War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
One item that’s fallen off the news radar the past few weeks is gas prices — no more the hand-wringing stories of people going without food to fuel their vehicles and all is well. Out of sight, out of mind? You betcha. Yesterday, I put another $20 worth of gas in my Jeep with the…
Put-down of the day number one — from Juan Cole, pissed at Mitt Romney’s put-down of President Obama’s take-out of Osama bin Laden: Mitt Romney said Monday that of course he would have taken out Bin Laden and that ‘even Jimmy Carter would have made that call.’ Since Jimmy Carter ordered a brave and risky…
Mitt Romney waxing eloquent Friday at Otterbein University in Ohio: “The impact of gathering facts, gathering information, learning about the reality behind the words, has proven to me, in the business sector, that facts are more important than words and that results are more important than words,” he said. “So as you look at the…
As we begin a near-seven month nightmare — the 2012 elections — the US of A has become one vast holding pen of pure bullshit, creating an ironic, near-mockery of American democracy. Not only is the political discourse so freakin’ stupid, sometimes just a pain to watch, but the distortion of so much data is…
We all live by certain rules, sometimes, and to be able to live outside those guidelines is fantasy. Michelle Obama has a thought, via CNN: “It is hard to sneak around and do what you want,” Obama continued. “I have done it a couple of times. But you know one fantasy I have, and the…
Early yesterday, we had a couple of power outages — pretty rare up here — and the last one occurred while working on this blog, and no post. First time during the weekdays for more than 18 months straight — hey, not bad. And man — when one is so used to light 24/7 dark…
This would be laughable if not so bat-shit crazy. A response to George Jr. this weekend via Town Square Buzz: Most of Bush’s speeches are closed to the press, and this was no exception, so I was not allowed to record or report on the event. That’s a shame. This was a side of the…
Once again, a glance at the nasty-sticky, slimy world of oil as nit-twits-in-charge discuss unleashing reserves — yesterday, the French claimed they’re considering a release of emergency stockpiles to bring down oil prices. Won’t change the pump price, though. On Wednesday: Benchmark US crude fell by $1.92 to end at $105.41 per barrel in New…
(Illustration found here). The Republican Party — the sweet-smelling sour apple GOP — is probably the most mean-spirited, nasty-faced and schizophrenic organization on the planet — they couldn’t find their multi-collective ass with both hands. Midterm elections earlier this month not only displayed a nut-house approach to politics, but the foul-mouthed GOP in its desire…
Near, so near to conclusion of the extreme-worse of all US presidential administrations, we find ourselves also with a view of the extreme-worse of all presidential candidates — Jackboot John McCain is the most retarded (not PC, we know), shameless incompetent ever to attempt the White House. (The above pix from bewarethemarketplaceidols). One gut-clenching, hands-over-face experience…