Archive for the 'World Events' Category

Gay Ban Debates, Medved vs. John

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

I’ve always liked Elton John. Not just his music, which I do enjoy, but I appreciate his work as a philanthropist and liberal activist. He’s particularly active here in Las Vegas with the Andre Agassi Foundation, and I have a couple of friends that work on his show at Caesar’s Palace. Somehow, […]

You killed my daughter. Hey, it happens.

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

Perhaps you heard about the school shooting in Bailey, Colorado last week. I think a couple of channels may have mentioned it. It was certainly a topic of interest here, since that’s less than 20 miles from my house. (By the way, Columbine High School is about 45 minutes in the opposite […]

Is This News?

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Little Old Lady Loses Her Marbles
“They were right here.” says Surely Deranged of suburban La La Land.
“Well you are 81 years old, you don’t think maybe you misplaced them?”
“No, no, they were right here on the shelf, and now they’re gone.”
“Uhm, are these them over hear on the table?”
“Well no, they couldn’t be, my marbles […]

Between Iraq and a Hard Place - The Children of the 21st Century

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

“This is a new kind of, a new kind of evil. And the American people are beginning to understand. This crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a while. And American people must be patient.”
George W. Bush
September 16, 2001
Some of George Bush’s biggest gaffes happen when he accidentally says what he means. […]

A Theocracy is Born

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

After more than half a century of Israeli-Palestinian turmoil and violence, something truly remarkable has happened. The West Bank has succeeded in holding a free and fair election. George Bush’s goal of spreading democracy in the Middle East seems to be working. There’s just one problem. Sometimes democracy sucks.
The […]