Archive for the ‘Current Events’ Category
- Let the Games Begin
…poor athletes from places like Hyena Anus, Africa, if not corporately sponsored, can’t compete against those from industrialized nations who are branded with Nike swoops or Speedo wedges (or who, in the case of Chinese athletes are underwritten by The People’s money). They can’t afford the diet of their peers, nor their trainers, nor their […]
12 August 2008- Ten Years Ago …
“I don’t think there are any Russians
And there ain’t no Yanks
Just corporate criminals
Playing with tanks” — Michael BeenWe were innocent.
I sat with a gargoyle under a stone bridge out of the rain, watching a thundershower grouch across the sky from west to east. The storm was a grumpy old man, darkly gray and full of electric invectives, […]
12 May 2008- Burma’s Night of the Living Dead
Thoughts on a failed democratic revolution
7 October 2007
For now dissent has been crushed in Burma. Without teeth, United Nations mediation efforts failed. What gasp of life remains in the democracy movement has been driven deep underground. The junta’s storm troopers are relentless, laying low during the day while the world is watching, but coming to life at […]- Faith No More
Does the arrogance of the Bush adminstration know any limits?
Apparently not. From Dick Cheney’s refusal to release records concerning his energy task force to the recent discovery that aides skirted rules governing official communications by conducting business through Republican National Committee emails to the latest Government Accountability Office report that, by following executive signing statements, […]
19 June 2007- Toddler Terror
Maybe it’s a little _too_ neat and convenient, but I couldn’t help drawing a parallel between the destructive toddler in this MSNBC video and the brat occupying the Oval Office. I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions.
25 May 2007- MoveOn Petition
MoveOn is petitioning Congress to make gasoline price gouging a federal crime. While we doubt a petition — even one with hundreds of thousands or millions of signatures — will have the same effect on our public officials as oil lobbyists or the promise of gasoline funded campaign contributions, we love tilting at windmills.
24 May 2007
