In These Times

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• • 01 Dec 08
  • 7:25 pm

  Hi, Y'all ! My,my ,my! Once again we have another example of how the death penalty process is broken. You know, I'd like to believe in the death penalty, especially when it involves the murder of a law enforcement officer. The basic laws of our society should be enforced and those who enforce those laws should be considered inviolate. If killing a policeman doesn't merit permanent elimination from our society, then I don't know what does. However, with that said, may I say that I feel that the death penalty process is flawed in ways that, well, have all been said …

  Posted to Dead Man Waiting

• • 10 Nov 08
  • 7:29 pm

  Hi, y'all! Mr. Ayers, I'm quite surprised at you. Didn't you know that the Republican party is led by dastardly power players who will do and say anything to keep their power? Weren't you aware that the Republican base is comprised of hateful, gullible nimrods who will believe anything if it gives their unappreciative team a chance of winning, meaning they too win vicariously even though they don't really? I wouldn't feel too special, though. If they couldn't use you to discredit Obama, they would've found something else. Caught a light sneeze. Dreamed a little dream. Made my own pretty hate …

  Posted to What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been

• • 01 Dec 08
  • 7:52 pm

  Hi, y'all! Jee-e-e-ez, Louise! Talk about saying the name of the demon and having it show up! Festival of Hate '08! A keyboard punching smackdown! I'm too young to remember the sixties. I was a toddler when they ended. Still, when I heard of hippie radicals in my history classes, my first thought was "What made them do the things they did? What was going on to make them do such terrible things?". It certainly wasn't "KILL THE TRAITOROUS SCUM!!!" I let Ann Coulter have that thought, which she later shared with Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity at recess.Apparently, that thought …

  Posted to What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been

• • 10 Nov 08
  • 7:09 pm

  Hi, Y'all ! Personally, I find it amazing what people will allow business to do to them in the name of profit. Corporations work Americans harder and harder to make that dollar and we allow them to push us to the very limit. In fact, if you've noticed, the "labor saving" devices have only enabled us to accomplish more and, consequently, increased expectations. Can't get it all done at work? Do it at home! What? Leisure time? What, are you lazy or stupid? Improper attitude! Vacation time? We give you Saturday and Sunday off unless we need you to finish something …

  Posted to All Work, No Play

• • 16 Jun 08
  • 2:22 am

  Hi Ho! My, My, My ! I've been away for a while-- graduate school! Can we say anything nicer about Nixon than that he is dead and that all he showed us was a blueprint for American fascism? Without Nixon and his much deserved humiliation, we would not have gotten Reagan and his home-spun analogies that nearly led us to nuclear war with the Soviets. In the meantime, Bush the elder let his buddies wreck the savings and loans. Now we have president Rain Man and our never-ending war in Iraq, born of fears of treason if one objected and stoked …

  Posted to The Divided States of America