White House Meeting Minutes – Gates, Crawley, VP, and POTUS

July 30, 1600hrs – Rose Garden
POTUS:  Gentlemen.
CROWLEY and GATES: Mr. President.
POTUS:  Henry, good to see you… I brought Joe with me here.  Hope you, uh, don’t mind.
VP: Hey guys!  The Vice President gives a thumbs up, then clenches his fist toward Mr. Gates for “rocks”.
CROWLEY and GATES:  Mr. Vice President.
POTUS:  Joey won’t be having [...]

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You’ve got to be f***ing kidding me.

So, the President, a cop, and a Harvard professor walk into a bar…
This shouldn’t be happening.
I could argue that Obama meddling in local events violates the 10th Amendment; that his heavy hand in what might have remained a civil dispute between the police of Cambridge and Mr. Gates has elevated the issue to an unnecessary [...]

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Blog to the Future III – The one where the guy eats manure.

August 24, 2005

Alas, no computer still.
I’m typing this from the attic of my office, where our intern usually resides. Her PC free and my mind melted by the numbers crunched earlier this am (math is evil), I’ve decided to ramble on a bit.
I recently turned down a trip, free, with my parents to Germany for [...]

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Your Tuesday is my Monday, and your Thursday is my Friday. Just saying.

 

Cambridge police officer James DeFrancesco seen here handing out his band’s demo disc at a press conference on the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. That Jimmy, always makin’ lemonade outta lemons!

 
   

 

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Professor Whiney McRace-card

Let’s get this out of the way:  Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a whiney, upper class, intellectual stiff who played the race card because 1) it suited his agenda and 2) he was embarrassed.  No, you know what?  I bet he didn’t even have an agenda.  This is all pride.  Intellectualist pride.  I’m not siding [...]

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Senate Transcript, Environment and Public Works Committee, SD-406

SENATOR BARBARA BOXER, D-CA:  I’d like to thank the chairman and our audience this afternoon for allowing me to question Mr. Baggins on carbon emissions in his shire… shire, is it?  Shire.  I have a series of serious questions concerning several aspects of this – um – this shire, and I just want… I want [...]

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Secretary of Ani Difranco

Man, this whole blogging thing would be a hell of a lot easier if there were more to talk about.  It’s been an incredibly slow news week in the areas of stuff I find a) annoying, b) perplexing, c) stupid, or d) all of the above, as evidenced by my drafts folder (Metro Etiquette, West [...]

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Pearl Jam – The Fixer

My affinity for Pearl Jam has been tested.  Not a fan here.  But figured I’d share anyway.

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Let’s Get Political: Entitlement Edition

Let me just say it up front:  I do not support nationalized healthcare for Americans.  Actually, let me put it this way:  I think most Americans should pay for their own healthcare.   And, let me relate to you my experience with socialized medicine, where I engage in some good ol’ fashioned xenophobia, while appearing [...]

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Sotomayor Photomayor Fiestamayor

To prove he really is all about change, Obama gives America its first cyborg Supreme Court Justice nomination, ever.

Senator Graham makes an awkward case to Judge Sotomayor at her recent confirmation hearing, attempting once again to prove he isn’t “a gay”.

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