War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
On Wall Street this morning protests continue as a now-major force in the news cycle, making folks pay attention to one of the great scams of world history. And today is for the future — Kids Speak Out Day — as the swelling demonstrations starts its 24th outing to put the spotlight on the horrors…
Once in a while, I come across something that both deeply saddens and pisses me off to no frickin’ end. In the horrific display of cold-hearted meaness overflowing in the two recent GOP presidential debates — especially in the infamous incident of the uninsured — comes an effective, and emotionality-charged post at Daily Kos about the…
(Illustration found here). Being poor is getting further down and dirty. In an age where money is getting scarce for those on the bottom rung of the economic ladder, the prospects for any kind of decent future are quickly sucking down the financial drain. On Tuesday, the US Census Bureau released it annual poverty outlook…
(Illustration found here). “The economy makes it really tough right now,” said (Tyler) Mitchell. “People say, ‘You go to college, you get a degree, you’ll get a great job.’ Well nowadays, I don’t really think that’s really the case. You go to college, you get a degree, you get a lot of debt, and you…
Even as Vermont drowns in its own water, the politics of war still plays on the airwaves, especially after The Dick Cheney made the rounds boasting of his new literary efforts in disengaging the truth from a lie. Seemingly, the further away from the invasion of Iraq and closer to the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11,…
(Illustration found here). Yesterday, I put another $20 worth of gas in my Jeep, this time at $3.99 a gallon, which is a dime drop since the last time a couple of weeks ago. Oil prices, after making a drastic dump early last week, are apparently working back upwards again. From liveoilprices this morning: In…
Despite that most-heralded, most-joyous news from President Obama last night on a debt ceiling compromise deal, US peoples shouldn’t be so happy, in fact, they should have an attack of great financial fright. Obama helped create a monster even in the eyes of his own: “This deal does not even attempt to strike a balance…
As John ‘The Boner’ Boehner blubbered last night about not “going mano-a-mano with the President of the United States” after trying to refute President Obama on the debt ceiling shit-storm, the mass of US peoples are hurting for work. The Boner and his GOP suck buddies haven’t a clue (or if they do, don’t give…
(Illustration found here). Dawn is still about 90 minutes away here on California’s northern coastline, and a thick Pacific fog compels this little corner of a world-gone-utterly bonkers to remain quiet and still. And bonkers be it — there’s enough ugly going on right now to either make me so sad I want to cry,…
Pure crazy is gaining momentum by the hour, even as the entire structure of mankind’s latest reincarnation of civilization is breaking apart like an Arkansas outhouse hit by an F5 tornado. And the crazies who are in charge of running this so-called civilization haven’t enough sense to scramble away from that outhouse, but instead scream…