Braves Rally in the ninth
The Date was May 20, 2010. The Braves were off to a pretty slow start to the season. After giving up 8 runs to the Cincinnati Reds in the top half of the inning Bobby Cox pulled started, Tommy Hanson. This was Bobby Cox’s final year and playoff hopes were already being questioned. They couldn’t […]
CAN I Be your BUD?: Decriminalization examined
Alright here’s your meat, then you get your pudding. After watching someone dance to Trash80’s ‘At teh disko’ one of two things can come to a person’s mind. The first is, “I don’t get it. It’s just a chick dancing in her dorm room.” The other is “Hey that beat isn’t too […]
Is It Over?
A post from Doug Wead: “The good news for the Ron Paul people is that if no one else believes in the success of their campaign, the Romney Hawks obviously do and they are willing to cheat, lie and deceive to stop them. Said one of the staff at Ron Paul Headquarters today, “If Mitt […]
HEY RICKY!!: A SWANSONG FOR SANTORUM
I’m sticking my neck out on this one and hope not to make a pig’s ear so I’m just going to trust that you’ll follow this next step because if you don’t, well then the rest of this thing is simply in vain. Are you with me? Good man! Now, and believe me I know […]
Washington Times: Only Ron Paul Can Beat Obama
The Republican Party has energized its base around the idea that Barack Obama must be defeated to save America from “socialism.” They won a majority in the House in 2010 by focusing on Obamacare. They claim that this election is a turning point. Obama must be defeated or America will be “fundamentally changed.” There is […]
My son will be older than I am now when…
Last week the House of Representatives voted 228-191 and approved the Paul Ryan budget plan. The Ryan budget plan, also known as “The Path to Prosperity” does not project to balance the budget until the year 2040. Even that is a stretch using funny math. In fact, “The Path to Prosperity” still sees massive deficit […]
How to assemble a Paul Bot: Step 5
Up until now you had only halfway paid attention to politics or the news but as fate would have it you and I all received one hell of a wakeup call didn’t we? Planes. Towers. Smoke. Due to the, surely at this point, highly anticipated fictitious conclusion I’m building towards I will say no […]
How to assemble a Paul Bot: Step 4
While waiting for the inevitable ejection from public school by way of forced graduation or viscous expulsion, you had other things to do. Better things, like get back to figuring out what your tuning fork to the heart of the universe was. What phrase is this, you ask? Well earlier in your life you […]
How to assemble a Paul Bot: Step 3
Like a good little obedient child you return to the meat grinder from Pink Floyd’s rock-opera extravaganza and robotically write down the answers you were expected to memorize that week on blank lines or scribble in little ovals with your selection of either (A),(B),(C),(D) and don’t even think about rubbing that aluminum gum wrapper up […]
How to Assemble a Paul Bot: Step 2
You’ll never be able to wash away the memory of the first time your mom dropped you off to school. You can still see her getting smaller and smaller as she walked away from you and towards those giant, iron, double doors at the end of a checkered board tile linoleum floor. She disappears […]
