Cronkite Continued
July 18, 2009All the blubbering coming from broadcast news last night on the death of Walter Cronkite yesterday made me want to grab a barf bag and run away. These talking twit-heads on TV are nothing but…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Black and White Good Night
July 17, 2009End of trust and straight-talk – Walter Cronkite died today at age 92.  (Illustration found here). In memory, Ben Bradlee with a piece posted today in Newsweek on Cronkite and Watergate: In October 1972, Cronkite devoted two segments,…
‘Let Me Do The Talkin’ Lois’
July 16, 2009I didn’t think the Emmys had the grapes — not like that time they nominated Vince Edwards: He’s just a damn doctor, Jim. (Illustration found here). Who said Seth MacFarlane is imbecilic? Go ahead, you homo, tell…
The Afghan Cannon-Fodder Stare
July 15, 2009Two US marines were killed Saturday in southern Afghanistan, two more died Monday, while the UK lost eight soldiers in a swift, 24-hour period at the end of last week — a war getting worse and…
Afghan Again
July 11, 2009Last fall, I read Frederick Forsyth’s The Afghan, which contains a view of the riot/battle at Qala-i-Jangi fort in November, 2001, exposing the US public to a view of some ferocious insurgency fighting in those…
Cracked-Cranium’s Combat
July 10, 2009As the US slogs its way through two disastrous wars, the ones doing the fighting are killing themselves. At record numbers, 88 so far this year, 21 more than the same time in 2008: “Every…
Iran a-Twitter
June 19, 2009SOS (same-old-shit) — blame outside influences, but this time with a twist. Instead of the standard Great Satan of the US, it’s the UK: In his speech during Friday prayers, Khamenei played on the historic…
Beyond There Lies Their Lies
June 12, 2009Still more grim news, but today’s particular sack of shit is more ethics and morals than anything else. Three stories that reflect our times — strange/bad and getting worse — and how lopsided situations have become as…
Oil-A-Goner
June 11, 2009Just as I get my Jeep Commache finally running right and back on the road — a near-two-year traumatic odyssey — fuel prices at the pump are starting to go up again, rising 20 cents…
‘Climate Refugees’
June 10, 2009Still more bad news from the war on weather. Changes in climate the next few years will create a disaster scenario beyond even the old chesnut of “biblical proportions” as all kinds of bad shit…