Add insult to injury, rinse, and repeat
If you're not depressed enough already over our shiny new stimulus package, here's a little something to keep in mind as ever more bailout money gets added to the …
Author: Baron Von Ottomatic
If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street. If you cop a squat, I’ll tax your seat. If you get too cold, I’ll tax the heat.
Were I born with comedic writing talent this headline and lede in Perth Now! down under could generate a few guffaws:Householders to be charged for each flush of toilet …
Iraqis open arms to romance as violence fades; fundamentalist Islam and Code Pink, Reid, Obama, other Iraq war dead-enders hardest hit
A funny thing happened on the way to the quagmire. All across Iraq boys and girls are channeling 1960's America as they "Make Love, Not War." Who could have …
Let's be Frank
Barney Frank should thank his lucky stars that I was not one of the eight bank CEO's forced to prostrate themselves before the House Financial Services Committee today. To …
He was wearing my Harvard tie! Can you believe it? My Harvard tie! Like, oh sure, HE went to Harvard…
Washington is getting the drop on Hollywood when it comes to needlessly remaking a beloved cinema classic into something tragic. They've cast Barack Obama as Billy Ray Valentine to …
With friends like these, who needs Washington?
Americans have been informed by the incoming Obama administration that after eight years under Bush we are now embarking on a new era of smart diplomacy. Joe Biden is …
Queen Bitch
The title has nothing to do with anything except as an excuse to post this classic from David Bowie when he was at his thin white duke-iest. Then again …
Fetch me the world's smallest violin
There's heartbreaking news out of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. If by heartbreaking you mean "predictable attempt at garnering sympathy straight out of the al Qaeda training manual." In …
The ties that blind
The headline from BBC News reports US seeks to rework foreign ties in a story on Joe Biden's remarks at the Munich Conference on Security Policy. Continuing a theme …
The Audacity of Fear
Well that didn't take long. For years we heard laments about the former Bush administration's "politics of fear". The term was usually bandied about disparagingly when discussing specific measures …