Archive for November, 2009
Help Wanted: Second Superpower Needed in Middle East
Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Joel Schectman.
Iran’s announcement that it plans a massive expansion of its nuclear program couldn’t come at a worse time for the Obama administration. And President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad knows it. Right on the heels of a pointed rebuke by the UN’s nuclear watchdog agency over its nuclear program, Ahmadinejad announced that the country would build ten more […]
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Quite the Choice
Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Robert Voris.
“‘But I don’t want to burn my flag…’ THEN DON’T” – Bill Hicks American life involves choices. George Carlin defined these choices as paper or plastic, cash or credit, Democrat or Republican. In reality, it’s much funnier and much scarier than Carlin’s pithy summation. For example, the right to bear arms so famously guaranteed by […]
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I love me some party-crashers
Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Maria Clark.
Sure they are media whores. Sure they are looking to cash in on their stunt. It won’t be long until they make the rounds of talk shows. Till Valerie Bertinelli and the guy who played Will on Will and Grace, portray Michaele and Tareq Salahi in some Lifetime movie. There will be books, there will […]
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Are Politicians Now Cool?
Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Collin Orcutt.
*(I’m sorry Joe Walker, you don’t have to read this if you don’t want to)* This is a post about the Obama Gatecrashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi. I refuse to do them the service of linking to a story about their stunt, nor will I direct you to the Facebook pictures of Michaele with Joe […]
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Learning the Wrong Lessons
Posted on 28. Nov, 2009 by Michael Preston.
I can’t remember the exact moment when I first “got” Bruce Springsteen. It was probably the summer on 1999, right after I graduated from UVa. I recall picking up Live 1975-1985 at the now closed Circuit City out on Rt. 29 in Charlottesville. I brought the cd’s home and proceeded to sit on the roof […]
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Gobble Gobble, People . . .
Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by Nicholas Martinez.
Since Thursday is the end all, be all of national holidays, the world seems to be slacking off in their creative efforts – – and are going to the tried and true gimmick of incorporating Thanksgiving related stories into their blog posts, TV shows and articles. Taking to heart the old “if you can’t beat […]
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Bow Wow! Wow!
Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Kaili Boyd.
Last week former Vice President Dick Cheney got in his Obama-bashing for the week by commenting on our current president’s sign of respect to Emperor Akihito on a recent visit to Japan. Cheney told Politico.com that “There is no reason for an American president to bow to anyone. Our friends and allies don’t expect it, […]
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Everyone Dies
Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Robert Voris.
“It’s been too hard living/but I’m afraid to die/’cause I don’t know what’s up there/beyond the sky.” – Sam Cooke, ‘A Change is Gonna Come’ Here we are. The Senate will begin to debate the overhaul of America’s health care system. There will be much discussion of cost. Moral imperatives will be invoked. The phrases […]
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Happy Thanksgiving Y'all!
Posted on 22. Nov, 2009 by Maria Clark.
Turkey day is almost here. I love every single thing minute of that meal down to the food coma that makes me collapse on my bed by 10. Hell, I love it so much I am celebrating it with two meals this week. On Saturday at the Stop and Shop in Astoria, shopping carts were […]
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I Care About Palin, Why?
Posted on 22. Nov, 2009 by Collin Orcutt.
Sarah Palin is everywhere. News sites, blogs, TV, a strip mall near you. At this point, I half expect the former governor of Alaska to message me in my Google inbox: “Don’t cha know I have a new book?” I guess this book and its adjoining tour is a big deal. Palin was the Republican […]
