Palintology

Why does the name Sarah Palin still infect my ears? Who is this woman and how has she stretched her 15 minutes of fame into years? As far as I can tell, she was a mediocre governor of our most desolate state, who could not handle the job so she quit. She is a quitter. Who does that? It's a governor  position for crying out loud, who can't do that?  In Alaska? Yeah, OK, she claims

Living In The Real World at McDonalds

I consider myself a social liberal, to the dismay of my family and ancestors. However, even my bleeding heart is disgusted at the thought of fast food workers making $15 an hour for pulling a basket out of hot oil when the bell rings. I understand everyone wants to make a living wage and I am socialist enough to feel that our well to do should be taxed so that we can temporarily subsidize

The Great American Lie (Or At Least One of Them)

A friend of mine was a high level economist for the government. he was rich and lived in a big house in a rich suburb of Virginia. Eventually he took early retirement, telling people he wanted to take care of the house while his wife went back to school, but in reality he simply could not stand the lies and deceit this nation is founded on. This was the early 1980's. I was young and still had

Sirius

I guess I should clean the blood off the walls at some point. First we should probably dig the grave though. We were going to bury the body in the far back of the yard but it was too damp once you dug so we decided that the area that is to be my "oasis" garden will be the spot.  I can see my dog's freshly dug grave from my study window. The gaping maw with the requisite mound of dirt

Jon Stewart Simplifies It All

Jon Stewart has a way of presenting the news in a humorous way that even us new-o-phobes can understand and no he is not super liberal, he is friends with and has as a guest Bill O'Reilly all the time. Watch and please watch the whole thing, it all wraps together nicely by the end.