War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
And from the mouth of babes. In a pop-up case for getting’ the shit out of Dodge, one angle opened this week for ending the horrifying escapade in Iraq. The problem, though, is Decider George’s inability to decipher right from wrong. Popular Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has reportedly told a newspaper from the UK he…
Thirteen years ago, Vice President Dufus Dick Cheney, then just a former secretary of defense, draft dodger and general asshole guy, said a military adventure into Iraq would be a very stupid, dumb-shit thing to do. “How many additional dead Americans is Saddam worth? It’s a quagmire if you go that far and try to…
 “I hate it when they say, ‘He gave his life for his country.’ Nobody gives their life for anything. We steal the lives of these kids. We take it away from them. They don’t die for the honor and glory of their country. We kill them.” Admiral Gene LaRocque Dog-tired days of summer: Five…
Shit floats! Or does it if ten pounds is ass-pressed into a five-pound bag? Last week, in order to flame the burning fires and keep the killing shit flowing, Secretary of State Condi Rice and Defense Secretary Bob Gates made trips to the Mid East to chat up Decider George’s plan for a $43 billion…
As the days and months flow by, the news from the US Justice Department is still the same old shit. However, for the first time in US history, the general public can get a look into how corruption, arrogance and incompentence fills the so-called oval office. Decider George and his buddy AG Alberto “Don’t Recall”…
Sweeping eyes and ears across the vast picture of the planet immediately conjures up Marven Gaye’s captivating, double-question lyrics easily and melodically-heard in the brain: “What’s Goin’ On? … What’s Goin’ On?†Quick knowledge comes faster and faster. Technology has indeed made the world seem smaller and closer, but really all it has produced is…
In the continuous outpouring of flak and crap on, about, for and against the insane, horrific Iraq debacle there has been a voice, seemingly crying in the wilderness, a voice that should have been heard much, much louder. And the voice has been screaming for awhile. In order to supplement the GI Bill for college,…
Day after July fourth: Malcontent and hot-under-the collar utterances against a putrid situation. On TV’s History Channel yesterday was a well-produced, though kind of cheesy look at events leading up to the US becoming a viable nation. The recognized starting point of that process was July 4th, 1776, and the story continued until George Washington…
We here at Compatible Creatures have always much-enjoyed the literary technique of alliteration. Maybe too often. However, the device does carry a salient ring; words slip off the tongue, sometimes without passing lips and produce a fluid, distinct sound even in the mind: Alliteration is also known as “head rhyme.” As in title to this…
When anyone attempts to compare Iraq with any other horror show, except maybe Vietnam, and then draws parallels between them should undergo a brain scan: Intelligence has leaked into the biosphere. Even from veterans who ought to know better. One of these warfare, motor-mouthed individuals is retired General Barry McCaffrey, one of those hard-fisted, clenched-jawed…