The Con Man uses the revelations from Presidential spokesperson to go Orwellian on us in a discussion of the many perversions of language in politics.
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4 comments May 28th, 2008
You may take this as a challenge and/or invitation to change the future toward a sustainable civilization! The USA grows by 3.1 million annually on its way to adding 100 million people in 30 years. What drives that population overload? Legal and illegal immigration! Water shortages, energy costs, gridlock, crowding, air pollution and quality of life hang in the balance and can only worsen with added population.
Continue Reading Add comment May 21st, 2008
My novice attempt at video-making and finally joining the YouTube crowd. I still can't seem to insert the actual video, so the link to YouTube is provided if you click on the photo.
Add comment May 4th, 2008
The USA immigration laws only use the word "immigrant" when the foreign-national obeys our laws. Thousands of Americans suffer frustration daily as to the invasion of our country by millions of ILLEGAL aliens. While more than 20-30 million aliens roam around our country, with 10% seasoned criminal aliens, our politicians and debate moderators worry whether one or the other candidate wears a lapel pin.
Continue Reading Add comment April 29th, 2008
If you’re like me, blognoscenti, then you might have wondered more than once how a previously enlightened smarty-pants celeb can switch so effortlessly to a philosophy found abhorrent but five minutes before.
I finally figured it out: these media converts from liberalism are all fake conservatives—not really conservative at all.
Continue Reading 4 comments April 9th, 2008
The internet, God bless it, sure does make work a whole lot more enjoyable. Who amongst us hasn’t spent time randomly browsing the internet while at work? Everyone does it. It really is a blessing to be able to spend time pursuing a topic of interest, purchasing a book, or planning a vacation on your computer, all while pretending to be working on something job related like a spreadsheet, a memo, or some such ridiculous thing. Prior to the advent of the computer, I can’t fathom how employees wasted time efficiently. They really had it tough.
Continue Reading Add comment March 29th, 2008
As if the third-party blindsiding of a Presidential contender isn’t nasty enough, the subsequent drill requires the candidate to personally denounce what that particular person has said as if it were his or her own. Crazy, you say? You said it. The only reason this is happening is because partisan fart-blowers need fresh ammunition the way sharks need chum.
Where does it end?
It won’t in our lifetimes. At some point, Kevin Bacon will say something that embarrasses his chosen candidate, and the candidate will have to repudiate what Kevin Bacon says, return his contribution, and then profusely apologize for what the inseparable actor thinks out loud.
Continue Reading 9 comments March 26th, 2008
“Did you exchange a walk on part in the war, for a lead roll in a cage?”
-Pink Floyd
These days life moves at hyper-speed. I constantly feel as though I am racing to complete one task just so I can move on to the next.
When I walk through town, I do not stroll. I speed-walk. I don’t have time to stroll. I am never caught up. There are always things left undone.
But this week nature put the brakes on my frantic pace. I woke Wednesday around 4 AM, vomited and continued to do so for the next six hours. Thus, I was quarantined to my bedroom where I spent the day and night lying in my bed.
Continue Reading Add comment March 15th, 2008
I never worked for The Sun, though my first job in journalism was at the late and not-so-great Baltimore News American. But I can tell you this: the determination of those big-city newspapermen in the real world to get the powers-that-be to answer for what they do was something I also saw firsthand in newspapers in San Francisco and Boston. That kind of attitude was nothing less than their reason for being.
The hours are bad and the pay stinks—so why else would anyone want to do such a difficult job?
And that’s what’s missing in Aspen: a sense of mission. The Fourth Estate really functions now as an extension of elected officials, with a dearth of skepticism where a dollop is long overdue. It’s no exaggeration to state the obvious: the newspapers are the establishment in a town where politics lists to the left.
Continue Reading Add comment March 10th, 2008
The question I would ask assembled parishioners today is whether you really know who your experts are. Take the case of global warming: without fail, if you wait long enough, those who say global warming is a hoax will trot out John Coleman, the founder of The Weather Channel, as if he is in possession of the holy grail of climate change.
Continue Reading 1 comment March 6th, 2008
