Archive for October 2008

The Racial Thing

“Jesse Jackson is not the Emperor of Black People!” – Token Black “He told my dad he was.” – Stan Marsh (In general I am not a fan of posts that come with music, but in this case I think it applies well enough to make an exception.) There is a very good chance that [...]

A Malingering Process

“That just kept goin’, huh?” – Krusty the Klown Barring something truly hideous or shocking in the next nine days the election has become what everyone thought it would be two years ago: a Blue year.  This raises an interesting question which, sadly, will be completely ignored because way too many people stand to make [...]

Low Risk, High Reward

“Is this legal, man?” – Jimbo Jones “Only here and in Mississippi.” – Principal Skinner An Obama Administration will have many messes to clean, many mistakes to correct.  None of them are going to be easy to fix, but some are simpler than others.  One of the simplest, and one that will quickly yield tremendous [...]

Waiting for Sheriff Bart

“Hello Mr. Halper, I’m calling from MoneyBank credit services department.  I was wondering if you had a chance to read the threatening letter we sent you?” – MoneyBank Services Representative “Dahh . . .” – Bart Simpson “Because you sound like a mature responsible person who wouldn’t want an unpaid credit card bill to spoil [...]

And Now, Our Main Event . . .

“Well, we’re still on, three hundred and forty-six consecutive hours, and all because of one little boy who . . . who won’t let me stop!” – Krusty the Klown In just three short weeks the 2008 election will be over (probably).  If we’re all very lucky sometime around 11:00pm Eastern Standard Time on November [...]

Americana

“Look at the fear in his eyes, listen to the quiver in his voice, he’s a little boy lost in a game of men.” – Lisa Simpson The last week of the presidential campaign can only be described as the “Countdown to ‘Nigger’”.  Rallies featuring John McCain and Sarah Palin became so vitriolic that McCain [...]

The Blurst of Times

“I can’t believe it; we won another contest.” – Marge Simpson “The Simpsons are going to Delaware!” – Homer Simpson “I wanna see Wilmington!” – Lisa Simpson “I wanna visit a screen door factory!” – Bart Simpson All good things must come to an end.  Yesterday, the eleventh, and as far as I’m concerned final, [...]

Easier, More Seductive

“Marge, I’m feeling a lot of shame right now.” – Homer Simpson “I’m hearing that you feel a lot of shame.” – Marge Simpson Yoda was right.  The dark side is easier and more seductive, but it is not stronger.  It’s easier to torture a man into telling you what you want to hear than [...]

Treat the Heart Attack, But Don’t Forget the Cancer

“Homer has many, many horrible problems.” – Springfield General Hospital Doctor/Veterinarian It is natural to forget dull aches for flashes of sudden pain, and our vaunted twenty-four hour media can only keep so many stories in the air at once, but lost amid the continuing shit storm of attention devoted to finance and the economy [...]

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