Archive for December 2003

The monthlies.

• Super Bowl Prediction

  The following are my predictions for the NFL playoffs that start this weekend. Wildcard Weekend: Tennessee Titans over the Baltimore Ravens; Dallas Cowboys over the Carolina Panthers; Green Bay Packers over the Seattle Seahawks; and Indianapolis Colts over the Denver Broncos. Divisional Playoffs: New England Patriots over the Tennessee Titans; Philadelphia Eagles over the Dallas [...]

• NFL Predictions Review

  At the beginning of the NFL season, and then at season midpoint, I made bold and astounding predictions. Pre-Season Mid-Season Actual AFC Division Winners Bills Patriots Patriots Browns Browns Ravens Titans Titans Colts Raiders Chiefs Chiefs NFC Division Winners Eagles Eagles Eagles Packers Packers Packers Bucs Panthers Panthers 49ers Seahawks Rams Wildcards Patriots Colts Titans [...]

• Thomas Jefferson’s Thoughts on Welfare

  “The poor who have neither property, friends, nor strength to labor, are boarded in the houses of good farmers, to whom a stipulated sum is annually paid. To those who are able to help themselves a little, or have friends from whom they derive some succor, inadequate however to their full maintenance, supplementary aids are [...]

• 1816 Election Results

  The following are the results of the 1816 presidential election. James Monroe became the president and Daniel D. Tompkins became the vice president. President James Monroe (Va.) 183 Rufus King (NY) 34 &nbsp Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins (NY) 183 John E. Howard (Md.) 22 James Ross (Pa.) 5 John Marshall (Va.) 4 Robert G. [...]

• Bush Dug Us Into a Deep Hole

  The Iraq War has freed millions of people from a vicious dictator. The liberation of the Iraqi people is plenty reason for the United Nations to go to war with Iraq. A broad coalition, assembed from parts of Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East, would be adequate in the response of the [...]

• Auckland On My Mind

  I made a promise to a friend after the disastrous ’02 midterm elections that if Bush wins in ’04, I would move to New Zealand. That promise still stands.

• Has the Election Been Settled?

  Doom is in the air. Two major boosts to George W. Bush’s re-election hopes have come through for him and a third is around the corner. The Massachusetts Supreme Court’s correct ruling on marriage and the capture of the former Iraqi leader has Bush on a pedestal dancing. The divisive issue of gay marriage will [...]

• Revelations

  I must reveal to you all that I am a liberal. That being said, it is also true that I am anti-American. My principle hobby is killing babies. And I have commited not one, but several acts of treason against these United States.

• Salon.com RFK Jr. Interview Excerpt

  This is excellent commentary by Robert Kennedy. As you point out, some of the most passionate ground troops for the anti-environment backlash have come from the Christian right. How do you make sense of that — that these people are also inspired by religious conviction? I would say what the fundamentalists call “dominion theology” is [...]

• Robert F. Kennedy on Bush Supporters

  Robert F. Kennedy speaks the truth: “I mean, look at George W. Bush — he knows nothing about any issue. He doesn’t seem to have a single complex thought in his head or shred of curiosity. I mean, he claims he doesn’t even watch the news or read newspapers. But people find something kind of [...]

• Nation-Building Campaign Rhetoric Bites Bush in the Ass

  The following are direct statements G.W. Bush made during the second debate preluding the 2000 presidential election. (You can not make this stuff up.) “And so I don’t think our troops ought to be used for what’s called nation-building. I think our troops ought to be used to fight and win war. I think our [...]

• The ANSWER for Public Schools

  Arithmetic. Nutrition. Science. Writing. Exercise. Reading. Establishing a federally-mandated minimum funding per pupil for these educational priorities is the first (and next) step in reaching our educational goals for public schools. Bush’s educational “ideas” are to lower educational standards and increase standardized testing (while grading the tests at the lower standards). “[Education experts and Texas [...]

• Nader Should Run

  Ralph Nader, the single most important private citizen in American history, should run for president. (Remember: Ben Franklin was an elected official at one time.) Nader is the reason cars and food are safer, the workplace is more healthy and viable, and the environment is cleaner. He is a far shot for the election but [...]

• Keeping Promises

  I made a promise to myself that I would not talk politics. I made a second promise to myself that if I broke that promise I would at least speak against the Bush administration. I will keep one of my promises…

• Ayn Rand

  “My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.” (From Atlas Shrugged.)