It is the best of times to be a democracy. It is the worst of times to be a democracy. All over the world, fledgling democracies are springing up in the place of decades old dictatorships. Tunisia, Egypt, and (any day now) Libya will all be in that exciting new phase of a country where…
Category: Thursday
Petty Issues Week 5
Charlie Sheen is fired for being a crazy egomaniac with delusions of grandeur…Faux News officially offers him a job. The Adjustment Bureau rides early lead in my “Best Film of 2011” estimation, narrowly beating Big Momma’s House 3 and any movie starring Nicolas Cage by 20 miles. Republikinz wunt 2 defund Peil Gruntz dey mus…
R.I.P “Liberal” Media (or Why the Media Won’t Call Scott Walker a Fascist But Will Call Obama a Socialist)
It’s time to call a time of death on something that may never have existed in the first place: the liberal media. I’m not sure the exact date to put on the tombstone for either birth (of course at one time the media was as doctored and corporatized by big business as it is now) or…
Petty Issues Week 4
And they wonder why America is so fat: You can’t have a commercial with a Dr. Pepper, Doritos, McDonald’s, etc. commercial. When’s the last time you saw a fucking commercial for lettuce? I’ve lost a little weight since the beginning of the year through a diet of spontaneous vomitting after watching John Boehner cry about…
Larger Editorial: Why Jesus Would Support Unions
Partial Caveat: This could easily go into Sunday’s Sermons (and was supposed to originally) but if I wait until Sunday to post it, who knows if unions will even still be around. Plus, this section is where I post something I value every week, and for me the issue of unions is about as close to…
Petty Issues
There is a circle of hell that killers go to, below it is where child rapists go, and below that is where the Bravo executive responsible for the Real Housewives franchise can expect a spot. In Washington Tom Delay traded political favors for money. In prison Tom Delay trades money to keep from giving sexual…
Larger Editorials: Why America is in an Arms Race with Itself
Last week I briefly mentioned that in the ongoing debate about trimming the deficit the one sacred cow the Republican Party seems resistant to cut is the defense budget. This week, I’d like to talk about it a lot more than briefly. Ever since the height of the Cold War, America has become the exact…
Petty Issues Week 2
Joe Biden is the Fredo Corleone of Vice Presidents. If Obama doesn’t ditch him and trade up (I’m looking at the lady who should have been offered the job in 2012, Hillary Clinton) we can look forward to the Dumb and Dumber Presidency of Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin. God I hope The Social Network…
Larger Editorial: Why Old People Should Vote Democrat
In the ongoing debate about what fat we need to cut off our budget in an attempt to reel in our 14 trillion dollar national deficit, a clear distinction emerges between the two parties. The Democrats want to cut the military budget—largest in the world—which is also the government sector most directly responsible for the…
Petty Issues Week 1
Jewelry companies have advertised 400 times more than usual in the run up to Valentine’s Day. Why don’t they just show a picture of an angry girlfriend opening a box of candy with the tag line “Our advertising is designed to make her disappointed?” I wonder if alcohol commercials will increase around St. Patrick’s Day……
