Seventeen years after his death, former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall finds himself on trial in Washington. The occasion is the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. It turns out that Kagan once had the temerity to clerk for Justice Marshall and then compounded her error by admiring the man. Apparently working for, and then admiring, … Continue reading
You use the word hip They play your prom song on the oldies station The baseball stadium you went to as a child no longer exists Forget about the cops looking young, the chief of police looks as young as your paperboy You know what a paperboy is You like classic rap better You think Frank Lautenberg … Continue reading
Today is Father’s Day. Or as I think of it, the greatest transfer of GPS units ever known. I’m not sure how a dashboard device that provides directions became the “go to” gift for Father’s Day. Probably because not too many dads wear ties anymore. Since my dad passed away two years ago my gift … Continue reading
In a recent speech on the gulf crisis, President Obama promised to make the gulf better than before. Really? After hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil have spilled into it? We can really make it better? I felt like this was a promise out of Fantasyland. Right up there with oat bran donuts somehow … Continue reading
Remember when the big story on the news was killer Toyotas running amok on the California freeway or crashing into Grandma Marge’s front porch? Yeah, me neither. We’re all too busy watching black gooey stuff pour out of an underwater pipe in the Gulf. You can count on the perennially ADD media, and by extension the American public, to be … Continue reading
One of my favorite songs from The Rocky Horror Picture Show has the line “Let’s do the time warp dance.” Those of you that have thrown toast at a midnight showing of this cult favorite will know what I’m talking about. California is now offering its very own version of the time warp dance. Jerry … Continue reading
The good folks at Fox News and the right-wing blogosphere were cackling with glee the other day over Barrack Obama’s latest poll ratings. It appears that at his 800th day in office he dropped below 50%, not a good sign. Fox News knows that their regular viewers will take them at face value and not look behind … Continue reading
I recently watched a movie called Idiocracy. It takes place 500 years in the future and is scarier than any horror movie, those are fake and this is all too real. The basic premise is that the type of people who are guests on the Jerry Springer Show are popping out kids at a higher rate than … Continue reading
I love blueberries. If I were left on a deserted island and given one item of food they would be my first choice. As a child I could mark the beginning of summer at the local market. The shelves would be stacked taller than my head with containers from the blueberry capital of the world, Hammonton, … Continue reading
Due to the economy, over 800,000 people have cancelled their cable service. To them I say welcome. I’ve never had cable. It’s not that I’m a Luddite, after all I do write this nifty blog, but I’ve just never seen a reason to pay for 100 plus channels of drivel. In 1992, Bruce Springsteen wrote … Continue reading
I was thinking the same thing as Pam when I came across her blog. Of course, if we don’t say ‘Happy Memorial Day” will Bill O’Reilly and Fox News start a new diatribe about the “War on Memorial Day?” Please read her posting below: I’m looking at today’s twitter & Facebook posts and the phrase … Continue reading
