WE ALL LOSE WHEN POLITICIANS AND MEDIA GET COZY Isn’t it strange that disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer got away with his trysts as long as he did? Spitzer, a mean-spirited bully, resigned following revelations he had been saying one thing and doing another. As New York’s attorney general, he stayed busy impugning the reputations of and ruining the careers of many … [Read more...] about Mar. 17, 2008: We All Lose When Politicians And Media Get Cozy
Mar. 10, 2008: Where Have All The Reliable Targets Gone?
WHERE HAVE ALL THE RELIABLE TARGETS GONE? I am getting concerned. A lot of my most reliable targets have dried up and gone away. Kind of like the drought, except annexing Tennessee won’t help me any. Our Ambassador to Outer Space Cynthia McKinney has disappeared into the cesspool of the free world, Berkeley, Calif. I had high hopes that she might run for president on the … [Read more...] about Mar. 10, 2008: Where Have All The Reliable Targets Gone?
Mar. 3, 2008: Jekyll Redevelopment Should Be Of Interest To All Georgians
JEKYLL REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE OF INTEREST TO ALL GEORGIANS Depending on who you talk to, Jekyll Island is about to be taken over by greedy real estate developers and turned into a fancy vacation resort with prices out of reach to ordinary Georgians, or it is a seedy, financially-strapped rundown shell of its former self. There is no question that Jekyll Island needs a … [Read more...] about Mar. 3, 2008: Jekyll Redevelopment Should Be Of Interest To All Georgians
Feb. 25, 2008: Some Politicians Think Rules Don’t Apply to Them
SOME POLITICIANS THINK RULES DON’T APPLY TO THEM It grieves me to hear people complain about all the “crooked politicians” in our government. I have spent much of my adult life around the political arena and, popular though it may be, the perception that our public officials are generally a bad lot is incorrect. In fact, politicians grade on a competency curve about like any … [Read more...] about Feb. 25, 2008: Some Politicians Think Rules Don’t Apply to Them
Feb. 18, 2008: Wood Storks Not A Concern At Beijing Olympics
WOOD STORKS NOT A CONCERN AT BEIJING OLYMPICS If there are any wood storks in China, they are in a heap of trouble. The XXIX Olympiad, as the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing are so grandly known are just months away and I am willing to bet all the tea in — well, you know — that not one person there gives a flying honk about the wood stork. That was not the case in … [Read more...] about Feb. 18, 2008: Wood Storks Not A Concern At Beijing Olympics