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Archives for December 2012
Jacob Zuma: Whites Keep Dogs as Pets. Blacks Should Not!
Friday, December 28, 2012 at 6:57 AM
It speaks volumes that South African President Jacob Zuma is even more gaffe prone than former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Zuma, for example, incited shock and mockery when he pronounced his belief that taking a shower after sex with an HIV-positive woman would reduce his risk of being infected. The difference of course is… Read more.
Popular Republican Blames “Tea Party Chuckleheads” for Congressional Dysfunction
Friday, December 28, 2012 at 6:45 AM
I have taken a lot of flak for repeatedly damning Tea Party congressmen as a bunch of political jihadists who are possessed of such misguided and dogmatic convictions that they consider any compromise political heresy: It is clear that Republicans, driven by their Tea Party political jihadists, are the ones (mostly) to blame for the… Read more.
Japan Fighting China with Hot Air…?
Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 6:39 AM
War between China and Japan over the Senkakus would make the war Argentina and Britain fought over the Falklands seem like a barroom brawl between mindless drunks. Not least because the United States would be compelled to honor its treaty obligations to defend Japan… [But] notwithstanding the mob-like passions of their respective nationalists, I’m sure… Read more.
NRA: In Guns We Trust. Period!
Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 6:17 PM
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has perpetrated a brazen and unconscionable fraud on the American people by pretending to be arch defenders of their right to keep and bear arms. Because the NRA is just the lobbying arm of gun manufacturers, and its sole mission is to ensure that those manufactures have the right to… Read more.
My Mixed Reaction to Obama Tapping Kerry as Sec. of State
Friday, December 21, 2012 at 6:47 PM
Obama should nominate John Kerry to serve as Secretary of State. After all, he has more foreign policy experience than Hillary; he is fluent in at least one foreign language (French); she is not; and he would surely be more loyal… This would be an ideal way for Obama to repay Kerry for inviting him… Read more.
Mayan Calendar Says The Apocalypse Is Now!
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM
In case you haven’t heard, according to some Mayan calendar, which even most Mayans seem to know nothing about, the world is going to end tomorrow. But truth be told, what I find most interesting about those who have the most faith in this Mayan prophecy is that they are the ones who appear to… Read more.
The Second Amendment and Gun Control (Updated)
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 6:07 AM
The response in each case plays out like a macabre version of Groundhog Day – complete with swat teams showing up brandishing their big guns (oblivious to the obvious irony) long after all of the killing is done; politicians mouthing patently hollow words about gun control; and reporters emulating the Bill Murray character by repeating the… Read more.
Resolving Quotation Controversy at MLK Memorial
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 5:19 AM
Nationally acclaimed poet Maya Angelou threw cold water on the dedication of the MLK Memorial last year when she complained that organizers defiled his famous “Drum Major” speech by having the sculptor inscribe a paraphrase, instead of a verbatim, quotation from it. Specifically, the paraphrase quotation on the left side of the centerpiece MLK statue reads: I was… Read more.
Now Newtown: Shooting Massacres USA !
Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 7:21 AM
A lone gunman reportedly opened fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut today, killing 20 children (ages 6-10) and six adults, before killing himself. It only adds perversity to his motivating psychosis that among the adults he killed was his own mother. For a little perspective, Yahoo News reports that: It is… Read more.