I had hoped that my first post after a self-imposed moratorium on blogging was going to be my story about how the flags at Club One had been replaced. (This, in fact, was done yesterday and today I brought my camera to take pictures.) Alas, about 30 minutes ago, the Wesson trial ended. As I […]

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This past week, I’ve begun to get an understanding of why America is the land of extremes.

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Gearing up for the next attempt to install a religious leader in the White House, it’s nice to know that this is why we need to maintain a system of laws. When you have a family of folk who have figured out that by posturing and pretending to be concerned over issues that tweak religious […]

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If the reaction to the flags over Club One is any indication, the Bush Administration is completely out of synch with both the American public and the Press. The President’s biggest and “most successful” project has been the interminable war in Iraq; here at home, Americans no longer care about a flag some of us […]

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Click to Enlarge I thought it might be a good idea to update you all on the “progress” that’s been made towards convincing Club One to stop making a mockery of our nation’s symbol. If you read my last post, you know that the flag pictured here is flying not-so-high above Club One, a gambling […]

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Click to Enlarge Here in the Fresno-Clovis area of the Central San Joaquin Valley, people are more than a little proud of the fact that we’re a Red city in the midst of a Blue state. And we’re saddened that those wussy, liberal, unpatriotic, American-hating, stupid Democrats occupy enough of the rest of our state […]

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Hmmm…. A White House spokeswoman, Michele St. Martin, said yesterday that Mr. Cooney would not be available to comment. “We don’t put Phil Cooney on the record,” Ms. St. Martin said. “He’s not a cleared spokesman.” — Andrew C. Revkin, “Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming” (June 8, 2005) New York Times. […]

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The latest polls show that Americans may finally be waking up from their bizarre sleep. George W. Bush’s approval rating is now a full twenty points lower than Bill Clinton’s was on the day he was impeached. — Eric Alterman, “Lowest approval ratings in 75 polls” (June 7, 2005) MSNBC. Alterman goes on to point […]

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I don’t want anyone to misunderstand the nature of this post. I have never paid much attention to Amnesty International, or Human Rights Watch. So I’d never even try to vouch for them. But this struck me as funny: We also know that it is suicidally irresponsible for groups that depend on the moral force […]

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The parents of children — yes, it bears remembering that we’re talking about children here — at Garfield High School in Seattle are concerned that the United States is spending $4 billion per month on the war in Iraq burdening school districts and requiring them to cancel courses costing as little as $12,500 to produce […]

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