Political
The Scariest VP Ever
Ok, Maybe it’s not who you think. Or Cheney either. 7th VP John C Calhoun- or Horror movie star?
What I Learned About Politics in My Carport in 1991
My Dad’s friend was trying to get me to join the Republican party. I was planning to register as an Independent. “Why don’t you want to join our party?”
”Because I don’t agree with many of their policies.”
”But don’t you want to be on the winning team?”
Purely Political Reasons Why Governor Schwarzenegger should sign SB840
Schwarzenegger can’t run again for governor, he can’t run for president, so his only likely option is the senate. Barbara Boxer will be up for reelection in 2010, his last year as governor. SB840 is the single-payer universal healthcare bill introduced by State Senator Senator Kuehl (formerly Zelda in Dobie Gillis- awesome) This bill would [...]
I’m Not Dissapointed in John Edwards, Because I Was Never Appointed With Him In the First Place
I’ve been aware of him since 1998, and I have always thought he was an extra-cheesy politician. He told a friend of a friend in a Raleigh law office it was his destiny to be president. I guess he read the tea leaves wrong. His nouveau populist line didn’t change the cheese factor. Why not just [...]
Mexico’s Televisa CEO tells it like it is, several years ago, before he died
In the words of the late Emilio Azcarraga, the billionaire head of Mexico’s Televisa: “Mexico is a country of a modest, very fucked class, which will never stop being fucked. Television has the obligation to bring diversion to these people and remove them from their sad reality and difficult future.”
I first read this in Robert [...]
The Smells of War
We were walking by the Subway. He said he couldn’t stand that smell “It comes from a can.” Really, how do you know? We have the same company provide us with the smells of war. What? Yeah, like exploded ammunition, sick person vomit, rotting flesh, camel dung. Not camel dung! Yes really, it’s like a can [...]