Only The Lunatic Fringe Opposes Gun Regulation
This past Memorial Day I was reading a piece from the indefatigable Charles P. Pierce at The Politics Blog at Esquire about our nation's most recent gun massacre and these words rang as true as a...
View ArticleLive Free Or Dry!!!!!
This is an abject lesson in Derp.Just....... wow.Where you all at???? or The Patriots Are Stuck In Their Campers.http://youtu.be/...Update: In related hilarity......
View ArticleHe Was My Gypsy Soul......
This community consoled me when I lost my Dewhickey.This past Saturday I lost another best friend. My wanderer. My Gypsy Soul......I lost Iggy Figadoo in a sudden and tragic way.Join me under the fold...
View ArticleA Brief Rebuttal to Sarah Palin
This won't take long.This woman is a dangerous human being. Recklessly so. So dangerous that Charles P. Pierce actually posted an unprecedented Saturday post just for her.Below is what she had to say...
View ArticleDobson's Operation Is Behind New LGBT Discrimination Laws
It took me all of five minutes of googling the intertoobs to find out who's behind this rash of bills..... Kansas and Arizona are just the beginning, folks. 38 states are being targeted by this...
View ArticleEric Holder? When You've Lost Charles P. Pierce, You've Lost Me. Pack It In,...
I have defended this administration from every nonsensical charge made by the GOP that has been cooked in every meth lab bubbling up from south of the Mason-Dixon line. This constant culture of scandal...
View ArticleAnother year. Another goodbye. John Lennon R.I.P.
December 8, 1980.John Lennon had been shot.I do this every December 8th..... I awake to the sad fact that this is the day that the man I perceived to be the very consciousness of music and art was...
View ArticleThe Walton Family. Goodnight, John-Boy. An Open Letter to American Walmart...
It's been a long time since I've set foot in a Walmart. I've always hated the way their workers looked beat up, the customers looked worn down, the stores all look the same; like an outlet of pain and...
View ArticleBobby Jindal Wants to Purge Teh Stoopid From the GOP
This is rich. Bobby Fucking Jindal is calling for the GOP to become more enlightened:“It is no secret we had a number of Republicans damage our brand this year with offensive, bizarre comments — enough...
View ArticleGOP Racism Sans The Dog Whistle.
The Republican Party has completely foregone the dog whistle. They're simply out and proud racists. I will henceforth consider any member of the GOP as a fellow traveler with these scumbags. The...
View ArticleDespite His Very Bad Day, This Sociopath Is Still Coming.
While working all day yesterday, I could only read Romney's words last night. I read his words a dozen times on a dozen blogs.They were infuriating when they were merely words on a computer screen.You...
View ArticleMy Lucid Dream
Just before I woke up today, I had the most vivid dream. Now, I'm a lucid dreamer, so I stayed with this dream for a long time, allowing it to shift and controlling the shift as I usually do, but I...
View ArticleJohn Lennon..... 31 Years? Really?
How time flies. I know this is a short diary and I apologize in advance, I just wanted to be sure to pay homage to a decent human being and what I believe would be a valuable voice in these turbulent...
View ArticleMy First Father's Day Without My Pop
I lost my Dad on September 14th, 2010. He suffered bravely thru a long battle with stage 4 prostrate cancer. This is my first Father's Day without a Dad to call. No talks about our respective yards and...
View ArticleHappy Christmas To One and All.
It's a simple offering, I know. But here's a song for Christmas that we can all agree on.I lost my father this past September and I'm feeling a little sentimental. I can be such a sap sometimes.Anyway,...
View ArticleThe Grinch Comes Early. Dressed As A WalMart Executive.
Narrator: As the Grinch took the tree, as he started to shove, he heard a small sound like the coo of a dove. He turned around fast and he saw a small Who. Little Cindy Lou Who, who was no more than...
View ArticleA Memorial. 30 Years Ago Tonight.
Short diary.I know, I know.......I loved him.He was just getting to his feet after a long sabbatical.He loved Humanity.I miss him dearly, still.R.I.P.John Winston Lennon.
View ArticleThe 800 Pound Fat Man In The Bathtub.
At the request of 2 initial comments, I edited myself. I am ashamed of this. It will never happen again. To quote Fran Lebowitz:Polite conversation is rarely either. Here's the diary in it's original...
View ArticleA Progressive's Response To GOP's "Pledge To America".
I know, this is a short diary. I just wanted to drop this off for anyone interested in responding to that ridiculous piece of GOP theater:A video for your enjoyment.So, without further comment..........
View Article"This Administration is F#&@ing With The Wrong Guy"
The WaPo has released some interesting excerpts of Bob Woodward's new book, "Obama's Wars". Granted, Woodward should be taken with a grain of salt. After all, he is a treasure trove of conventional...
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