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A RICH DRINK

May 6, 2006

Time to take another peek [Lifestyle Theme] into “The Lifestyles of the Rich… and Cranky.” People think it’s easy being... Read more...

LIBRARIANS BATTLE FOR FREEDOM

May 5, 2006

Let’s hear it for a rugged bunch of two-fisted, tough-as-nails freedom fighters: America’s librarians. Yes! Throw out your stereotype of... Read more...

LEE RAYMOND'S GOLDEN YEARS

May 4, 2006

Last year, with a veritable gusher of oil profits flooding into the coffers of Exxon Mobil, CEO Lee Raymond moaned... Read more...

GOOGLE'S UNETHICAL WEASELING

May 3, 2006

Question: What does the name “Google” translate in to Chinese? Answer: Weasel. This Internet giant grew up with a free-spirit... Read more...

RUMMY'S DOING A HECK OF A JOB

May 2, 2006

Pentagon chief Donnie Rumsfeld has finally amassed the level of troop strength necessary to win the war. Not the war... Read more...

SPORTS "BRANDALISM"

April 29, 2006

Time for another report [sports theme] from the Wide, Wide, Wide, WILD world of sports! Exciting news, sports fans: Marketers... Read more...

WHO IS TO BE "DETAINED?"

April 28, 2006

Look out – here comes Halliburton again! With its own personal sugar daddy occupying the the vice president’s chair, this... Read more...

WORDS TO REMEMBER

April 27, 2006

We all remember George W’s fleeting moment of glory three years ago when he strutted aboard that aircraft carrier under... Read more...

AN EXPLOSIVE NEW POLITICS

April 26, 2006

Bush political operative Karl Rove is a Machiavellian master at finding divisive, hot-button, election-year issues that delight the GOP’s right-wing... Read more...

A TELLING PICTURE

April 25, 2006

Memo to Karl Rove: Never again let George W be posed with the real George W: George Washington. An AP... Read more...

A NEW HORROR FROM THE IRS

April 21, 2006

It’s time to call 9-1-1 about an IRS proposal to change Section 7216 of the Internal Revenue Code. Whenever the... Read more...

THE MANNING MEMO

April 20, 2006

Well, well – here comes yet another secret memo revealing how George W’s Iraq attack has been, from the very... Read more...

DON'T LOOK DOWN AT IMMIGRANTS, LOOK UP

April 19, 2006

Here’s a modest suggestion for dealing with illegal immigration: Instead of everyone looking down at all those impoverished Mexicans coming... Read more...

TOM'S GONE BUT THE STENCH REMAINS

April 18, 2006

At last, Tom DeLay has succumbed to the scandal of his own making and finally done something positive for the... Read more...

WAR PROFITS AND BAT MITZVAHS

April 15, 2006

David H. Brooks loves his little girl and, like any good dad, wanted her to have a memorable Bat Mitzvah.... Read more...

THE SENATE SELLS OUT TO LOBBYISTS

April 12, 2006

After the U.S. senate okayed its lobbying reform bill, Senator Chris Dodd puffed himself up and exhaled this whopper: “There’s... Read more...

THE CORPORATE PENTAGON

April 11, 2006

Thanks to a vigilant reader, I’ve come across the website of America’s largest, oldest, busiest, and most successful corporation. At... Read more...

DON'T WEEP FOR WEILL

April 8, 2006

As tax time approaches, I’m sure that your greatest worry is about the tax burden being shouldered by America’s richest... Read more...

FOR THE LOVE OF NATURE

April 7, 2006

When George W announced that he was naming Gov. Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho to be his new secretary of the... Read more...

WHAT HAPPENED TO LOBBYIST REFORM?

April 6, 2006

When congress says it’s going to reform itself, we peasants should, (a) laugh uproariously, (b) run for the hills, or... Read more...

ASHCROFT RESURFACES

April 5, 2006

All of you John “Mad Dog” Ashcroft fans will be glad to hear that he’s back in government! Well, not... Read more...

TURNING COOKIES INTO ARMOR

April 4, 2006

George “Flimflam” Bush is back with his traveling medicine show, trying yet again to sell us that old elixir he... Read more...

TRIVIALIZING OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS

April 1, 2006

Big political news! There’s been a major development affecting the 2008 presidential race. Dateline: Memphis, Tennessee. At a meeting of... Read more...

A REGIME OF INJUSTICE

March 30, 2006

The BushCheney Regime asserts that the hundreds of captives it has stashed in the military prisons of Guantanamo Bay have... Read more...

WAL-MART SEARCHES FOR ETHICS

March 29, 2006

You’ll be thrilled to learn that Wal-Mart has been taking bold steps to spiff up its sordid image! Not such... Read more...

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