A life at the end of history
Posted in Politics on 21 October 2008
As the November 4 election draws closer, between four percent and eight percent of those polled remain undecided as to whom they will vote for. How is it possible that after nearly two years of election campaigning they still cannot make up their minds?
Are they simply stupid? Indeed they are, and here John Oliver of [...]
Posted in Politics on 16 October 2008
Well, folks, October 29 is the 79th anniversary of the crash of ‘29. Today there are similarities galore, with the months-long roller coaster ups and downs of greed followed by fear preceding the deadly date.
Surely, it can’t happen again?
Then, it took a Democrat to get the country out of the financial profligacy of previous Repuglycan [...]
Posted in Politics on 13 September 2008
All things of value are defenceless. — Thomas Pynchon
Did someone say America is a warrior nation? Surely they meant war-mongering nation. The last American warrior was probably crept up on and shot to death by a righteous born-yesterday Christian. The soldiers going to Iraq, Afghanistan and, if Bush and Palin have their way, Russia and [...]