Perhaps I should note, right up front, that I am not equating Barack Obama to a douche. Or more accurately, I am, but not in the spirit of meanness. South Park fans will understand immediately. For the rest of you, let me explain. After major elections overseas and several state primaries, my thoughts turned to [...]
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Kyrgyz Clashes
Posted in General Mischief, tagged ABC, action, ammunition, appointment, arm, automatic, Bahkiev, Bakiev, Bakiyev, Bishkek, capitol, change, cheat, clash, CNN, concussion grenade, conscience, corrupt, cost, coup, damage, dead, demonstration, depose, determination, excessive, fair, fight, fire, force, freedom, government, governor, guard, gun, handgun, hostage, hurt, injure, interim, justice, killed, Kurmanbek, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan, leader, malfeasance, mass, media, moral, news, Nightline, non-lethal, opposition, Otunbayeva, oust, police, politics, populace, population, power, president, price, protest, rebel, republic, resign, resignation, resolution, retaliat, riot, Rosa, Roza, rubber bullet, Russia, sharpshooter, sub-machine, Talas, tear gas, unarm, United States, unjust, USSR, utility, vehicle, video, violence, water cannon, weapon, White House, witness, wound on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve watched the world news or read a bit online, you’ve probably seen something about the riots in Kyrgyzstan, a former USSR republic that borders China and just tried to oust its president. Protesting masses took to the streets demanding a change in government, the president fled, hundreds of police were summoned to quell [...]
Green Shoots
Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Humorous, Personal Insights, tagged America, banana, bandwagon, beat, Blue Ball, Blue Devil, box, bruise, bull, Burpee, business, cardboard, caveat emptor, change, chemical, chlorophyll, claim, company, cost, country, crush, died, disgust, display, dollar, drop, E. coli, economist, economy, elbow grease, enforcement, exotic, family, fertilizer, fly, food, fresh, frost, funds, fungicide, garden, genetic engineer, government, Green, ground, Gurney, heirloom, herbicide, honor system, hybrid, Ides of March, ill, import, incident, investment, label, law, layover, lettuce, mango, market, mascot, order, organic, oversight, patch, pathogen, pesticide, plan, plane, plant, plate, plenty, poke, politics, popular, price, produce, regulation, rubbish, rule, season, seed, shoot, shovel, sick, soil, spinach, spray, spring, stipulation, store, summer, sun, supermarket, supplier, supply, Team Blue, test, tomato, variety, vegetable, Victory Garden, wam, Washington, Word War II, WWII on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The phrase used by optimistic economists for the last year is starting to come to life. But I’m not going to talk about the economy, or politics, or even Team Blue (which, by the way, needs a mascot, I think … but Blue Devils is taken and I don’t think Blue Balls would go over [...]
Dear Partners In Crime…
Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Readings, tagged bank, Bernie Madoff, campaign, Capitol Hill, CEO, Congress, constituent, credit card, crime, Democrat, election, excess, executive, fee, golden parachute, grandstand, Jeff Clark, letter, loan, Maxine Waters, money, mortgage, politics, Ponzi, rate, Republican, taxpayer, television on February 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is part of a letter from Jeff Clark, an author and economic advisor. I thought it most befitting. Enjoy. “The CEOs of our nation’s largest banks were ‘invited’ to impersonate a bunch of piñatas before Congress yesterday and testify about how they’ve been spending the government’s money. Unlike the auto company CEOs, who must [...]
Stimulus Shmimulus
Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Humorous, tagged act, allocation, America, appropriation, bill, Congress, Democrat, economy, excess, expenditure, funds, House, legislature, Obama, politics, Republican, Senate, spending, stimulus, Washington on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Supposing any reader of this blog has some cursory knowledge of the current state of the American economy (in the crapper) and my inherent mistrust of politicians (crooks, cons, and thieves, the lot of them), here’s my take on the new stimulus that was passed yesterday. It’s crap. I know all the governmentals were standing [...]
V for Vendetta
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alan Moore, Behind the Painted Smile, David Lloyd, DC Comics, Drama, Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, politics on September 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Those of you with limited renting budgets and cable TV may have watched V for Vendetta for the very first time a few nights back, just as I did. Though limited to the vaguaries of my memory, I recall mixed reviews surrounding it when it hit theaters back in 2006. My life was in transition back then [...]
New Mayor
Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, tagged Democrat, Green, Independent, Muskogee, Oklahoma, politics, Republican, vote, Whig on May 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
You may have noticed this story already from the AP feed or MSNBC or some other news organization but I think it bears repeating. Muskogee, Oklahoma, has a new mayor. Aside from Merle Haggard fans, this probably holds little meaning. But don’t click to a new blog just yet, it gets a lot more interesting. You see, [...]
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