It's A God Thing

"God gives us our rights, not government."  -Janine Turner, actress, Tuesday August 28, 2012, addressing the RNC My initial reaction to some second-rate actress making such an outrageous declaration was, "Oh for the love of fuck. The chick from Northern Exposure? Seriously?" As is our wont these days, that's just what I posted on Facebook. An old friend and staunch conservative from small-town Connecticut replied to my post with this...

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Pissed off before the first cup of coffee is done

You should be, too. Fuck these people....

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Chowing Chicken Is A Vote For Family Values?

"I hope (chicken place) will make gazillions of dollars. This is a still free country and people will vote with their money." (August 2, 2012, Facebook, Author Withheld) I will never craft a response to the "chicken thing" that could surpass the wisdom and clarity of Wayne Self's July 30th essay in his "Self's Fulfilling Prophecies" blog. [Update: blog change]. Like Mr. Self, I too acknowledge the absurdity of this debate, and chances are...

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Life in the Lower 99

"So many of my friends post about how they feel about the present economy. I wonder how they would feel if, in the future, they were one of the fortunate ones who was earning a lot more money. Would you still be angry with them for having more than you? Would you still think they should pay more than they are now? Would you still think your money should support those who don't have, because they aren't ambitious as you?" (August 24th, Author...

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Dear White Christian Lawmaker: How Are You Getting Away With It?

Dear White Christian Lawmaker, I just don't understand how you're getting away with it. Has the nation gone so numb at this point that no one is willing to stop you? Have people forgotten that as state leaders you are not endowed with any sort of divine status? Put simply, you aren't actually allowed to legislate based on your personal religious beliefs, signing bills into law based on nothing but scripture. Not any more...

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Little Baby Face: One in Ten Thousand Microtia Babies

These things are good: ice cream and cake a ride on a Harley seeing monkeys in the trees the rain on my tongue and the sun shining on my face These things are a drag: dust in my hair holes in my shoes no money in my pocket and the sun shining on my face            * Roy Lee "Rocky" Dennis           ...

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Never Forget Who Broke That Egg

One of my buddies confided that he can't stand it when his other single friends goad him into going "tom-catting around" on a Saturday night. I laughed, because I hadn't heard that expression before, yet it so neatly captures what the vibe of that evening was going to be; but then I felt bad for laughing, because the expression really bothers my buddy, here he was confiding that his dick-swinging trim hunter pals would tease him if he were to say,...

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