July 2007
15 posts
“Me: I only bought one bag of candy, and just for you Joey, ‘cause...”
– More quotables from Baxter J. Hagin, genius.
Great Dudes in History →
John Edwards Vows To End All Bad Things By... →
OK, just because I’m an earnest man, and sincerely believe in egalitarianism (as exemplified by John Edwards), doesn’t mean I can’t laugh at the total insanity that is politics. But really! He is a great guy! Forget about the haircuts for one freakin moment! ;-) Even if you don’t want to elect pretty, multimillionaire, white lawyers, his anti-poverty and health care...
The Iraq war is lost: →
I am old enough to remember Vietnam and in particular, the after effects of that debacle on the collective American self-image. We were a damaged society— stagflation, Jimmy Carter, Disco, the 77-78 Yankees, were only scraping the surface of how ugly we felt inside. It took the perfect American Cowboy-Dad, Reagan to re-set the american swagger, and that had plenty of consequences too....
Bill Moyers Journal. Tough Talk on Impeachment →
45% favor impeachment of GWB—54% want Cheney booted.
All Child-Play and No Workouts Make Dad an Unfit... →
Once an Ironman now a JELLOMAN… I will be a damn fit Grandpa once these boys go from burnin’ to earnin’ :-)
I’m listening to the iPod on the train this morning, the 50 gigs of music whizzing by on the “make my day” setting (shuffle). The funny, white boy reggae of Sublime’s “Caress Me Down” pops in rotation and this connection comes to mind. David Milch, who is going for a surfer bliss (ahem) and dissipated American family groove with the new HBO show John From...
