Author Archives: Al Swearengen

truthout.org: Rove Has Been Indicted

Karl Rove Indicted on Charges of Perjury, Lying to Investigators By Jason Leopold t r u t h o u t | Report – Saturday 13 May 2006 Probably a year ago I made a bet with Lee from RTFTLC … Continue reading

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Spider Bite Story

Sonicrusk posted about spiders a little while back, and it reminded me of a story. One that brings out the true coward inside all of us…well, inside of me anyway. Jimithy Johnson, welder by trade, can’t call him a friend … Continue reading

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Player Piano – Chapter 7

by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.    PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ELMO C. HACKETTS, JR., approached the Shah of Bratpuhr, Doctor Ewing J. Halyard, of the State Department, Kashdrahr Miasma, their interpreter, General of the Armies Milford S. Bromley, General William K. Corbett, … Continue reading

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Feds out to nab ‘The Prophet’

As a matter of principle, polygamy doesn’t offend or scare me in any way.  My belief is that families are the engine that runs every successful nation in the world, and as long as whoever is up to it, more power … Continue reading

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Soldier I Just Spoke With

He walked into the mini-mart with his Class A uniform on, specialist, with three rows of medals and a mountain division patch. I asked if he was stationed at Fort Drum, he was. Asked if he was deploying to Iraq … Continue reading

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Rove’s Legal Strategy

By the looks of it, Rove was counting on Cooper keeping his mouth shut, in a jail cell for however many months or years.  The following exerpt is from the new issue of Newsweek.  Luskin, Rove’s lawyer, finds out that his … Continue reading

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Stephen Colbert’s WH Press Dinner Speech (w/ Bush sitting a few chairs away)

STEPHEN COLBERT:  Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Before I begin, I’ve been asked to make an announcement. Whoever parked 14 black bulletproof S.U.V.’s out front, could you please move them? They are blocking in 14 other black bulletproof S.U.V.’s and … Continue reading

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Comment Carnivale – #1

Let’s face it…my best writing ends up scattered across the net, in comments, message boards, skanky cyber-bathroom walls (my best limericks are the stuff of #2s miles away from home, so says my $30/hr life coach Murma…I know that sounds … Continue reading

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Filibuster in the Senate – Tax Breaks for Big Oil

Senator Wyden is the hero this week, as my ambivilent-streak concerning the Democrats may be coming to an end quite soon.  The profits have been obscene for oil companies for a while already now, and in spite of this, Republicans … Continue reading

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The Davinci Code – Part 2 (a Movie with Tom Hanks)

This is going to cause a lot of babbling when it comes out.  Expert analysts on the TV hashing it out for days.  As if…what?  We censor it?  On Malacay in Kansas’s behalf?  We pass a law, and anything Malacay finds … Continue reading

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Mary McCarthy Didn’t Leak Info – Fired for What?

Source – MSNBC McCarthy has contributed a total of $7,000 to Democratic political causes over her lifetime, including $2,000 to the Kerry 2004 presidential campaign. Her husband is a landscaper, and they live in Bethesda, Md. This, in and of … Continue reading

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Can’t beat em’, Hire em’!

On Cheney and Rumsfeld orders, US outsourcing intelligence tasks to terrorists in Iraq The Pentagon is bypassing official US intelligence channels and turning to a dangerous and unruly cast of characters in order to create strife in Iran in preparation … Continue reading

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Max, Sam & the job market

My boys are 9.5 months old as of today, so I arranged for them to get their union cards yesterday, took them down into the coal pits for an up close look at where daddy goes for 12 hours every … Continue reading

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Puffy McMoonface Resigns

Here’s what the President had to say about the resignation of his press secretary: “One of these days, he and I will be rocking in chairs in Texas talking about the good old days of his time as the Press … Continue reading

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Oprah’s Finally Getting Serious

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Information Dump

A. Scalia:  “…proudest thing I have done on the bench…” HARTFORD, Conn. — Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had some advice Wednesday for those who questioned his impartiality after he refused to recuse himself from a case involving … Continue reading

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Happy Easter

Hope everyone has a great weekend.  Blog’s on hiatus until Monday…new posts at least.

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Saline Sorrow…the Stingy Kind

Fungal Keratitis – Take a peek at this mess I had this happen to me more times than I can even remember.  Blasting through soft contact lenses in half the time they’d normally last, while using the enzyme tablets to … Continue reading

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Thank God!

Outsourcing saves less than claimed (Reuters) – Outsourcing of information technology and business services delivers average cost savings of 15 percent, a survey found on Thursday, disproving market claims that outsourcing can reduce costs by over 60 percent. After professional … Continue reading

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Today

It occurs to me that not only haven’t I been writing and posting often enough, but the standard topics I do feel compelled to write about don’t really matter to me at all.  Do I bleed from the heart whenever … Continue reading

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Free Free Free!!!

I’m not sure who’d be interested, but I recently finished an enormous download (11.7GB) of Phil Lesh and Friends – Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, John Molo, Rob Barraco – Beacon Theater, NYC – 10/9/00 They open with Imagine…as it would … Continue reading

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Leaking in a “Responsible Fashion”

If the end result is a mess like this, then someone leaked inappropriately. Perhaps Libby was put out on a raft at the end of the boat, tied to a long rope, a sacrifice to the gods. Somehow believing this … Continue reading

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Market Report

Due to legislation lurking in Congress containing the words “a wall between…”, Ladder Futures closed on Friday 67 percent higher than where they opened on Monday.  A spokesperson for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was quoted saying, “the impact on prices that we’re seeing already is … Continue reading

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Being Bill Cosby – 4/6/2006

I’m never in doubt when it comes to this man’s sincerity, and he’s not a politician…he is an icon of about a decade’s worth of family TV habits, both white and black homes.  If watched by a sixteen year old … Continue reading

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Brian J. Doyle, Deputy Press Secretary, Homeland Security

As Walter Soucheck would say, “he’s a pederass”.  Busted for all the nasty things he typed and porno movie files he sent to an undercover agent pretending to be a 12 year old girl.  Funny thing about this, and something … Continue reading

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Senator Leahy – 3/31/2006

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Steinbrenner Names Johnny Damon As New Yankee Scapegoat

Thought this would be a fine way to start the season: Steinbrenner Names Johnny Damon As New Yankee Scapegoat NEW YORK—Continuing a Yankee tradition that dates back to the teams of the early ’80s, owner George Steinbrenner formally appointed recently … Continue reading

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Military to Society: “We’re staying until when now?”

Published in both the European and Middle Eastern versions of Stars and Stripes. The military’s voice is going to be heard throughout all of this, so when certain politicians and pundits pretend the word of the top general is the … Continue reading

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Senate Censure Hearing – Poor Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is someone who, like many other Republicans, seems to always be willing to take one for the team.

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Guns in Kindergarten

There’s a Brady Bunch episode where Bobby brings a toy gun to school.  I remember this thinking it would be one of those moments, kind of like the instructional video in Dodgeball, when you realize how gullable/innocent our society was … Continue reading

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