Barack Obama is by no means a perfect presidential candidate. Surely, once he secures the nomination, the GOP will dig up all sorts of things they can use to label him ‘dangerous’, ‘reckless’, ‘cowardly’ and ‘inexperienced’. I’m sure he expects it as part of the political process. It’s not like he doesn’t have a war [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 27, 2008
NHL trade deadline haikus
Are there two things on this Earth that go together more perfectly than sports commentary and Japanese poetry? Besides, with all the words that we wasted yesterday discussing these trades ad nauseum, I figured I would cut back and improve my literary footprint.
So, here is my commentary on the major trades of yesterday’s NHL frenzy, [...]
February 25, 2008
A-fucking-men.
I’m not one for penning tiny blog posts to share a single link without, you know, yammering on for several paragraphs about what I think about it … but the following essay in the Washington Post is such an excellent little opinion piece that I’m going to let it speak for itself. Mostly.
I knew that [...]
February 25, 2008
L’affaire Sundin
It’s not a secret that I don’t like the Toronto Maple Leafs. I’d be perfectly happy to watch them remain in the NHL’s basement for the next couple of decades, or even better, have them strive for but just miss the playoffs every season in a never-ending hockey purgatory.
For the good of the National Hockey [...]
February 13, 2008
Why are Hillary Clinton’s internet videos so terrible that it hurts my soul?
If you thought political advertising was all the same; just a bunch of catchphrases spouted by white people over a swirling musical score and images of Good People doing Good Thing and having Good Times and Prosperity …
… well …
You don’t know Hillary Clinton.
These two videos are both Internet advertisments for her campaign. The first [...]
February 13, 2008
Sour grapes, sore losers and nyah-nyahs from both sides of the primaries
Yo! People! The race for the President of the United States of America is NOT between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Wake the fuck up! This isn’t the big prize. Keep your eyes on the real fight.
The Democratic nomination competition has turned so mean-spirited and vicious, among supporters for both sides if not between both [...]
February 12, 2008
A police officer with a very small penis…
… caught on film being horribly mean to a 14-year-old boy who made the mistake of skateboarding in the wrong place. I’ve known lots of cops in a professional capacity, and dealt with a few others from the wrong side of the law, and have never seen the kind of impotent rage that this man [...]
February 10, 2008
The saddest story ever told by local TV news
I work in a small daily newsroom. I’ve spent time in lots of big daily newsrooms. I’ve seen every episode of Ken Finkelman’s ‘The Newsroom’. So I know exactly how it sounded when the producer went to his local news reporter with this story.
PRODUCER: Hey, I got a great story for you.
REPORTER: Oh yeah … [...]
February 6, 2008
Do the primaries have a shootout?
So … if the Democratic primary was a baseball game between, say, the Yankees and the White Sox, it would look something like this:
Yankees jump out to a large first inning lead, thanks to absentee balloting, four years of momentum and their already-famous manager. Call it 6-0, Yanks, after one.
The Sox play some scrappy ball [...]
February 5, 2008
Dear America, please do not fuck this up for the rest of the world.
I guess we’ll see what happens tonight. In the meantime, just compare the bent of the two Democratic candidates’ political advertising:
Hillary Clinton:
Barack Obama:
Fear vs. Hope. I just wish I could vote. I’ll go and get drunk instead and hope something big is about to go down.
