Vidi, vici, veni — I saw, I conquered, I came
Posted in Culture, Life, News, People, Social Issues, opinion on Dec 14th, 2009
I’ve not so far written about the Tiger Woods story because I viewed it as yet another story about a straying celebrity and that it would quickly become yesterday’s news. Reports such as these are now rather commonplace and are hardly worth reporting on, let alone commenting on. But this story outlived its fifteen minutes [...]
I was very much impressed with Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger when I first heard of the tragedy he and the rest of his crew averted back in January. After reading this book, I’m even more impressed with him. Not just a recounting of the Flight 1549 incident, this book is a biography that highlights the many [...]
I woke up this morning to find that President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Prize, which left me scratching my head. Don’t get me wrong, I voted for the guy and think he shows a lot of promise. But I think it’s premature, to say the least, to award him such a prize so [...]
Posted in Entertainment, News, People, Social Issues, opinion, sex on Oct 3rd, 2009
This morning while idly surfing the net, I read one woman’s rant about the latest sexual brouhaha du jour; that of David Letterman being blackmailed over the many sexual dalliances he’s had over the years with women he’d worked with. In complete indignation, she ripped Letterman up one side and down the other. She reviled [...]
Recently, I read about a pre-op transsexual prisoner in the UK, convicted of murder and attempted rape, who has won the right to be transferred from a male prison to a female one. The prisoner, who still has a penis, scrotum, and testicles, had not yet, at the time of incarceration, had surgery to remove [...]
Posted in Life, People, Politics, Rants, opinion on Sep 8th, 2009
The other night, I tuned into the Dennis Miller talk show on the car radio only to find a guest, Dr Drew Pinsky, hosting the show for the night. It’s a conservative show, but considering that this is all that’s available in my area, I listen to it and others just to see what the [...]
Late last night before going to bed, I heard of the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. At hearing this sad news I was not shocked, as his death had been expected for some time. Though Kennedy was most assuredly not a perfect man (who is?), he was probably one of the most effective Senators in [...]
Listening to the Neal Boortz show the other night, I heard him ragging on liberals who have decided to boycott Whole Foods because of an editorial Whole Foods CEO John Mackey wrote in the Wall Street Journal where he stated that “universal healthcare is no more a right than food or shelter.” Boortz believes the [...]
Posted in People, Politics, history, opinion, quotes on Aug 20th, 2009
President Harry Truman was among the first Americans who saw a need for health care reform. Decades ahead of his time, he was unable to make meaningful changes during his tenure as president in the late 40s and early 50s, but he’s acknowledged by some as the inspiration for the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid [...]
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Life, News, People, Rants, opinion on Aug 13th, 2009
In a recent New York Times article, Reverend Jesse Jackson, has speculated about Michael Vick not yet being signed to an NFL team, wondering if it was a racist conspiracy among NFL team owners to keep him out of the league. Jackson even had the temerity to compare Vick’s situation with that of Jackie Robinson, [...]
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