Clueless Joe

Well, that makes it pretty simple.
 
Pundits are debating a litany of causes for the deep angst and anger being displayed in the current voter polling data. Voters are mad as hell and while even the most liberal minded of the so called experts accept the anger, they differ on their opinions of the root-cause for it.
 
The [...]

The Soul of Audacity

“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 but you [...]

The Devil His Due

Is this the change we have been waiting for?
In what can only be described as the nationalization of what was once American private industry the President of the United States has seen fit to relieve the CEO of General Motors of his job. And he did it in a most gutless and cowardly way.
While [...]

Risky Buisness

BREAKING NEWS !!! RISK IS RISKY !!!
Treasury Secretary Tim 1040 Geithner has his secretarial undies in a bundle regarding risk-taking on Wall Street. Without going into all the boring details, let’s just say he is against it. Or at least his boss is against it and he, being the good soldier, is taking on the [...]

The Great Communicator

“Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
In what has become an almost tiresome noting of historic firsts the President of the United States Barack Obama made an appearance on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno. His intent was to deflect outrage at the ongoing AIG [...]

Who’s On First

OK! Let’s get it straight. Who’s on first, What’s on second, I Don’t Know is on third. The left fielder is Why, Center Field is Because, the pitcher is Tomorrow and the catcher is Today. Wrap it up with a shortstop named I Don’t Care and you have the makings of a great comedy sketch [...]

Bailing Failure

Brace yourself boys and girls for this once in a lifetime headline.
BigFrick agrees with President Barack Obama and Congressman Barney Frank, at least in part.
The recent admission by AIG that they plan to use part of the huge taxpayer bailout they received to pay $165 million in bonuses to their derivative traders is beyond [...]

The Great Swami-Obama

Albert Einstein said “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”. I’m afraid I must disagree and say “Insanity is watching somebody doing the same things over and over and actually believing that it represents change.”
With a stroke of the pen the new president has signed into law the [...]

The Victim Syndrome

Regardless of how high they rise, some men simply remain small.
Such is the case with the new Attorney General.
It seems that regardless of the historic nature of this new administration, regardless of the remarkable racial progress made in America over the last 50 years that led up to this election, there will always be those [...]

Epic Hypocrisy

Ok kids, it’s time for a pop quiz! No looking at your neighbor’s paper.
Question: After successfully wrangling a debt laden, pork bloated $780 billion spending package through congress, with literally tens of billions of dollars worth of pet projects and ear marks, how do you switch the focus of the American taxpayer who will [...]