That’s Politics
‘Joe’ the ‘plumber’ feels used by John McCain? Well yeah, maybe, but he could have got his plumbing license straightened out and gone to work. Instead he ran around giving interviews and speeches, generally trying to be the real American working man without all that tiresome job stress. He liked the fame. Now the breakup [...]
Simple Decency
John Mc Ginley on Huffington Post says what should have been the first word, but in the political mudfight we call our national debate, simple decency got lost. Don’t open this at work, because he lists some of the names we should stop calling people. I’ll just quote this excerpt… People with Special Needs — [...]
The Morning After
I’m not going to snark at two nineteen-year-old unmarried parents. The teenagers should be in college or finding their way in life in work or adventure. The baby is real, and deserves parents who are able to care for him. But these particular teenage parents are supposed to be a national model for whatever spin [...]
Applying the ACORN Standard to Sarah Palin
Palin is a master of the wink and the nod, but she has trouble when she has to stand by her words. She’s a politician who is a serious candidate for president, by some people’s standards. She’s experienced in dealing with the press and the public, she’s been tricked before by impostors, and should be better at spotting them.
Everyone Loves a Secret
So I’m reading Margaret Atwood’s ‘Year of the Flood’,– a dystopia that is all too real. If Atwood doesn’t turn me vegetarian, she might at least put me off fast food. ‘Oryx and Crake’ had ‘chickie-nobs’. They looked like something deep-fried you would buy at the Colonel, and were efficiently produced by fowl that had [...]
Valuing Himself
If the name ‘Levi Johnston’ rings a bell with you, you might be guilty of reading the ‘tabs’ when you’re stuck in line at the supermarket. Unlike the women in the ‘spas’, he is not risking arrest for selling sex, because it’s ‘Playgirl’ magazine. Rumors are it’s the Full Monty. It’s art. Or literature. Or [...]
Charisma
Ever hear of Aimee Semple McPherson? She was a player too–sexy, religious and patriotic. She founded the first megachurch and got very rich before she ran off the rails. It’s a hazard of being a mavericky rogue.
What is This–True Confessions?
Is this a dig at her former running mate? WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sarah Palin’s much-anticipated memoir now has a title and a new release date, two advisers to the former Alaska governor confirmed to CNN on Monday. The former Alaska governor’s book will be called “Going Rogue: An American Life” — referring to anonymous criticism [...]
The ‘D’ Word
Be a part of the flock if you want. You know what they do to sheep. Getting fleeced is the least of it.
Feeding Tubes
And what should we do with the spouses and children who tell the doctors to stop treatment. Who claim that they know what their loved one would want done, who speak for them. Is political slander sufficient? Public naming and shaming? Or should we prosecute? Why should some elderly widow be let off the hook?
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