It goes without saying that watching this election cycle has been painful. It’s painful because I realize just how programmed Americans are to respond to the establishment. All I hear is how the election is “rigged,” but I don’t see… Read More ›
Democrats
To Vote or Not To Vote: One Person’s Viewpoint
“I understand the fear over Donald Trump. I too want to crush the growing fascist sentiments rising up from the rot and decay of American society. But voting for Clinton and supporting the Democratic Party will not halt our descent… Read More ›
Don’t Talk to Me About Nina Turner’s Commitment to “Progressive” Policies
This piece was written in response to the speech Nina Turner made on Martin Luther King day. While you’re at it, stow the bullshit on Bernie Sanders’ and Tulsi Gabbard’s progressivism. Three strikes and you’re out. None of them are… Read More ›
Why #NeverHillary: Just the Facts
The Clintons have had a long, storied history in American politics, from Whitewater to Uranium One. While Hillary Clinton wants you to believe that the allegations against her and her husband are nothing more than a “vast, right-wing conspiracy”… Read More ›
The Democratic Party is on life support and ‘we the people’ need to pull the plug
I’m watching the death of the Democratic Party happen in slow motion. In fact, it’s happening way too slowly. We the people could help the process along by walking away from the party. Lord knows, the Democrats surely do not… Read More ›
Electing a Democrat in 2020 Will Not Solve Our Problems
It is not just the Democrats who haven’t learned a thing. Those being drawn like moths to a flame haven’t learned much either.
Barack Hussein Obama: The Ultimate Con Man
It has been a long eight years under the Obama regime. He is now officially a lame duck, and it’s time to look back on the cult of personality that surrounds the Obama family. It is also time to look… Read More ›
The Cheaters’ Lament
Oh, boo fucking hoo on the Democratic Party. They’re worried. Yep. Rumor has it that Democratic Party operatives are worried about what kind of “image” it might project or what kind of “message” it might send about Hillary Clinton when… Read More ›
Bamboozled, Hoodwinked, Duped and Tricked.
“I won’t tell you who to vote for and if I ever do, don’t listen to me.” -Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) By any stretch of the imagination, this has been an ugly primary season. I cannot find one redeeming feature… Read More ›
Clueless Americans and the Cult of Personality
“A cult of personality arises when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods to create an idealized, heroic, and at times worshipful image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.” I have literally a ton-shit of material I want to… Read More ›
My Letter to Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Below is the content of a letter I wrote and sent to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chairwoman of the DNC, with a cc to Amy Dacey, CEO of the DNC. May 19, 2016 Dear Chairwoman Schultz: You could consider… Read More ›
This is Where I Get Off the Bus
I turned sixty years old in February, and I’ve been voting for a very long time. Through all my political voting years, I’ve never voted anything but Democrat. I simply do not vote Republican. The fact that I am a… Read More ›
The Good. The Bad. And the Ugly.
And now, it’s time for another episode of “The Good. The Bad. And the Ugly.” It is proudly brought to you by the American political establishment, in conjunction with the pack of moronic fuckwits who enable it (and we can… Read More ›
Welcome to Zombie America
We live in Zombie America. There are Zombies on both sides: We have Republican Zombies. These are the people who want to eat the middle class and the poor. The we have Zombies on the other side of the aisle…. Read More ›
The Good. The Bad. And the Ugly.
Oh, it’s time for another edition of The Good. The Bad. And the Ugly. Funny, there’s always more of The Bad. And the Ugly. Such is the state of American politics. Proving that she’s very, very good Elizabeth Warren,… Read More ›
The Good. The Bad. And the Ugly.
Or the column formerly called “The Weekly Ying and Yang.” I’ve decided to take a different approach, primarily because I no longer write that column weekly. And also because there’s far more “yang” than “ying.” Therefore, I believe that the… Read More ›
America the Immoral, Part Two
Part Two of America the Immoral took me longer than I anticipated to put together. Better late than never. Here you have it. The continued war on women is immoral at its very core. Apparently the GOP didn’t get the… Read More ›
America the Immoral, Part One
Don’t misread the headline. It doesn’t say “America the Immortal.” It does indeed say “America the Immoral.” As a political junkie, I spend a lot of time rooting around, digging up information, and generally keeping myself informed of the day-to-day… Read More ›
Same Shit. Different Day.
