Today he called for curbing greenhouse gasses. Yesterday he proposed a $30 billion package to fight AIDS in Africa. Could he be trying to distrdact us from the disastrous war in error? Could he be feeling Clio’shot breath on the back of his neck?
Archive for May, 2007
Can this Presidency be Saved?
Posted in Personal/Political on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It was twenty years ago today…
Posted in Personal/Political on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
…that Barney Frank came out in the pages of the Boston Globe. Smart, funny, tenecious, Congressman Frank has represents the ubber liberal 4th Massachusetts district. At the time (May 1987), the Globe wrote that “Frank appeared to have foreclosed his candidacy for a leadership role in Congress.” Currently he is chairman of the House Financial Services [...]
Teletubby Terrorists
Posted in Personal/Political on May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A Polish children’s advocacy group is investigating rumors that Teletubby Tinky Winky is in fact a Trojan horse for the homosexual agenda. Psychologists will be consulted to determine if this is indeed true. Meanwhile, the state of Alabama’s Department of Homeland Security has included gay rights groups has a potential source for terrorist activities. The Teletubbies are, [...]
Sweet Jesus!
Posted in Miscellany on May 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Someone’s gone and made a perfume out of you! “Scent” from the Bible, all of the fragrance elements of Virture ($80 for 1.7 oz) are drawn from Scripture, and, if we are to believe the adverstising copy, mixed by divine inspiration. So what does heaven smell like? Apricot, fig and pomegranate. Iris, frankincense, myrrh. Cinnamon and [...]
Snakes on a Plane
Posted in Uncategorized on May 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Really! 700 of them!
At Last – Truth from Justice!
Posted in Personal/Political on May 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Finally, finally, finally, someone from the Justice Department admits to crossing a line -that, yes! political considerations played a role in hiring and firing of career employees. Thank you Monica Goodling! Just remember, believing in yourself never goes out of style.
Mitt on Git…Double it!
Posted in Mitt Romney on May 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
But why stop there? Why not have little Guantanamo detention centers everywhere? We could call them gulags!
Biblical Model of the Family will Restore Social Order
Posted in Religion on May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
At least, that’s what Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptitst Theological Seminary recently claimed. Would that be the Abram/Hagar/Sarah model of family life? Or the Rachel/Leah/Jacob model of family life?
Whole Foods? Whole Paycheck!
Posted in Personal/Political on May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Where do you shop for groceries? Very much a personal is political question. This essay on 3 Quarks Daily, skewers the rich & foolish who drop a whole lot of money to shop in what a friend of mine calls the Food Museum…each morsel so carefully wrapped and artfully arranged, and fully documented.
We’re fortunate to live in a neighorhood with [...]
The wife is out of town
Posted in Gay Parenting/Gay Marriage on May 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Which makes me a single parent. So far, so good. I haven’t duct taped anyone to a radiator. No one has been lost, or even temporarily misplaced. Teeth have been brushed. Clothes have been changed. Bedtimes have held. Do potato chips count as a vegetable? If yes, then we’re right in sync with the federal [...]
