Late in 1999, I talked to a few people who thought Shrub (AKA George W. Bush) was the second coming of Satan. They worked themselves into a lather, bemoaning the possibility of a world that had this convicted felon, drug-abuser and mental midget leading the most powerful military on the face of the Earth. I laughed, placating them with the words, “The position of President of the United States is a puppet perch, meaningless. He won’t affect the world at large! If you want to worry about someone, worry about Cheney. If Bush is elected, he’ll be the one who runs the country!”
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Tower of Light
The Coppola building in downtown San Francisco holds a special place in my heart. Aside from housing one of the finest production facilities in the city, it is the place that a bunch of my favorite films have been produced. From George Lucas’ ode to the fabulous fifties to Francis Ford Coppola’s first Godfather film, … Read more
The Unification of Apathy
If one wanted to explore the history of Organized Labor Unions in the United States, you’d have to begin with the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The phrasing used most often in defending the advent of organized labor is in “pursuit of happiness” which sought to cut work hours and gain higher pay. A ragtag collection of printers were the first to go on strike, in New York in 1794; cabinet makers struck in 1796; carpenters in Philadelphia in 1797; cordwainers in 1799. To be sure, it was poor living and working conditions and the unrepentant pursuit of profit by factory owners that pushed the working man to seek to improve the workers’ conditions, through either negotiation or strike action, that set the tone and need for such organizations.
The Last Word
In light of the growing debate over the same sex marriage licenses San Francisco has seen fit to issue, I have simply this to say to the conservative “family values” zealots attempting to halt the civil ceremonies… “The only thing that can truly destroy family values is ignorance and hate.” Thank you and good night!
A Writer Writes
That’s what I tell all my friends who say, “I should write a [insert literary endeavor here]!” The whole thought is essentially, a writer writes and a coward talks about writing. I rarely ever say that because people usually think I’m calling them names.
Liberals Make Great Olympic High Jumpers
Many people jumped at the chance to defend suspected terrorist and former Intel employee, Maher “Mike” Hawash, when he was “detained” as a “material witness” by the feds. Of course, most people believed that the man they “knew” would be incapable of terrorist leanings. Then, in August, all his friends had to eat crow when Hawash was indicted and plead guilty to one of three indictments levied against him. Ahhh, nothing like a steaming pile of crow to make you wish you’d just kept your big yap shut.
Affirmation
UPDATE: So I was off… Final Score: Patriots 32, Panthers 29. Man, I’m slipping.
Politics As Usual
Defective Yeti wrote a piece about the election process here in the US. It was pretty funny but accurate in a frightening way. I posted a comment about it and then someone disagreed. Then I posted again, and finally found I had convinced someone I’m not a complete idiot. Who knew I had it in me?
Prognostication
Last year at around this time, Tony Pierce asked the readers of his blog to choose the winner of the superbowl. I won as you can see from the upper right corner of this archived busblog entry. That’s me in the upper left corner as “The Biscuit.” This year, if I was a betting man, … Read more