The Rape Of The American Taxpayer

The Republican’s economic policies slam up against reality Having been brutally raped by a Wall Street gang, aided and abetted by Bush and his congressional cronies, Americans are now being required to buy the rape kit, as well as bear and raise the mutant child. Watching 60 Minutes last night made my blood boil. It’s opening segment was titled “A …

Hey Asheville. . . Update

ASHEVILLE —  Barack Obama spoke in Asheville, North Carolina this Sunday, in his campaign’s continuing effort to take a state that voted big time for Bonzo in the last election into the win column for Democrats. At least one person from Asheville visits with us occasionally, and this is a shout out to them:  Did you go see Barack?  If …

100% ABSOLUTE TRUTHINESS

One of the greatest attractions of patriotism— it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling we are profoundly virtuous. — Aldous Huxley “Country First” John McCain: “I am not a perfect vessel.” I’ll see your “Country First” and raise you a …

O.J. Simpson: As The Karmic Worm Turns

If the karma fits, you must convict Hall of Fame football player and former Ginsu Knives spokesman O.J. Simpson was found guilty yesterday by a Las Vegas jury of a number of felonies, including armed robbery, guaranteeing that he will spend at least five years in the Big House. The verdict comes exactly 13 years from his acquittal in a …

McMavericks

A “Team of McMavericks.” What are they good for? Really? • • “There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is death.” • • •

New. Cue. Lure. DICKtaters. You Betcha.

New-cue-lure.  When I hear a public servant use the Joe Six-pack pronunciation of the word nuclear, I feel a huge tell on stupid.  Of course Bush was the precedent-setting poster boy who taught us abysmal ignorance always follows on the heels of this particular faux pas. But Flailin’ Palin has a few other “tells,” some of which you may have …

Through A Jism Streaked Screen Darkly

Sarah Palin’s winking libido From The National Reviews‘ Rich Lowry “I’m sure I’m not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, “Hey, I think she just winked at me.” And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was …