With this week’s cruise “disaster” in Italy, I’m thinking cruise lines will have to discount their prices for this upcoming year as some consumers will have a knee-jerk reaction of fear. But lightening rarely strikes twice folks and savvier customers will take advantage of the slashed prices, so keep checking prices over the next few…
Category: Thursday
A Special, Unflattering Q and A With “The Obamas” Controversial Writer Jodi Kantor
Immediate Disclaimer: I didn’t get to exclusively interview her (and probably wouldn’t break my back trying to as everything she could tell you is in her book…which in effect is available for free on Google) but I did attend a special Barnes and Noble Q&A/book signing that she did last night in Manhattan. I thought…
Petty Issues: Congratulations Edition
Congratulations to Mitt Romney on his totally expected and predictable victory in New Hampshire as he soars to his totally expected and predictable winning of the nomination…by process of elimination as all other major candidates have either failed to enter the race (Trump, Christie, Huckabee, Daniels) or been found to be serial perverts (Cain) or…
2011 Was a Great Year For the World (Whether The World Realizes It or Not)
I can’t think of a year in recent memory that offered so much and got recognized for so little. This year, people’s moods were generally pretty down thanks to a sluggish worldwide economy and dismal U.S. jobs numbers. [Of course, it doesn’t help that one of the two U.S. political parties tried to milk every…
Petty Issues: End of the Year Edition
As we close out the year, let’s take a look at everything our wonderful Republicans did for us in 2011: First the new Tea Party-led House of Representatives kick started the year by holding the economy hostage over renewing the Bush tax cuts, then they held it hostage over passing a yearly budget, then they…
Petty Issues: Christmas Edition
Worst Present: A pack of socks…No matter how much someone pretends like it’s something they needed, they’re lying. Sure, you might “need” socks, but you probably also need a tooth brush, shaving cream, bar soap, or any number of things you could buy at a drug store for a pocketful of loose change. Worst Food:…
How Obama Can Turn a Shitty Economy to His Advantage
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a million times (just depending on how much I watch Chris Matthews’s show): “The economy is Obama’s achilles heal.” “Unless Obama gets this economy under control, he’s toast.” “Republicans will hammer Obama on jobs and think that will be their ticket to a win in 2012.” “No…
Petty Issues
Nothing happened this week…nothing. Oh okay, that’s not true, but it feels like it is. This week felt a bit like groundhog day as there was a shooting at Virginia Tech, Sons of Anarchy had a disappointing season finale where nobody important died, and Rick Perry did something stupid. Obama gave a speech asking the…
Larger Editorials: Alabama’s Shifting Attitudes Towards Gay Marriage
Occasionally, I get asked why I don’t talk about issues that relate to homosexuals more often. The argument usually goes “Surely, there is enough material to write about gay marriage in one of the most homophobic states in the country.” And of course there is, except for two things: 1. I haven’t met that many…
Petty Issues
It’s so sad to see Barney Frank retire this week…well, at least we have Alan Grayson in the House to help–wait, okay now it’s really sad see to see Frank go, but don’t worry, at least we have Anthony Weiner to fight for us–shit… Herman Cain (who is making Bill Clinton look asexual at this…
(Not So) Petty Issues: What I’m Thankful for in 2011
I’m thankful that we’re finally getting out of Iraq. I’m thankful for TV’s Justified, Fringe, Parks and Recreation, Community, the now-cancelled Rubicon, Damages, and especially Breaking Bad which is in a league of its own, also a dozen lesser shows that dare to stand out in the vast disappointment that is 2011 television. I’m thankful…
Petty Issues
Now that Herman Cain has been all but ruined by four different sexual harassment allegations, do you think the GOP wishes they’d picked a different token black guy to make them look less racist for hating Obama? Twilight Breaking Dawn: Part-One hits theaters this weekend and that title is either a threat or a promise…
Larger Editorial: Mitt Romney’s Not an Idiot, He Just Plays One On TV
By now we’ve all gotten to know Mitt Romney so well, that it surprised me this week when I discovered that I really know nothing about him. The single largest criticism of Romney is that he’s a flip flopper, a phoney, an artificial mannequin who will say or do anything to get elected. In other words:…