I gallantly solve the economic crisis
I’ve heard more or less the same things that you have: the sub-prime mortgage crisis has affected all sorts of markets, leading to all sorts of problems. The Dow has been plummeting. Paul Newman...
Year: 2008
The McCain campaign: lipstick and lynch mobs
As the McCain campaign's desperate attempts to paint Barack Obama as all but a "domestic terrorist" have elicited cries of "kill him!" from the lynch mo... *cough* the adoring crowd, McCain's own...
The Second Presidential Debate: Obama Wins On Healthcare
The second presidential debate didn’t explore much new territory, with the candidates repeating talking points over and over. Yet the strongest line of the night went to Barack Obama, when the...
Sarah Palin’s gay best friend
One of the most wonderful things about humanity is that we are social beings. Interaction with each other is absolutely essential to us. In a desire to avoid isolation we spend our lives building...
Fear is a Rapist
Fear is a Rapist with papers-- Convicted sex offender-- So, keep your distance. Listen, I know-- I have a witness From the stars And evidence-- Exhibit A: My rectal scars. Fear is a Rapist--a vicious...
The VP debate: straight talkin' Joe Sixpack and Sarah Barracuda
Expectations for the vice-presidential debate had been lowered so much that by the time the candidates took the stage, pundits could spin a win for Sarah Palin out of her managing to speak in...
When Hope Floats and the Light at the End of the Tunnel is Nuclear Powered
Governance in my country suffers a tragic death every moment. It is drowned, it is smothered, it is stabbed, it is genetically altered, it is poisoned with sweet candy and it is given the quietest of...
The world for Barack Obama
Should McCain defeat Obama in the US Presidential election, the world will descend into a state of mass depression. Political and psychological despair piling on top of the worst global economic...
In memory of Paul Newman
Paul Newman is dead. He died of lung cancer at age 83, at his home in Connecticut. He is survived by his wife, five children, and two grandchildren. He was one of the last of the great old stars, the...
Sarah Palin, the wilting flower hidden from the media
Last week, CNN reporter Campbell Brown called on Republicans to stop being sexist and expose Sarah Palin to the media for open questioning. What Campbell is calling sexism is the benefit of...