Yeah, I know. That’s an overused phrase. I was thinking of using The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same, but that’s overused too. And, frankly, I feel as though I sound like a broken record. However, there’s… Read More ›
An Open Letter to the GOP and Its Supporters
Before I finish my post-election article, I am putting the text of an open letter to the GOP here. Please feel free to use portions of this letter to write to your GOP elected officials no matter where you are…. Read More ›
It’s Officially “A Sigh of Relief”
It’s Wednesday, November 7, and I’m officially breathing a sigh of relief. I went to bed last night knowing gleefully that the only thing Mitt Romney is president of is the Wicked Losers Club. Yep. If you’re from Massachusetts, things… Read More ›
After This Damned Election is Over…
I don’t know how you feel about the election, but I can’t wait until it’s all over. We’ll either be breathing a sign of relief or we’ll be scared shitless. Either way, after this election the American people need to… Read More ›
The Big-Ass Elephant in the Room
Can you guess what the big-ass elephant in the room is this election cycle? If you guessed climate change, you guessed right. It never made it as a debate topic because both sides agreed not to bring it up. In… Read More ›
The 2012 Election Goal: Keep Romney-Ryan Out of the White House. Period.
Over the last several days, the GOP has proved once again that it and its supporters are totally irrelevant, beginning with Donald Trump’s supposedly election-changing revelation about Barack Obama and ending with yet another GOP prospective lawmaker weighing in on… Read More ›
Here’s What’s On My Mind Today: The Debates Suck
In fact, they suck out loud. How useful are they in their present format? Well, shit, we might as well all be sitting around eating pork rinds and watching Honey Boo Boo. And anyone who knows me will tell you… Read More ›
Barack Obama: Missing in Action
I’ve had a full week of debates. I attended the Elizabeth Warren-Scott Brown debate on Monday at the University of Lowell. I watched the debacle last night between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. In this article, I want to talk… Read More ›
America and Its Obsession With Guns
Here we are after one of the worst massacres in United States history and we have a GOP presidential candidate who says we don’t need gun control and a sitting president who is too chickenshit to stand up to the… Read More ›
Is Anybody REALLY Excited About This Election?
I’m not. I’ve been a political junkie ever since I can remember. I had an FBI file when I was very young. I used to go around to colleges in the Boston area and talk about the killings at Kent… Read More ›
So Much For Transparency
It’s not bad enough that, with the Citizens United ruling, the Supreme Court has basically allowed corporate America to buy our election process. However, the fact that these entities (who are not people, by the way), can provide a never-ending… Read More ›
Elizabeth Warren Gets the Nomination; Ready to Take Down Scott Brown
Yesterday Elizabeth Warren received 95.77% of the delegate vote at the Massachusetts state primary convention, putting to rest any doubt about her candidacy for the seat the late Ted Kennedy held for 46 years. After receiving the nomination, she commented… Read More ›
Will the Democrats Seize the Day?
It’s officially election season, and many people have been wondering out loud if the Democrats can keep their majority in the Senate. They are defending 23 seats in 2012, and the GOP needs only four to take control. The House?… Read More ›
The Weekly Ying and Yang
Oh, it’s been a banner week for sure, and I’ve got plenty to say. There’s (mostly) good news on marriage equality. We had CPAC. And she’s baaaaack (yes, Ann Coulter). So, without further bullshit, let’s begin. The Spin Doctor is… Read More ›
Rick, Mitt and Newt. Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk.
I don’t know about you, but at least when Michele Bachmann was still in the hunt I found some comic relief in the GOP clusterfuck of presidential politics. Not anymore. Now we’re left to endure three of the biggest asshats… Read More ›
