This is the year the electoral process has jumped the shark. Starting in the summer of the year before the election year transformed the Presidential election into retail Christmas; Christmas used to be special until stores tried to beat each other with early displays. The time between election cycles will grow shorter and will concurrently [...]
China Thinks They are All That and a Bag of Generic Rationed Chips
Aug 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
World leaders who went to Olympics endorsed the current regime. No, not directly, but it's already being spun that way in China and naturally the punditry echoes that in various forms (see Olympic success may empower China's leaders: Government quick to take credit for country's impressive medal haul): Indeed, the 2008 Games seemed likely to [...]
The Color Formally Known As Black
Jul 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Okay, I'll kick off the end of my long absence with a local story (see Commissioner Defends Position That 'Black Hole' is Racist Term). Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price is sticking to his comments that the term "black hole," which a colleague used, is racist.Price also says language such as "angel food cake" and [...]
Yes, I'm Cynical
Mar 12, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Is It 2009 Yet?
Nov 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I already have election apathy. I stopped watching broadcast news regularly about a year or so after I realized all it consisted of was videos of whiny senators and representatives complaining about each other. That's not news; it's torture. It's nearly impossible to watch any news without some in depth story on the Presidential campaign, [...]
Philadelphia's Hypocrisy
Oct 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The city of Philadelphia has decided that the Boy Scouts aren't trendy enough. Since every prime time TV show has a token gay character, the Boy Scouts must really be out of step (see: Boy Scouts' Rent Hiked Over Gay Ban). That's really the only motivation I can think of where a city with such [...]
Micro-Management of Everybody in the UK
Sep 6, 2007 By Leave a Comment
For a while now, the British government's tentacles seem to creep into every facet of its citizens lives. I've been following reports of everything from a family expelled from their neighborhood to government intervention to remove an obese boy from his mother. While noble on the surface, the continuing loss of UK citizen rights is [...]
Bathroom Etiquette
Aug 3, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Unrest by Parkway Drive