War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
In just a few words, the current plight of mankind: “It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing.†— Elizabeth Kolbert, Field Notes from a Catastrophe Despite some scientists saying humanity will take true…
(Illustration found here). The situation in Afghanistan has gone from real-bad, to worse, to down-right shitty. Eleven NATO troops were killed over the weekend — seven on Saturday — bringing the ugly total to 32 for November, and there’s still time left to increase the body count before the end of the month — the…
Warmongering sonofabitches. Instead of the number 11, US military officials actually meant the number 14 — President Obama on announcing his so-called ‘Afghan surge’ last year blubbered US troops would begin a drawdown in July 2011, but now it seems he was some three years off. Defense honcho Bullet-Bob Gates and a warmongering warning to…
‘Cause suicide is painless it brings on many changes and I can take or leave it if I please. …and you can do the same thing if you choose. — Johnny Mandel, (M*A*S*H lyrics) (Illustration found here). The suicide rate for the US military is staggering. From CBS News last Friday: The Army’s suicide rate is…
In the short run (one must remember there’s no long run here), the most dangerous and gruesome aspect of last Tuesday’s elections is the asshole defiance of GOPers to climate change — not only are they turning their brains inward, they dragging the world down with them. (Illustration found here). Anyone with any shred of walking-around…
Did we neglect to mention John Boehner is an “asshat”? In a trainwreck of an election yesterday, it was fairly-well demonstrated there’s a shitload of asshats in the US. And this a snapshot of why we’re in the toilet. Chris Matthews to Michelle Bachmann: “Congresswoman Bachmann — are you hypnotized tonight? Has someone hypnotized you?…
Today tells the tale — the most expansive midterm election in US history as all sorts and sizes of political entities are crowding the ballot box. And to make the entire situation nearly bat-shit-crazy with electoral chaos, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for the vote, with Republicans needing to have…
Less than a week to go before this infamous mid-term election cycle and the twisted political scene reveals some really mean, nasty and bat-shit-crazy people out there. In the 50 years I’ve been personally aware of politics and its meanings, there’s never been a scene so screwed as the 2010 version. There’s an obvious violent…
Torture is oldie-goldie rock music — after nearly 40 years, enough is enough of Pink Floyd. (Illustration found here). In all the documents dumped on the world’s people from WikiLeaks these past few months the ones painting the real ugly picture is the graphic displaying the US tendency to use torture methods — on anybody,…
A Pentagon spokesman blubbered out on Saturday the WikiLeaks doco-dump was “shameful” and does “an extraordinary disservice to America’s men and women in uniform.” What is the real service and role of the US military service, Geoff? Dude, shameful is the military in its current condition and form. (Illustration found here). Right now, I’m about three-quarters…