Near-Pure Crazy
May 3, 2012Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity…
Tag Archives: History
Anniversary
May 1, 2012Put-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…
Voices of Vicious Villainy
April 29, 2012As 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…
Power Outage
April 26, 2012Early 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…
Baghdad Blooper
April 24, 2012This 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…
College Degree — ‘An Empty Cliff’
April 23, 2012Last week, a regular customer and I got into a short discussion during check-out on the subject of college debt — she told me she was having trouble paying off just $4,000 in loan obligations.…
Dude, My Stash Is Half Gone
April 20, 2012Despite today being the national pot day — 4/20 — hahahahahahahahaha…. If you celebrate this particular day in any fashion, you’re not a real toker, but a celebrity seeker. In case you didn’t know it,…
Much Ado About…
April 18, 2012Pretty much a fact that Republicans can’t govern worth a shit — three GOP presidents excepted, Abe, Ike and Dick, though the last guy had some major pathological problems — and George Jr. was the…
Word
April 17, 2012“They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around the kitchen table and figure out how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago.” — George…
Afghan Awful
April 16, 2012“The other day I was listening to the radio. The Afghan minister was assassinated. I’m thinking, What threat did he pose to the Taliban? Who even wants to go to Afghanistan? His phone rings once…