It’s almost over. The billboards. The TV commercials. The radio spots. The debates. The interviews. The handshakes. The photo ops. The auto-dialed phone calls. The full page ads. The political action committees. The rallies. The speeches. The political pundits along with their up to the minute opinion polls replete with graphs and charts. It’s all almost over. With just about 24 hours left before the midterm [...]
“Where does a self-made man go on Mother’s Day?” Such were the rhetorical tidbits an old friend of mine’s father would come up with. He had a ton of them. The best I was ever able to retort in this battle of clever witticisms was a lame response like “Yea, well, you can lead a horticulture [...]
This is it. The very last piece I will write about the 2008 Presidential and Congressional elections. Right up until I can think of something else to say. As Democrats bask in the warm golden glow of victory, Republicans are left to shield their eyes from the stark white light of reality as they lick [...]
If you have read a few of my previous submissions you know that I was a supporter of John McCain in the recent presidential election. Senator McCain was not my ideal candidate. His positions on several issues did not jive with mine, including global warming and immigration to name only a few. But I felt [...]
Language is a remarkable thing. The fact that we have the ability to convey our deepest thoughts or desires by writing down some squiggly lines that form letters that are then assembled into words which can be read and comprehended, or to make noises in a particular fashion so as to be understood by someone [...]
Like it or not, Barack Hussein Obama is the next president of the United States of America. Hats off to him and his campaign team for successfully running what must be the most nonspecific campaign since Jimmy Carter. Carter came in to run against Gerald Ford who was sacrificed at the political altar for the [...]
Boy, it sure is fun making fun of people. I love it. And if somebody has an accent, well imitating them can be hysterical no matter what words you say. You know how some jokes are only funny if you say them with a heavy Jewish accent, or talk like an old time steppin’ fetchin’ [...]
As Will Rogers once said “Thank God we don’t get all the government we pay for” and I couldn’t agree more. I am well aware of the extraordinary measures our government and for that matter governments around the world have taken recently in an effort to prop up a global economy that seems to be [...]
Some of the best comedy available today is on the 24 hour “news” stations. Perhaps not the best stand- up comedy, but certainly comedy of the absurd.The latest CNN/Opinion Research poll indicates that 7 out of 10 people surveyed avowed that race is not an issue for them in this year’s presidential election. CNN dutifully [...]
