A life at the end of history
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 3 October 2008
Bill Maher is right: Most Americans can’t be trusted because they’re too dumb. Just look at Fox News. Everyone else thought Biden’s substance beat Palin’s fluff but, last time I checked, the text-ins on Fox had Sarah ahead 86 per cent to 12. And the little room of undecided inbreeds on hand to assess the [...]
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 [...]