Chicago IL, Hundreds of thousands flocked to Grant park last night to witness history with their own eyes. They chanted their mantra into the evening air in hope and anticipation, “Yes we can! Yes we can!” Finally, after a wait that lasted hours, years, or a lifetime, the numbers came through, ballots were tallied and Barack Obama … [continue]
I have been neither proud nor pragmatic in the quest for money. Truth be told, several of my professional engagements have swayed sickeningly along the tightrope that separates ethical and legal behavior from politics and other criminal enterprise. By and large I feel no great shame about this sordid history. Rather than enter into the numbing minutia … [continue]
We the Writers of the Receiving Me?, in Order to form a more perfect Blogazine, establish The Funny, insure Interweb Tranquility, provide for the common cold, promote the general Nonsense, and secure the Blessings of Anything to ourselves and our secret selves, do ordain and establish this Charter for Receiving Me?.
So begins that most sacred document, … [continue]
Irony isn’t dead, but its golden age has passed. Now we enter days of meta. Popping around the major news networks last night and the major newspapers this morning I found not a single story or dialog about what the candidates said. Nobody was interested in truth or relevance of the debate, instead all efforts were directed … [continue]
As all of you no doubt know, last night was the Vice-Presidential debate between Governor Palin of Alaska and Senator Biden of Delaware. It had been billed as the must watch debate of all debates. The media hype machine was in top form, disaster scenarios laid out, perceived strengths and weaknesses dissected, and the importance of the … [continue]
Citizen’s Bank Field, Philadelphia PA – Like all great plans, this was a simple one, requiring only eight consecutive seats, two quarts of body paint, and eight men with a dream. They didn’t go into this ignorant and brave, this was no charge of the light brigade, questions were asked and doubts voiced. Was the weather less than ideal? … [continue]
Every so often the duties of writing for an online farce must take the backseat to something of actual importance. Such a moment is this. Paul Newman has died of cancer. He was 83. I won’t dig through the length and breadth of his life here; I leave the trivia and obligation of obituary to those best … [continue]
Washington, DC – Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke called a press conference today to announce to end of our current system of federally backed cash and interdependent markets. Also announced were the end of interest rates, taxes, and civil authority above the tribal level.
“Americans should get ready to tighten their belts and make some … [continue]
The past months have seen a string of financial calamities, the likes of which have not been seen since the S&L crises of the late 1980. By now most of us have some sense of what went wrong. Housing prices went up at a rate that was completely unconnected with the actual growth of the economy. Suddenly … [continue]
Washington, DC – I-495, the capital beltway, a 64 mile loop of asphalt and concrete that girdles our nation’s capital in a seething traffic feedback loop. It wasn’t so long ago that the beltway was home to some of the most heartfelt imprecations against god, man, and cell phones on the face of the earth. Hurried commuters would … [continue]
