tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157725002011-12-24T18:29:53.954-07:00A compendium of rants, raves, and raving rants. As pissed off as I am? I doubt it!Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-11502415877112743502011-12-24T18:29:00.002-07:002011-12-24T18:29:53.967-07:00

As I noted in my post of August 4 of this year, the nation is fed up with Republican obstructionism. The latest partisan, political crap is playing chicken with the country's economy by stonewalling renewed funding of unemployment payments and extending the payroll tax cut. A majority of economists have said that the payroll tax cut helps the U.S. economy. But the Congress (specifically the House

jcmarchauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878503003137965879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-32620094945025770972011-08-04T22:01:00.005-07:002011-08-04T22:09:02.241-07:00

Okay. After almost 2 years since my last post—and with the shenanigans and jackassery occurring in Our Nation's Capitol this last week—I had to write something. There's a lot of Democrat anger over the debt-ceiling discussion/hostage-taking/denouement and I think these Huffington Post articles say it best: America got screwed. The only saving grace at this point is that nothing is enacted until

jcmarchauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878503003137965879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-51135094534927483182009-10-05T20:14:00.004-07:002009-10-05T20:28:09.295-07:00

Howdy! Wow, I haven't posted here since 09/06?! That's when the Dems were voted back in to stop the creeping crud of the Neo-Cons! And now it's a whole new ballgame!But the fight goes on. Instead of accepting their defeat with manly, humble pride and helping America get "back on its feet" after the disastrous policies of the last 8 years, the corrupt cheerleaders of the last administration

jcmarchauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01878503003137965879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-15157948977468378202006-11-10T19:12:00.000-07:002006-11-10T19:31:25.258-07:00

Democracy is back! What more can I say, except...How Can I Keep From Singing!

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1159138033414602902006-09-24T15:44:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:24.433-07:00

Ever wonder why Iraq seems to be in a worse state than before The War was started by the Bush Administration? Check out this story from The Washington Post detailing the hiring practices and priorities of the administration, and it won't be difficult to see how $18 billion went missing.

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1158987674115990422006-09-22T21:40:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:24.347-07:00

Mother Jones magazine has published a timeline of the string of lies from the Bush administration leading up to the illegal war in Iraq. Now they've published it online. It's a scrupulously researched and documented piece that exposes, all in one place, the perfidy, falsehood and misdirection of this corrupt government's justification for their imperialistic and corporate-led atrocity. View it

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1158899912123482322006-09-21T20:52:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:24.272-07:00

Check out this documentary at www.loosechange.com. If you've ever suspected that the government had a hand in 9/11, this is the doc for you. If you had no inkling at all that the government's explanation was anything but true, this will convince you otherwise. In any case, you can't walk away from this film without being intensely angry. For whatever reason.Be sure to search the Internet for

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1157761944931023652006-09-08T16:51:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:23.672-07:00

Well, the Neocons are proving--again--that they can't play fair. Or even truthfully. It's not enough for them that they have control of all three branches of U.S. government. Never mind that they screwed that up with their obvious war profiteering, corruption and pocket-lining. They still think they should win the upcoming elections, to stay in power. And they'll try anything, no matter how

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1152675190524312562006-07-11T20:03:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:23.596-07:00

Some great articles online from Mother Jones magazine about U.S. plans in general--and Bush admin plans in specific--for the Middle East; neocons using Scheherazade tactics to downplay their failures; and Karl Rove's schemes to have the government use fear to control the outcome of elections and justify unlawful practices and the erosion of American freedoms.Check 'em out.

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1148616148842384892006-05-25T20:50:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:23.459-07:00

What's the frickin' use? It seems inevitable that our next unprovoked war will be in Iran. Can anything stop these criminals who have taken over the American government? The elections in November won't be here in time to prevent the beginning of WW III.Why doesn't the American public shriek in outrage about these goings-on? Corruption, hypocrisy, dishonesty, greed, war-mongering, and just plain

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1144212465205300742006-04-04T19:32:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:23.401-07:00

I am ashamed to live in Arizona tonight.Why? Because of a news item I just heard that sickens me.Two young men in Arizona were arrested for sodomizing 18 boys at a youth camp last summer. These junior counselors used broomsticks and flashlights to traumatize these boys, aged 14 through 16.Who are these sick perverts preying on young boys under their charge? Decrepit, corrupt homosexual men

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1138591693871893362006-01-29T19:44:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:23.331-07:00

