Security on ICE
December 1, 2007“I’d really like to have him (Michael Chertoff) spend some time with us telling us why he thinks you’re qualified for the job, because based on the resume I don’t think you are.” — Sen.…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Iraq Attack!
November 3, 2007Upon receiving the not-altogether-hideous news, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was reportedly optimistic, but could not predict a realistic time frame in which the overall conditions in Iraq would become the opposite of terrifying, or even…
Boots and Saddles
October 25, 2007An interesting item, the lede from Inter Press News Service, written by Dahr Jamail: “Iraq war veterans now stationed at a base here say that morale among US soldiers in the country is so poor,…
‘Lily Pad’ The Counterfactual Empire
October 18, 2007As the worldwide price of oil subtly neared $90 a barrel and two US wars in the Middle East are quickly, horrifically going-to-shit in slow motion, Decider George obtained a good laugh yesterday at a…
‘Greatest minds’ Support The Troops!
October 10, 2007Just when one thinks all the worst aspects of the US military system has been revealed, here comes another. Even with the well-documented horror about equipment, body armor, and prolonged tours in war zones, the…
Sputnik, Nutnik: ‘Poor Kids, First’
October 4, 2007Fifty years ago today our world was way-way smaller. We here at Compatible Creatures were smaller:Â Only eight-years-old. Howdy Doody, the puppet. Lee Marvin as a TV detective and those Pall Mall commericals ending with…”outstanding!…
‘The Leader’ Nose
October 2, 2007“President George W. Bush’s paranoid megalomania is so rampant that close friends and supporters worry about the man’s sanity and fear he has lost his tenuous grip on reality.” Â Â Â Â Â Â…
Ain’t Had No Schoolin’
September 27, 2007“I’m not much of a reader,” I said, ashamed. “I never had much schoolin’.” “But you can read, can’t you?” “A mite ma’am.” I pushed back from the table. “I’m gettin’ up early. I better…
Blackwater: ‘Ali Baba’ Alibi
September 26, 2007Another brick in the wall! Decider George has never, and the operative word here is never, had any sense. Due to his position, though, a bogus, senseless, self-serving and random mindset affects every asshole on…
Lying Liars Leading the Blind
September 16, 2007intractable adj. 1. not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition. 2. (of things) hard to shape or work with: an intractable metal. 3. hard to treat, relieve, or…