Category Archives: Politics
Veterans Day
My brothers and sisters, words fail me. For those who understand, none are needed. For those who don’t, none are sufficient. Peace be with you all.
Voted
Yesterday, the American voting public showed up to express themselves in record numbers. As a result, Election 2010 has turned out to be the largest Congressional upset since World War II, with results exceeding the auto-erotic expectations of even the … Continue reading
Vote
President Obama wants voters to remember that “GOP policies failed to prevent the recession.” What he doesn’t seem to grasp is that We, The People, do remember. We remember that Nancy Patricia D’Alesandro Pelosi became Speaker-elect on November 16, 2006 … Continue reading
Review: Taurus PT1911
Dear Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.: I sincerely hope you’re reading this and take measures to address what I’m about to tell you. I’ve wanted a 1911 for longer than I can recall. I’ve owned a Glock 36 for many years, … Continue reading
Social Vote @foursquare @twitter
Social Media has indeed become very ubiquitous. So much so, that many users don’t even think of it as a “thing.” These days, it is natural to see people checking e-mail, logging into Facebook, chatting with friends via IM, sending … Continue reading
Nine Years Later
Everyone has a story. Mine is no more significant or insignificant than any other. I lived and worked in New York City for a short time from late 1997 to early 1998. I can’t tell you what I was doing … Continue reading
Minute Particulars
“He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.” — William Blake I think … Continue reading
Buddy, can you spare a United Future World Currency?
Fellow world citizens, I present… The Future! United Future World Currency, that is! Comrades, feast your Vulcan squinties on this sparkly bastard! Available for a limited time, in a limited test run, in a limited joint venture between The Belgian … Continue reading
16 Spy Agencies
President Obama has nominated James Clapper, a retired Air Force Lieutenant General (that’s three stars to you civilian types) to head the United States’ 16 spy agencies. Let me run that past you again in case you missed it: SIXTEEN … Continue reading
California: The Boycott State
Today’s essay is brought to you by California Penal Code, Section 834b. 834b. (a) Every law enforcement agency in California shall fully cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding any person who is arrested if he or … Continue reading