So, I’m tired of the balance between me and the plethora of wack-ass religious freaks being horribly unbalanced. I’m tired of it on TV, in film, in line at the grocery store, on bumper stickers on the gas-sucking Hummer in front of me in traffic . . . but, mostly, I’m tired of it from […]
This morning I read an article on CNN that discussed a Republican initiative to pass a superfluous bill showing support for the troops and the War in Iraq and the War on Terror (as the “big, neon-sign type PR billing” is put). It reminded me of that old nursery rhyme about St. Ives. Do you know […]
So the government has decided to rename its five-year-long “War on Terror.” The new name is about marketing, and while “Operation Iraqi Freedom” and older wars like “Desert Storm” were heavy on the powerful words, this is a soft renaming. The “War on Terror” is becoming “The Long War.”
The Long War? Sounds like a James […]
This morning, while munching my Egg McMuffin at my little brown desk, I nearly choked. A little bit of egg lodged in my throat, not from careless devouring or just plain gluttony, but from attempting to laugh while swallowing. What was so funny? The front page article on CNN.com that cites DeLay’s plans to quit […]
I was asked why I felt the need to send a message to every member of the Oklahoma Congress about HB2158. And, it is true that I have no children. And, it is true that I am straight and not gay. But, neither of those things are really the point, in my opinion.
My parents taught […]