November 10, 2008 – 5:26 pm
There won’t be another Clinton in the White House for a while, anyhow.
No more of these sad sacks:
Dick Cheney
Condolezza Rice
Michael Chertoff
Kip Hawley
Michael Mukasey
I fervently hope the cure won’t be worse than the disease.
-k-
November 4, 2008 – 8:48 pm
Washington Post Editorial Headline:
Vote!
‘It will make you feel big and strong.’
And, then, I came across this post referencing the WaPo piece, written with passion and eloquence that I can only dream of:
This attitude reflects the myth that political action is as noble, or even nobler, than private actions. Much more so than if I [...]
November 4, 2008 – 8:15 pm
Just one more day, and the government can go back to screwing us quietly instead of auditioning for the job of screwing us.
Indeed.
-k-
November 4, 2008 – 6:37 am
From the comment thread on this post from Anarchy in Your Head, this:
A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years. — Lysander Spooner
If someone attempts to crowd ahead of you in line at the polls today, it wasn’t me.
-k-
November 2, 2008 – 1:34 pm
While visiting the Lawrence(KS) Journal-World website to get the link for the previous gridiron post, I paused for a moment on the story on the front page: Obama has received more contributions from Kansans than McCain. The Google map on that link shows a lot of blue; I take it that these are the [...]
October 29, 2008 – 8:42 pm
Well, I saw it: the Obamamercial. I must admit, it was one slick production. I cringe whenever either candidate mentions the middle class. And they both bandy that term about. I feel, firmly believing that I’m a middle-classer, like I’m in the crosshairs of some pseudo-benevolence. I don’t need any help [...]
October 26, 2008 – 6:32 pm
My last post here came from Slashdot. The Slashdotters are known for humor on occasion. From the comment thread, an example of towelhead terrorist tweets:
What are you doing?
Husayn is trying to figure out these stupid remote triggering devices. Anything to avoid spending Ramadan with his wife’s sisters!
Ali is watching Coalition troop [...]
October 25, 2008 – 12:37 pm
Markets are down today on fears of lower corporate earnings. <Sarcasm class=”thick”>Clearly the Fed needs to intervene. The goal should be to inject billions into every public company. We need real capital infusions, even outright ownership and control. Only that will end losses, and leave us with the profit-only system once called socialism. Just look [...]
October 11, 2008 – 4:41 pm
Unbroke = Enough funding to meet my modest needs.
Unafraid = Enough horse sense to distinguish those who hate me, from those who don’t.
Afraid = A Government that wants to “Keep me safe”.
-k-
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