I'm really tired of hearing about the debt ceiling, and I've avoided contributing to the cacophony so far, but I just have to get this off my chest. It's not so much that I think one side is right and the other side is wrong. Rather, I think everyone who created this mess deserves a kick in the ass from every America. Unfortunately, parts our current problem are the result of … [Read more...] about No Way to Run a Country
Archives for July 2011
A Brief Note to Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierreNational Rifle Association of America11250 Waples Mill RoadFairfax, VA 22030 Dear Wayne, I just received your letter of July 18, 2011 inviting me to your upcoming American Values Leadership Forum at the end of September. I must say, the guest list looks like a conservative all-star lineup -- Michele Bachmann, Haley Barbour, John Boehner, John Bolton, Herman … [Read more...] about A Brief Note to Wayne LaPierre
Stop.Think.Fail.
After reading about Jennifer's ambition to "touch every U.S. citizen," I was randomly poking around the Department of Homeland Security website when I stumbled on this horrifying headline: Secretary Napolitano Announces Stop.Think.Connect. Campaign Partnership with D.A.R.E. America Oh God. The DHS and D.A.R.E. That's a partnership forged in the pit of hell. I can smell … [Read more...] about Stop.Think.Fail.
Mysteries of Comcast
So last night around 2am I sat down at my computer and...no internet. Called Comcast and accepted the automated system's offer to reset my modem. When that didn't work, I asked for a human being. The technician told me there was an outage in the area, but they couldn't give me anymore information, and they couldn't take a trouble ticket because their system was down … [Read more...] about Mysteries of Comcast
Clowns Of the Left, Jokers Of the Right
Anders Behring Breivik's terrorist attacks in Norway are bringing out the idiots. For example, from the (more-or-less) right, there's Cheradenine Zakalwe at Islam Versus Europe in a post titled "Why the Left Shouldn't Gloat about Anders Breivik": Reading through Anders Behring Breivik's comments on the document.no website, it's clear that he was on the verge of giving up on … [Read more...] about Clowns Of the Left, Jokers Of the Right