rotten-assed onion, the horrors of the last presidential administration continues to strike nausea and shame into the very hearts of any…
A Brief History Of A Dick
May 16, 2009“If two cars come up next to you, one with a stranger and one with Dick Cheney, you get in the car with the stranger.” — Wanda Sykes, advice to her children regarding really scary,…
Children’s Future Past
May 14, 2009An understated environmental report today from the UK, calling climate change the biggest global-health threat of the 21st century. Lead author of the report Professor Anthony Costello: “The big message of this report is that climate…
Iraq’s Jabberwocky Nightmare
May 13, 2009The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! — Lewis Carroll (Illustration found here). A surreal snapshot of a horrifying, nonsensical moment in time: The Iraqi invasion just might end up being the greatest man-made…