It's getting worse, people. The elevation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court could spell the end of freedom as we know it.The U.S. system of democracy works, in part, because of the checks and balances in place between the President, the Congress, and The Supreme Court. No branch of government has total power. But with the philosophy swinging toward the unitary executive theory once Alito's on

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1134951735287176612005-12-18T17:18:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:23.253-07:00

On the turning awayFrom the pale and downtroddenAnd the words they say,Which we won’t understand:"Don’t accept that what’s happeningIs just a case of others’ sufferingOr you’ll find that you’re joining inThe turning away."It’s a sin that somehowLight is changing to shadowAnd casting its shroudOver all we have known,Unaware how the ranks have grown,Driven on by a heart of stone.We could find that

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1133134802522247462005-11-27T15:47:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:23.189-07:00

This is a little late, but hey, I'm still mad!Here in the Southwest, home to morons of many persuasions, there's a little ritual that comes along as the days get shorter and the heat dissipates. It's called "The Holiday Season" and it starts as early as Halloween.In olden days (in Europe), Halloween was traditionally the end of the old year, well into harvest time and the beginning of wintry

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1130207225629196392005-10-24T19:13:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:23.096-07:00

What's with all the people dying? There outta be a law!Don Adams, Bob Denver, Louis Nye, Nipsey Russell--Charles Rocket?!? All my TV pals from my callow youth are biting the big one (and I mean that most respectfully). I thought it was all over when Rodney Dangerfield went to The Great Beyond, but eventually I got ::sniff:: over it. Now there's this wave of talent permanently visiting The Other

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1127189265238451392005-09-19T20:00:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:23.033-07:00

Remember when everyone was "buying American" to show their support for the good ol' U. S. of A.? "I'd never buy a Japanese car; I only buy American!" It helped keep people employed, sustained the economy, and just generally made you feel good all under!Those days are LONG gone! Welcome to 21st Century Capitalism! Work harder, smarter, longer; take courses, learn new skills, be faster, more

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1126157753824463312005-09-07T21:41:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:22.902-07:00

Time Magazine came out this week, with the feature story being the damage and devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. The secondary story in this tragedy was how the federal, state, and local governments were unprepared for a storm of this magnitude, compounding the tragedy by their ineptness/callousness/lack of resources; you pick the major reason.It's pretty well acknowledged that the federal

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1126065138972288122005-09-06T20:19:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:22.842-07:00

Wouldn't it be great if you could move through time? (Yes, I know we're moving through time right now--wiseass!) I mean faster than normal! Wouldn't it be great to see how things turn out?I had a notion--that I can't remember--about inventing a time machine just out of spite. "Oh yeah? I'll show you; I'll create a time machine and then we'll see who's nuts!!" Or something like that. Boy I wish I

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1125768181901062552005-09-03T10:18:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:22.781-07:00

People who have read my posts may have noticed I have a bit of a "thing" about religion. Maybe it's because I've learned about all the various detriments of religion to humanity. Granted, religion is great for those who have lost their way, or don't have a way to begin with. Most of our moral culture comes from religion. For those who were never taught the difference between right and wrong,

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1125184622994342182005-08-27T15:22:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:22.721-07:00

Now, most people don't know who Jim Aparo is. Unless you're a comic book nerd like me. Jim was an illustrator for DC Comics, most notably known for several Batman and Deadman issues of the 70s and 80s. He's one of those artists who does a capable job on everything he illustrates, but has never been, to my knowledge, a "fan favorite." However, now that he's gone, I feel sad that another well-known

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1125029994304499512005-08-25T21:12:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:22.659-07:00

And now we come to the “controversy” over evolution versus “intelligent design” (in this case, an oxymoron if ever I heard one). “Controversy” is in quotes because no matter how much the religious right/neo-conservatives want their religious viewpoint on science to be taken seriously in public debate, there just is no way their ravings can be called “science.”One of the chief objections to

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1124945971253823372005-08-24T21:48:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:22.596-07:00

Here's a little sunshine to ward off the poisonous gray clouds! This is an idea for a t-shirt, conceived by my son, Eric and drawn in Adobe Illustrator by moi. It's titled "Buzzcut". Hilarious!

Wildpighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209124500191544779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15772500.post-1124942689073799072005-08-24T20:55:00.000-07:002006-11-10T18:53:22.522-07:00

I just found out about the idiotic ramblings of Pat Robertson vis-a-vis Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Isn't it about time we do something about this moron? Unfortunately, this is still America, and foot-in-mouth conditions like this are protected by a little something called Freedom of Speech. But it won't be long until the Constitution is considered anti-American. Don't like how those pesky

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