2007-07-21

“There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon on C-SPAN2. It belonged to Sen. Hillary Clinton.
She was talking on the Senate floor about the burdensome cost of higher education. She was wearing a rose-colored blazer over a black top. The neckline sat low on her chest and had a subtle V-shape. The cleavage registered after only [...]

2007-07-20

A laptop is a symbol of Western wealth and technological prowess; portable computers are ubiquitous in America and every other affluent country.
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The One Laptop Per Child aid group seeks to provide� no-frills inexpensive laptops to children in developing countries.
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This is a misguided effort, the money would be better spent providing poor nations with food and [...]

2007-07-19

Atlanta quarterback, Michael Vick has the most lucrative contract in the NFL, millions of adoring fans, endorsements galore — and not a shred of human dignity.
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Vick epitomizes the vanity, self-centeredness and criminal tendencies of too many American athletes. He has a history of coarse behavior and borderline criminal activity, but the latest allegations against him [...]

America is the greatest military, economic and geopolitical power in the world; we should be able to vanquish any enemy. We crushed the Nazis making the world safe for democracy and defeated the Evil Empire ushering in the 21st century on a hopeful note.
In the days immediately after 9/11 President George W. Bush was full [...]

2007-07-14

During debates Democrats John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton sometimes have testy exchanges. But what do these top-tier presidential aspirants talk about after their verbal duels?
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John Edwards: Hillary, do you look at the monitor during the forum to make sure your hair is still in place?
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Hillary Clinton: John, actually I was too busy checking out [...]

The surgeon general is the foremost authority on medical matters; when he speaks we heed his advice. He is the nation’s doctor; when he issues a press release it’s like he’s making a house call.
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A pack of cigarettes carries the surgeon general’s warning that smoking is bad for your health. If cigarettes had a printed [...]

2007-07-10

“On Monday alleged prostitution ring leader Deborah Jeane Palfrey released 15,000 client names on her web site after a judge found no reason to seize the list.
Louisiana Sen. David Vitter’s telephone number showed up in phone records for Pamela Martin and Associates, the name of the alleged prostitution ring.
In a statement Vitter said, ‘This was [...]

2007-07-09

“A bidet company’s advertising plans in Times Square are too cheeky for the pastor of a nearby church.
Rev. Neil Rhodes, pastor of the interdenominational Times Square Church, is asking a state court to block a billboard company from posting huge ads that feature naked buttocks with smiley faces on them. The display is to go [...]

2007-07-08

“Estonians took gold and silver at the world wife-carrying championships in Finland on Saturday, defying rain and exhaustion to stumble along a path with women clinging upside-down to their backs.
They were among 44 couples from 12 countries competing in the annual event in Sonkajarvi, central Finland…
Couples race along a 250-metre track, tackling a pool and [...]

2007-07-07

“An office worker for the US city of Detroit is suing for her colleagues to be banned from wearing perfume which gives her such severe headaches, nausea and coughing fits that she must leave work.
Court documents showed Thursday that Susan McBride suffered so acutely from allergy to the chemicals in scents, lotions and sprays that [...]

2007-07-05

“President Bush equated the war in Iraq today with the U.S. war for independence. Like those revolutionaries who ‘dropped their pitchforks and picked up their muskets to fight for liberty,’ Bush said, American soldiers were also fighting ‘a new and unprecedented war’ to protect U.S. freedom.”
Quote from LA Times
President Bush’s Orwellian comments makes my head [...]

2007-07-04

Today we celebrate independence from the Brits with fireworks, picnics, parades and of course the annual Coney Island Hot dog Eating Contest.
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An amusement park with cheap thrills and junk food — what an appropriate venue for a disgusting display of gluttony.
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The folks behind the hot dog eating event don’t see their spectacle as an exhibition [...]

2007-07-01

That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but bureaucrats are constantly renaming occupations, diseases and disabilities to remove any perceived stigma. A garbage man is transformed into a “sanitation engineer” but at the end of the day I bet he still smells like crap.
The United Kingdom may be [...]

2007-06-29

When I was in the 4th grade my class went on a field trip to the San Francisco Zoo, and I don’t mean we attended a meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
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The chimp exhibit was a big hit with the children; we enjoyed making faces and taunting them until one chimp and then [...]

2007-06-27

Jerry Falwell, one of the most intolerant and divisive voices of the religious right died a few weeks ago, and his son, Jonathan Falwell, has taken over as pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church.
Jonathan was presented with a tremendous opportunity to change the course of his father’s ministry, to become a uniter and not a [...]

2007-06-24

All of the Democratic presidential candidates oppose gay marriage, but they are in favor of civil unions.� That’s like saying, I believe blacks should live anywhere they want to; I just don’t want them living next door to me.
The wishy-washy Democratic candidates should adopt the stance of Elizabeth Edwards.
From ABCNews.Com:
“Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic presidential [...]

2007-06-22

If you were a producer desperate for a great interview, who would you offer a million dollars to appear on one of your network’s news programs?
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Perhaps you would seek Thomas L. Friedman to wax eloquent about geopolitics, Christopher Hitchens to debunk religion, Sen. Ted Kennedy to champion immigration reform or Colin Powell to discuss the [...]

2007-06-20

We have a hard time keeping the Ten Commandments, and now the Vatican has issued ten more commandments.
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The Vatican’s “Ten Commandments” for drivers:
1: You shall not kill.
(Isn’t this one of the original commandments? I think everybody would agree that committing vehicle manslaughter is a mortal sin.)
2: The road shall be for you a means of [...]

2007-06-19

Eighteen years ago the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling on devout Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, because the respected writer had the temerity to write the Satanic Verses, a novel that wasn’t entirely complimentary of Islam.
At that time the idea of a Muslim leader calling for the death of an intellectual was considered an [...]

2007-06-18

Life is tentative, chaotic, non-linear, complex and monotonous.
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We turn to religion, politics or philosophy to find meaning and purpose, but then something totally senseless happens and we give up in despair.
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Fortunately, we have entertainment to provide a brief respite from the ravages of time, entropy and a capricious deity.
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My favorite form of entertainment is reading; [...]