Pissing Bullshit

Some of the righteous posturing: “…utterly deplorable…”  — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta “…wholly inconsistent with the high standards of conduct and warrior ethos that we have demonstrated throughout our history…”  — Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos “…deplorable, reprehensible and unacceptable…”  — White House spokesman Jay Carney “…absolutely inconsistent with American values…”  — Secretary…

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Twelve Months Later…

In case you didn’t know already, this is the last evening of 2011. And if you didn’t have your collective head up your collective ass, you know the past 12 months have been shitsville. “There are a lot of reasons not to elect me.” — Mitt Romney, last September Beyond tomorrow, the Iowa caucus crap-shoot…

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Floating Dreams

Modern life isn’t what we figured a generation ago. The world is way-more high-strung, more anxiety-filled and dangerous. Just yesterday a couple of horrible tragedies — in Texas seven people were found shot to death in an apartment: The seven, believed to be related, were apparently in the process of opening Christmas gifts or had…

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Gloom Before the Doom

Last night on CBS News, an interview with US Defense head Leon Panetta took place on what’s called  “the doomsday plane,” a modified Boeing 747, termed an E-4B by the miltary, and tricked out with a shitload of science-fiction-sounding gear to aid in evading a Judgment-Day scenario. Panetta’s blubberings as usual were nonsensical, but the…

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