Archive for September, 2005

In the aftermath of New Orleans, many right wingers are embracing this ramble as some kind of spiritually uplifting gospel. It’s about Grey and Pink tribes and sheep and sheepdog and the capable and the culpable and what not. Ooookay.

EaBo, SoBo and all the other make-believe names are easily mocked, but they are so totally Boston’s future that it’s pointless to even try to resist. Instead of resistance, I recommend land-rushing. Name your favorite non-neighborhood today, before somebody else does! The mess of dilapidated, student-occupied houses behind Star Market’s parking lot in Allston should [...]

The Canadian Football League has suffered many indignities over the years and decades (how about those Baltimore Stallions?) so this latest one shouldn’t hurt too much. Even so, no commentary and amateur camerawork? I bet most U.S. high school football games on local access have better production values. (HT: Colby Cosh). Actually, no commentators sounds [...]

…than any other country in the world. I just wanted to say that. And the Old Country king is a freaking moron. It is a well documented fact that he can’t spell his own bleeping name. Nor does he have much spatial awareness. I hear he drools when he tries to tie his shoes. What [...]

Here’s something for Anti New Kenmore Squareian to cheer over: Blockbuster has apparently pulled out of Kenmore Square. Or maybe they’re just renovating, although that seems unlikely since the store was new and in good condition. I’ll try to find out more tomorrow, when Blockbuster’s headquarters is open. Bigger question: Is the videostore in general [...]

War Nerd writes about the demise of American nationalism, laying a lot of the blame for that highly unfortunate development on Jimmy Carter. Or, to use War Nerd’s words about Peanuts’ handling of the hostage crises: …this freak, Jimmy Carter. What a piece of work he was. We knew he was a Christian, but we [...]

I really think Democratic senator Mary Landrieu is out of line if she actually said this ABC’s Sunday morning news program, “This Week”: “If one person criticizes our sheriffs, or says one more thing, including the President of the United States, he will hear from me – one more word about it after this show [...]

If the reaction to 9/11 is any indication of future performance… Green- Category 1 Storm – President fires personal assistant, reprimanding her for “bothering him with this crap.”

Collectively, New Orleansians earned the Worst Post-Disaster Behavior Ever award, but among the chaos and lawlessness were pockets of people maintaining order and dignity against overwhelming odds. The first one is from New York Times, about a group a people holding out in a building in the French Quarters. Marty Montgomery stood on his second-floor [...]

Why didn’t president George W. Bush push Staple’s Easy-button on Tuesday afternoon to fix the levees, pump the water out of town and get the jazz going again in the French Quarters by midnight? I mean, what kind of incompetent Rethuglikkkan Bushitler chimp is he? As everybody knows, it’s really easy to immediately rescue far [...]