You are a gift to every Late Show comedian in the world. As the best gifts are those that keep on giving – your presence in this race to the 2016 White House guarantees that every monologist – should he sense audience is…
Category: American Life
Welcome to The Security Circus Theater
What has happened to the sacred American contract of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, supported by the 10 Amendments to the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights, now looks like something from an absurdist play from the…
Someone MUST Go To Jail Over This
I hate being lied to and I especially hate it when the government does the lying. Let me be clear. I did not say I am surprised and I certainly am not shocked. I mean, just look in any dictionary…
VRRRROOOOM, VRRRRROOOOOM (my ass)
Earlier today, Harley-Davidson, the iconic maker of motorcycles, announced their first electrically powered motorcycle – and simultaneously boasted of their intention to destroy what little peace and quiet there is in this country. “The sound is a distinct part of…
Well, now that THAT is cleared up.
NSA spokeswoman Marci Green Miller who reportedly said, “There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to…
Come With Us
It used to be said of Republican President Gerald Ford, he was too dumb to chew gum and cross a room at the same time. His legacy lives on in the right wing inability to see the logical consequences of…
I Think Hell Just Froze Over
Given the heat wave (100f here in Jersey City yesterday), this is a good time for hell to cool down. If you have been hanging around here the past 6 months or so, you probably are aware of my rant(s)…
What Was It Like Growing Up Without a Father?
Someone on Quoro.com (an excellent site for great posts) asked that question. Here’s the response I posted. When I was 8 years old, I woke up one day to discover my father was not home. I learned only that he…
Michael Jackson / Lisa Presley “Wedding” Hoax
Recently I came across one more of the thousands of online references to the wedding, in the Dominican Republic, of the late Michael Jackson to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the also late Elvis. That “wedding” – allegedly held more than 20…
Ding Dong, the “Which” is Dead
Somebody, please call the Grammar Police and report there has been a murder. Actually, multiple murders. Hundreds of thousands of victims are lying all over the Internet. The victim is that valuable, essential, basic, explicit word known as “which.” The perp, who hides…