Ode To the Napster Generation: Part Deux
©2012 James Montgomery Well, the battle had been joined over the SOPA/PIPA legislation and the people “won” and the bad, bad legislators in Washington retreated back to the dens of inequity from which...
View ArticleTerm Limits? No, Thank You.
I keep hearing the hue and cry for term limits. It is one of the most intellectually dishonest political arguments that can be made. And if you think “term limits” is a good idea, then I am talking to...
View ArticleThe Gospel According To Me
So many of today’s social issues have to do with a person feeling good about themselves and what they themselves believe. It is self-justification and rationalization. Then they look around and seek...
View ArticleFor The “Birthers”: The Asylum Awaits
The ya-ya over Barack Obama’s birth certificate is still on-going. The only thing I don’t believe about it is that this ridiculous farce is still on-going! The people who continue to pursue this...
View ArticleYou Deserve The Government You Elect – Wisconsin and Money
Of course, with the failure of the Democrats’ recall attempt in Wisconsin, there is much grumbling from that side about the amount of money that was spent by the Republicans, most notably funded from...
View ArticleGeorge, George, You Really Weren’t Up To the Job In the First Place, Were You?
Yeah, I know, I’m not covering any new territory here. George Lucas, for better or worse, has been one of the most important figures in moviemaking in the past fifty years and has been praised and...
View ArticleYeeowll
I have seen the lesser minds of my generation, rise up in protest against foes real or imagined. A people who are bound by nothing beyond their own self-interest in the name of the patron saint of...
View ArticleMy Vote Is My Vote
I’ve heard it said, a time or two, giving resignation to voice, When voting the lesser of two evils, it’s still an evil choice. Likewise, when picking poison, as the big decision looms, One still is...
View ArticleRuminations of a Right-Wing Recidivist Reactionary – An Ode to Idiots
I wonder what they’re eating in Somalia I wonder if they pick the sand out of their food I wonder if they would mind if we crash the party I wonder if they would think we’re being rude. I hear the...
View ArticleAssumptions and the People Who Assume (A rant in 9/8)
You can assume this is a pipe… and you’d be wrong. You’d also be wrong to characterize this little webpage as anything more than 1′s and 0′s.© René Magritte Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New...
View ArticleHail to the… *psst, what’s their name again?*
I really do not want to keep writing sports-centric pieces, but the inclination for cracking wise got the better of me and I decided to scribble a little nonsense about the NFL team in the sights of...
View ArticleIgnoramuses + Rants = “Ignorants”
I can’t say I have a solution to the influx of children fleeing the barbarism of their home countries, but watching the ginned-up zealotry over… what exactly is the outrage here? Regardless of...
View ArticleA Novus Incipit Annus
Unlike those who refuse to hold the Bush Administration accountable for their many sins and transgressions, I recognize that nothing exists in a bubble; every circumstance we deal with today was...
View ArticleIt Rained in South Carolina
For those of you who might give a crap – and I know most of you don’t, it rained here today. Now most of you conscious folk who happen to live in the area will know that. So why am I wasting your...
View Article2021: Twenty Days and Counting
Happy New Year one and all! Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve disgraced this blog with my presence, but it’s time to scribble something off while it’s fresh on my mind. A lot has happened since my...
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