Archives for February 2006
Collateral Dumb-age
Published on 12 Feb 2006 at 2:34 pm.
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Filed under Politics, Good Manners.
What could qualify as a more perfect example of irony and poetic justice? News flash: Vice-President Cheney just accidentally shot a friend while bird hunting! Although my first reaction was to laugh out loud, it isn’t funny. I’m sure it isn’t funny for his friend, although I’m guessing the medical response team was hovering nearby. Can’t […]
“Who Knew?” Economics
Published on 3 Feb 2006 at 3:01 pm.
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Filed under Politics, The Economy.
Salon reported today that the Administration has asked for an additional $120 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan—that’s in addition to the $226 billion already allocated. Maybe I wouldn’t feel so bad if the Administration’s plans for Iraq hadn’t included handing $82 million in cash to a convicted felon who doled it out to his friends. Meanwhile, […]
State of the Onion
Published on 1 Feb 2006 at 11:40 am.
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Filed under Politics.
It’s no longer possible to identify satire in America. After listening to the President’s speech, I honestly felt that John Stewart should have delivered the response. Anyone ready to celebrate the results of free elections in the Palestinian territory, for example? Or believe that a president with crude oil running through his veins (to say nothing […]