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Writing Posts Tagged 'Current Events'
- Anthony Williams for President • January 9, 2008
It’s unlike me to settle on a candidate for President so early in the primary season, but I’ve made my choice. It’s this guy.
Those of you outside the Washington, DC area may not know who Anthony Williams is, and you might be confused by the fact that he doesn’t appear on the ballot in any [...]
- The Bourne Paranoia • October 4, 2007
Here are a few things that every American knows.
The world is a vile and dangerous place.
America is blindly and irrationally hated by just about everybody outside of our borders.
If we left our security up to the peaceniks, bureaucrats, and Boy Scouts we elect to national office, the United States would be a smoldering ruin in [...]
- Be Vewwy Vewwy Quiet, It’s Gay Hunting Season • August 30, 2007
Am I really going to have to be the one to say I just don't care that much that Senator Larry Craig (supposedly) solicited gay bathroom sex in a Minneapolis airport? Am I going to have to be the one who says this is getting blown way out of proportion (pun unintended but inevitable)?
- Politicians and Personal Lives • July 11, 2007
I really get hopping mad at revelations like Larry Flynt's revelations about Senator David Vitter's dalliances with prostitutes. Why? Because I firmly believe that it's none of our fucking business what our politicians do with their personal lives.
- The Vapid World of CNN • March 23, 2006
At one time, CNN was considered a network of substance. People used to trust CNN to deliver important, on-topic news.
What happened? The network has succumbed to competitive pressures and resorted to crass sensationalism, celebrity gossip and the time-honored stories about women in trouble and petty criminals.
Checking on the CNN.com homepage a few moments ago, I [...]