Posted in Current Events, Humor, tagged Fireworks, New Year's Eve, Rainy Weather on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
…but why is it falling in mine?…
The weather has been lousy for about a week, rainy, cloudy, dreary, just plain miserable.
That’s good in a way. New Year’s Eve fireworks are customary and in a few hours, all sorts of explosions and blasts will begin. The wall of sound will build and build until it reaches [...]
Posted in Current Events, tagged Avoid Assholes, Happy New Year, Omedeto de gozaimasu on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Current Events, History and Recollections, Politics, Power, War, tagged Congress, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Reader's Digest, World War II on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a quote from the article with that headline:
Public esteem for the Congress is falling, and today it is probably lower than ever before in our history.
I looked in vain for a mention of Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid, but there was none. As far as the author was concerned they didn’t exist.
His ignorance is [...]
Posted in Current Events, Demographics, Humor, Politics, Power, tagged Elections, Michael Dukakis, Mike Huckabee, Willie Horton on December 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
America is a diverse society and a successful politician must appeal to a broad cross-section of citizens. Mike Huckabee’s newest approach is to hunt pheasants in Iowa. Decked out in 21st Century hunter chic, he stands resolutely in a snow covered field with a .12 gauge shotgun. The intent of Huckabee’s handlers is to craft [...]
Posted in Bureaucracy, Current Events, History and Recollections, Politics, Power, tagged Assasinations, Pakistan on December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By now, you know that Benzir Bhutto has been killed by a gunman at a rally in Pakistan. What an absolute abomination. Such a talented young life ended by an anonymous coward. Here was a woman who had been elected prime minister of Pakistan in 1988 at the age of 35 and at the time [...]
Posted in Current Events, Humor, Pet Peeves, Shopping, tagged Christmas Gift on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Now that Christmas day is behind us and all that remains is to return those gifts we hate, I think it’s safe to reveal the things that really bug me in the run-up to Christmas.
Drop Bys. Too many people dropping by to leave a thoughtful gift, an act that mobilizes the old “in-kind” response, thus [...]
Posted in Current Events, tagged Christmas, Morality on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
…paraphrase of the Song from Moulin Rouge…
On this special day, my heart is with…
Every single member of my family, near or far, alive or departed, horse thieves and saints.
All of my friends all over the globe.
Individuals who through no wish of their own were born and remain in poverty.
Individuals who have lost a loved one [...]
Eye on Blogs
