December 2008
Proposition
H8
The end of the year is fast approaching, so I decided to put together a year-end review of
recent news items. Problem is, when I started writing it turned into a commentary on
California’s Proposition 8, or “Proposition H8” as it’s more
appropriately called. So, I’ll take this opportunity to wish everyone Happy Holidays,
and share my thoughts on the disgrace known as Prop 8. Read more.
November 2008
Hope
Wow, did that really happen? Did the majority of US voters really elect Barak Obama as
president? Can I actually feel hope once again for my country? I still have this feeling
that some last-minute voting fiasco is going to come out of nowhere and award the election
to John McCain. It seems to good to be true. Read more.
September 2008
Republican
Convention: Why Bother?
I tried to watch some of the Republican National Convention, but I just couldn’t take
it for more than a few minutes. Was it just me, or did anyone else feel like the whole
scene was bizarrely surreal? I mean, here’s a party that has been in charge of
Washington for the past eight years, during which time they’ve totally screwed up the
country in just about every way imaginable, and they’re on TV talking about how they
have to win the presidential election so they can change Washington. Hey Republicans,
here’s a news flash: YOU ALREADY CHANGED WASHINGTON!!! You turned it into a cesspool
of corruption and fiscal irresponsibility, remember? And now you want us to vote for you
… why??? Read more.
August 2008
Finally!
Impeachment!
Yes it’s true! After all the crimes that have been committed by the Bush
administration I was elated to open the newspaper and read about serious talk of
impeachment. I didn’t think I’d live to see the day, what with Congress shirking
its oversight responsibilities and the public seemingly content to let politicians get
away with anything. But there it was, in black and white … Read more.
June 2008
Reality?
Whose Reality?
I’ve been back from Jamaica for about two weeks now and it’s been really hard
trying to get back into the swing of things, otherwise known as participating in the
insanity that we call modern life in America. Let’s just say that in Jamaica I
finally saw the light. I also saw the ocean, and the beach, and the palm trees, and it was
good. Lord Almighty was it good. Yes Virginia, there is another way to live, and it’s
got me thinking that it would sure be nice to one day embark on a permanent vacation in a
beautiful tropical location somewhere. Cash it all in and flee to a place where reality is
based on things that are actually real instead of artificial, man-made, marketing-driven
garbage. But while I daydream about living in my own little slice of paradise (insert
momentary pause for pleasant thoughts here … OK, I’m a bit better now), the
newspaper continues to land on my doorstep each and every day, bringing with it stories of
the sad and pathetic escapades of those who are supposed to be running the country for the
good of the people, but who continually fail to do so. And so I sit down at the keyboard,
and I type … Read more.
May 2008
Time
Out!
I’ve been working like a crazy person the past few months and now it’s time for
a break. Tomorrow we’re off for a week in Jamaica, and I couldn’t be more
excited. I’m going to spend the week relaxing on the beach, doing a bit of
sight-seeing, and snorkeling. But before I go I just have to comment on a few items that
have been in the news recently. I may take time off from the ongoing craziness, but it
seems that our infamous administration never takes a break. Read more.
April 2008
Onward
Into The Abyss
Oh but for more time, the time to write, the time spill the contents of my tortured brain
onto the glowing phosphorous (or liquid crystal) displays of those who would be so brave
(or foolish, as the case may be) to gaze upon my disjointed ravings. But given the burden
that I carry, with the time that it demands, I am left to steal away precious few moments
when I can type away in solitude, a lone soul hammering away at the keys in the dark of
night, raging against the machine, and wondering, does it make any difference at all? Does
anything we do make any real difference, in the bigger picture, at all? Read more, if you dare.
January 2008
Peeping
Dick, Sneaking Wolf
In my last posting I promised I would write about Dick Cheney’s desire to, shall we
say, get to know you better (nudge nudge wink wink wiretap wiretap), and fill you in on
the latest exploits of the Big Bad Wolfowitz. I’ve got a little break between
projects right now (I love being self-employed!) so I’m back at the keyboard. Read more.
In Our
Time of Dying
Death seems to have been the theme of the Bush administration in recent weeks, and there
was plenty to go around. More Iraqis, Californians, poor children, whales, and trees will
be meeting their maker if our brainless leader and his administration get their way. While
the bodies were piling up (or washing up) Dick Cheney again expressed his earnest desire
to listen in on your phone calls (don’t tell him what you’re wearing, it only
encourages him), and in a move that makes the Brain wonder just what game is afoot, the
Wolf (owitz) managed to sneak back into the henhouse. Read more.
To 2007
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