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Monthly Archives: May 2005
Tell Your Friends To Visit and Join the Discussion
I want to encourage anyone who wants to forward one of the articles posted here to do so. As I’ve been posting on an ‘as close to daily as possible’ basis, the traffic numbers have hit a number and remained … Continue reading
Posted in Words
9 Comments
Dave Chapelle – Alive and Well
After disappearing, Chappelle turned up for an interview with TIME Johannesburg bureau chief Simon Robinson on May 13 in an effort to put rumors to rest. Chappelle said he was in South Africa to find “a quiet place” for a … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy
5 Comments
Pat Tillman’s Parents Abandon Script
In the days since I first read this story, there’s been a number of articles written that leverage Tillman’s parents’ statements to fit a larger argument against government secrecy. And while secrecy is part of this case, the larger problem … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Military
19 Comments
Time to Discuss John Bolton
The stretching of intelligence to fit an ideological belief and the credibility of Bolton in his testimony before the foreign relations committee are both of incredible importance if this man is to represent America at the UN. He’s entering an … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Politics
9 Comments
I Strongly Urge You To Sign This Petition
http://www.petitiononline.com/judgeam/petition.html It’s for a constitutional amendment that would require a 2/3 vote in congress for any judicial appointment. Regardless of what party is in the majority at any time, a 2/3 majority vote should be the standard to maintain the … Continue reading
Posted in Words
13 Comments
The Eye of a Storm
The wind howls outside this drafty window rattling like it has something to tell me. Amidst this oasis of political compromise in the Senate, something stirs beneath it all. Like this cold stormy May evening in New England, there’s an … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Politics, Religion
5 Comments
A Nation of the People, by the People and For the Stock Prices
There’s an idea at play in President Bush’s nomination of Janice Rogers Brown that business is sacred and the worker is a negligible part of the whole. When a business bears responsibility for the mistreatment of their workers or an … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Justice
23 Comments
Democrats Must Protect Our Pensions
Legislation to make it harder for corporations to default on payment to pension plans must be a staple of Democrat campaigns in the upcoming mid-term and national elections. This dilemma impacts corporations, stockholders, employees and pension-fund managers. The only one … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Economics, Politics
4 Comments
Untitled Parody
Deep down in the sub-basement of Newsweek, the man in a really expensive suit broods over how he’s going to get back at the lowly Republican White House who had foiled his master plan of killing every soldier in Iraq … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Comedy
8 Comments
Operation Win The War
“The day will come when we will rule America. The day will come when we will rule Britain and the entire world – except for the Jews. The Jews will not enjoy a life of tranquility under our rule because … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Military, Politics
17 Comments
Big Government
The myth Republicans want you to buy into is that the idea of ‘big government’ is still all about taxes and your concealed weapon. Today though, it’s more about equal rights, privacy and most importantly the distribution of federal funds … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Politics, Words
16 Comments
Crosseyed and Painless
We’re all spun now in this never ending he said/she said battle, while being fed rations of gossip-ridden gumbo every day by the talking heads and print media. We’re urged to base the depth of our political knowledge not on … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Politics, Words
9 Comments
Perfect Judge for a Monarchy
“Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates, and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Justice
19 Comments
America’s Foreign Policy Filter
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan good, Iran and Iraq bad. To the country that reportedly houses Osama Bin Laden within its borders, Harpoon and Sidewinder missiles. To the country that raised it’s little boys to become suicide bombers on 9/11, a … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Military, Politics
24 Comments
Rogue Judges and Religious Oppression
Republicans are drumming up support amongst their base with tough talk of ‘rogue activist judges’ and the incredible danger they pose to our way of life. Bill Frist informs us that the judicial filibuster is, “being used against people of … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Justice, Politics, Religion, Words
39 Comments
The O’Springer Factor
With the Iraqi government taking historic steps towards carving out a peaceful future and Congress in session, a hot topic of conversation across the country is the runaway bride of John Mason and whether he’s a fool for wanting her … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Comedy, Politics
18 Comments
A Minefield of Quotas, Recruiters Beware
Anyone whose been exposed to the story of a sting operation on a recruiter by a boy named David McSwane, might be wondering what kind of people these recruiters were. How could a soldier in the United States Army in … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Military
15 Comments