from T.S. deHaviland, Special Correspondent
“In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely.”
—Hunter S. Thompson
The Culture Wars are literally making me ill—my stomach turns when I hear words like [...]
Both the torture of Iraqi prisoners (70% – 80% of whom are innocent according to the Red Cross) and the beheading of Nicholas Berg (who was a pretty clearly innocent American businessman) are, of course, horrible and immoral. That the beheading of Berg would probably be considered more humane than sexual abuse to the [...]
Wow, that wasn’t too hard at all. In fact, moving to WordPress from Movable Type was pretty darned easy, although our database played hide-and-seek for a few minutes. It actually went missing according to one interface, but not in another. Very weird.
The built-in importer worked flawlessly. Carthik.net’s instructions really proved to allay fears more than [...]
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You want to know why the youth don’t vote? Because they know it’s a sham.
1. The electoral college has prevented and, unless I move to a different state, will probably always prevent my vote for president from counting.
2. Young people people have always known politics and government is for the Business, not for the [...]
On today’s All Things Considered, Ken Adelman contended that, because George W. Bush has done policy that represents boldness and change, he should be considered a progressive, whereas because Kerry supports a more cautious, internationalist approach, he should be considered a conservative.
As examples, Adelman mentions Bush’s abandonment of the ABM treaty (a treaty he, without [...]
Courage
I say this so you do not become discouraged:
the TV says a football player turned
soldier has died in Iraq. But why,
They ask, could he give up such recompense?
Later, the TV says another athlete may not be convicted
of rape since his victim was too much the slut.
These are our heroes. I say
this so you do not [...]