Even though I’m hungover from drinking too many of those Abita SOS beers last night, I couldn’t help but be tickled this morning by this…
Category: USA
Hate To Keep Railing Against It But…
… there needs to be some tiny record of the anger. Psychics see magic in Michael Jackson’s life When Glynis McCants looks at Michael Jackson’s life, she sees the number five. Jackson’s talent was discovered when he was 5 years old, he came to fame as a member of the Jackson 5 and he planned…
CNN Heds
I wonder what global crisis is about to unfold while the monkeys at CNN are busy posting these headlines? I realize lambasting CNN is like picking on the slow kid is class but still. it’s one of the most widely-viewed media outlets, you think they could you know, make a little effort. Anyway, check their…
Post-Intelligencer Print Edition Goes Bye-Bye…
Seattle P-I to publish last edition Tuesday …and word is the Seattle Times is not far behind. The failure of the Times print edition would leave Seattle without a major daily paper. What is interesting is how many resources the P-I can put into their Web site. Eliminating delivery and paper and ink frees up…
Stimulating My Economy
Some things that would stimulate my economy… – Increase of salvaged wood folk art sales. – A two percent interest loan for $20,000. – A settlement on my 9 year old student loans. – Walking away from my credit card debt. – An increase in people needing Web sites. – The right six numbers. –…
The Nagin Seconds
At first I was dismayed to see Nagin getting a few seconds of face time in the crowd on NBC during Barack’s inauguration speech but then I realized it was when The President said… And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account – to spend wisely, reform bad habits,…
Semantic And Not So Semantic…
Embedded video from CNN Video Hey George, the folks who operate helicopters are called “pilots” and not “drivers” and the other people who helped out are called crewmen. Y a know ’cause one guy pilots the thing and some others dangle out of it on a hoist. But really, the Coast Guard did so a…
Algiers Point and The Nation
Even though I am late commenting on this story in The Nation, I am not late hearing about it. I first caught wind of “the militia” the week after the Flood. This was the time of depictions of the city in chaos and mass looting. I admit I was glad someone was watching over the…
Cleaning Up
The Raleigh News and Observer has taken steps to curb anonymous postings on their online blogs. Bravo for them. Though, it seems their course of action could easily be gotten around by someone with enough will. And if I know anything about bigots and racists, they certainly have the will. That’s sort of the problem…
Peter Schiff Was Right
Schiff calls the credit crisis two years ago and is consistently laughed at. The amount of ridicule he endures is amazing and the proliferation of this video must be some sort of reckoning.