- Mar 30, 2016
What's Next? Their Mothers?
We are what we believe. After years of encouragement from hate-mongering radio and TV hosts, the hardcore, primary voting, 2016 Republicans have become the wing of the party of pure prejudice. Don’t confuse them them with the facts, their minds are made up. This is why any new information that would be damaging to any rational GOP political candidate doesn’t affect Trump’s poll numbers. His supporters are prejudiced beyond redemption and cannot, or will not change. I don’t kn
- Mar 29, 2016
Let's Listen In
The powerful Mafia, Cosa Nostra, mob, organized crime––whatever you want to call it––was brought down in large part because of a certain technology. Wiretapping. It was the technology of its time and not nearly as advanced or sophisticated as what we have now. Usually, it involved either a FBI agent breaking into a mob social club, or a van disguised as a phone company vehicle and a FBI technician literally perched on a telephone pole tapping in to the phone lines leading in
- Mar 14, 2016
Word
Word I agonized over the word “asshole.” Well, I didn’t agonize. I don’t agonize over words as much as I just want to make sure I’m being honest. Let’s say I went back and forth between using the word “asshole” and “people.” In the end, I sent two versions to the syndicate. Some editors who have enough courage––or bad taste, take your pick––will use “asshole” and some editors, if they reprint it, will most certainly use the politically correct “people.” My wife and I were tal
- Mar 10, 2016
Don't Confuse Us, Our Minds Are Made Up!
OK, stop with the debates, already. We’ve heard enough arguing, fighting, backstabbing, dick-waving, accusations, lying and rancor. We can’t watch any more debates because we get nightmares and we need our sleep. We will vote for any Republican no matter what. We will vote for a Democrat whether he’s a socialist or she’s a woman. We will vote for a Republican man whether he turns out to be like Benito Mussolini, Adolph Hitler, Hugo Chavez or Silvio Berlusconi. We will vote fo
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