Archive for July, 2005
Printed in Its Entirety
Apologies to the AP and Yahoo.
This is hysterical.
Bush Comforts Thousands at Scout Jamboree
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer 54 minutes ago
BOWLING GREEN, Va. – Succeeding on his third try to visit them [the most recent cut short by armtwisting over CAFTA, which the pres. lied about, and during which 300 of my fellow scouts got [...]
Steven Moore is on MarketPlace, lying
Steven Moore just did a commentary piece on the estate tax (or in his words, the death tax) on NPR’s marketplace. He was identified only as a Wall Street Journal writer; is this the same Steve Moore who headed Club for Growth? If so, his association with this group was not mentioned. Is this [...]
Read More..>>Latoya Figueroa: a PSA
Richard at allspinzone.com calls attention to Latoya Figueroa, who has been missing for days.
She is not a pretty young white teenager, nor is she a runaway bride, so you won’t hear about her on CNN, FOX, or the rest.
However, she’s ben missing for days now, she’s 5 months pregnant, and has a seven-year-old daughter. [...]
Damn Right I’m Arrogant
Someone called me “arrogant” a few days ago.
At first I was offended. On consideration, my response is “Damn straight, I’m arrogant. And if you don’t like it, may I invite you to go fuck youself?”
Arrogant? I’M A GODDAMN JIMMY MARTIN FAN, OF COURSE I’M FUCKING ARROGANT.
When your favorite bluegrass performer looks like this, it’s [...]
Read More..>>A Bad Day of Fishing is Better than a Good day at Work
My brother Ray did a nice bit (no pun intended) about this weekend’s fishing trip with our old man.
It was a glorious weekend in Egg Harbor Township, hot without being humid. The water in the English creek and in the ocean itself was comfortably warm, but refreshing. Still, I was in a funk, [...]
LTE: Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/26/05
I thought Steve Chapman’s column on Roberts, published
today in the Philadelphia Inquirer, was thought
provoking.
I do, however, wonder when the column was written. I
am disturbed by, and Chapman does not address, Mr.
Roberts’ failure to “recollect” that he was a member
of the Federalist Society, which smacks of dishonesty
especially considering that he was on the steering
committee. [...]
LTE, Philadelphia Daily News7/26
For once I find myself agreeing with a SEPTA decision:
it makes absolutely no sense to initiate random bag
checks at SEPTA locations, as the chances of catching
a bomb-toting terrorist are minimal. The intrusion
into normal Americans’ civil liberties is not
warranted.
The fact is, random bag checks will not prevent a
terrorist determined to self-combust. Does anyone
think that [...]
Politics for a moment
White House Said to Block Roberts Papers
Pardon me for venturing in politics for a moment here, but what’s the point of this exercise?
The whole point of the exercise is to bait the media and the Democrats, and take the eye off Rove. Whether you think Rove is guilty of a crime or not (and I [...]
Thoughts of a Wayward One
A guy I know from way back when i lived in New Haven, both of us doorknocking canvassers for Greenpeace, lives in North Carolina now, and keeps a blog called Thoughts of a Wayward One, dealing largely with matters of his family and his faith. I drop by on a fairly regular basis: his [...]
Read More..>>An Old Piece: Fleshtones, WTC, July 27, 2001
I wrote this review of the Fleshtones, one of the GREATEST TWO BANDS ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET when I saw them at the top of the World Trade Center.
Please visit their site: they are so worth your while.
World Trade Center – 27 July 2001
By Brendan Skwire
Before I really get to the meat [...]
