Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Does anyone on BIO live in the Raleigh, NC area? My sweetie is taking me on vacation there next month, and it's fun to meet online friends face to face, the way we had a chance to get together with Ken Grandlund on a trip to San Diego a while ...
Posted in BIO, Contributors, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Miscellaneous, Quickie | 6 Comments »
Friday, July 25th, 2008
This isn’t our first energy crisis. The first one was during the winter of 1973-74, and there’ve been a few since then. But this one seems more permanent than the others.
Along with skyrocketing gas prices, we’ve got record high food prices, a housing crisis and a credit crisis. Everything seems ...
Posted in Economics, Miscellaneous, capitalism | 16 Comments »
Monday, July 21st, 2008
This story doesn’t have a point to it. It’s just one of those neighborhood incidents involving class warfare, neighborhood gentrification and clashing values. Here’s the full story.
In Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood, a homeless person built himself a treehouse in a local park. The locals all knew him as the Squirrelman. He ...
Posted in Economics, Miscellaneous, Poverty | 3 Comments »
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
As you know, it’s been a record year for fires throughout the Western states, especially California. And the fire season has barely begun.
The need for fire safety is on a collision course with the exploding population in fire-prone areas. More and more self-absorbed yuppies are moving to their own private ...
Posted in Miscellaneous, greed, ownership society | 22 Comments »
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
It's been a long time since my last anger-filled screed. This unexpected development isn't because there are no more topics worthy of long and vicious screeds, it's because I'm feeling a little like a ripple wimpily expending itself on the placid shores of a pond. It's hard to get all ...
Posted in 2008 elections, America, Current Affairs, George W. Bush, Iraq, Miscellaneous, Political, Politics, President | 1 Comment »
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
The NJ state Republican web site was running a banner slogan saying "Obama Loves America like OJ Loved Nicole" - boy, that's the kind of political discourse that elevates the process. Who, them racist? No "oh my God, it's a scary black man!" theme there. Subtle as a flying mallet, ...
Posted in 2000 Presidential Campaign, Agenda, Campaign News, Current Affairs, Election News, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Miscellaneous, Obama, Politics, Quickie, Race, Republican, Right Wing Nut, conservative, media | 8 Comments »
Friday, July 4th, 2008
Thinking about the meaning of Independence Day... maybe I'm weird, but I've always wondered about people taking pride in something they had no part in accomplishing, whether that's who their ancestors were or winning the Revolutionary War. Maybe it has to do with confusing different definitions of the word "pride", ...
Posted in America, General, Miscellaneous, Patriot, Quickie, Rhetoric | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
The US Constitution is a wonderfully malleable masterpiece. It's simultaneously steeped in tradition, yet remarkably fresh. That quality usually stands us in good stead, but requires lots of judicial interpretation - much of it extending "meanings" to cover issues the framers could never have imagined. Some call these decisions ...
Posted in Contributors, Legal News, Miscellaneous, Political, Politics | 12 Comments »
Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Craig Newmark is like the Woody Allen of the internet, but without the narcissistic neuroticism.
Here's a set of videos that you won't see on your local MSM news outlet, regardless of what flavor you subscribe to.
Enjoy and blog on friends, blog on all.
Posted in BIO, Barack, Contributors, Gonzo's Grab Bag, John McCain, Miscellaneous, Obama | No Comments »
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Take a look at this video titled "Insurance Jive" - it dramatizes the way that insurance companies in California have begun making a systematic practice of illegally cancelling people's policies if they actually have the nerve to get sick; in the actual case portrayed in the video, Health Net cancelled ...
Posted in Death, Dying, Exploiting, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Health, Illness, Legal News, Miscellaneous, greed | 12 Comments »
