Vox populi
Voting, Lyndon Johnson said, is the “first duty of democracy.” I’d go one step beyond LBJ and say that voting is the first duty to one’s self, and an absolute imperative in duty toward family and community. And for those among you who, perhaps as discontented as I with the current state of intellect and […]
… “a larger number of voters get more money under Obama …”
Double click on image to read why Obama’s tax approach makes more sense for most Americans.
Morgan’s my man (for State Senate)
At a lunch meeting today with a prospective client, I mentioned Morgan Bentley — only I referred to him as Morgan Stanley! Good grief; at least the client only razzed me slightly. Then, tonight, I was sitting outside on my stoop with my cat, Boomerang, on his cute little red leash. Covered in cat hair […]
Will Sarah now accuse Powell of being pals with the pal of a terrorist?
I don’t know how much longer Sarah Palin and John McCain will be able to keep spouting their obsessive, delusional, and purposefully misleading rhetoric about Obama, pals, and terrorists. I imagine they’ll muffle that message beginning yesterday, at least if they’re even slightly capable of thinking rationally at this point. Listen to — or read […]
Dawgs, dogs, and bitches
Lucky for me, I personally know very few people who are voting for the Palin/Joe the Plumber/McCain ticket. But I do know a handful and here’s my snapshot of the three-headed Cerberus base:
Buddies and pals
Am I the only one who thinks it’s odd that McCain says that he and his campaign never met or talked with Joe (so-called) the Plumber (so-called), but yet in his debate with Obama McCain referred to Joe as “my buddy”? I guess his “buddy” was someone he had never met and only seen on […]
Awake at the wheel
For much of my life, if doctors had analyzed my brain waves, I’m pretty sure they would have determined I was asleep. My body may have been going through the motions of being awake, but for an embarrassingly long number of years, my brain was slumbering. I snoozed my way through jobs, vacations, opportunities, even […]
Tolerating Discrimination
In last Thursday night’s Vice Presidential debate, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin clarified their joint opposition to gay marriage. Biden said it’s “only fair”to support the civil rights of same-sex couples, and Palen said she’s “tolerant” of gay couples; but neither one of them wants to see same-sex couples getting married in any traditional sense. […]
My paradox with Palin
Sarah Palin’s not exactly the kind of woman I see myself hangin’ with. Oh, I’m not deaf, dumb, and blind to the appeal Palin has for some people; I get that she’s attractive, accomplished, and, up until recently, quite ballsy. It’s just that I can’t relate to a woman who seems to have so little […]
Got guts?
Basically, I think the world boils down to two kinds of people: the kind who have guts and the kind who don’t. I’m talking the visceral down and dirty kind of guts it takes to look down the barrel of life and choose to say what you mean and live what you say. It’s a […]