Foaming at the Mouth

I don't get America any longer. The President of the U.S. is scheduled to address school children and parents are up in arms demanding to decide whether or not their kids should listen? It's difficult to grasp the concept because these are the same parents who if asked to define the "Bill of Rights"... Sign in to see full entry.

Trying to decipher fact or fiction of healthcare reform is like trying to nail jello to the wall. And to make matters worse there are actually people out there, powerful people, elected to represent us, actively working to confuse us by throwing around terms that they absolutely positively know the... Sign in to see full entry.

Yellow Journalism is defined as "a type of journalism that downplays legitimate news in favor of eye-catching headlines that sell more newspapers. It may feature exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, sensationalism or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or journalists."... Sign in to see full entry.

After being ridiculed for "Not Being Smarter Than a 5th Grader" one would think that during her sabatical from political campaigning, Sarah Palin would have studied-up on some current events, geography and world history. But as her recent media appearances demonstrate, nothing changed, nada, niente,... Sign in to see full entry.

Are Americans (in particular, Michigan residents) aware that while the nation continues in a deep recession and jobs are being lost faster than a pitch from Johan Santana, Senator Thad McCotter is talking nonsense? Instead of concerning himself with his state's auto industry, healthcare reform, the... Sign in to see full entry.

If former Mob Boss John Gotti was nicknamed "The Teflon Don" because several prosecutions failed to "stick" and convict him of organized crime including murder, then it seems only fitting to call AIG "monkeys with brass balls" because regardless of their incompetence in running the company into the... Sign in to see full entry.

Apparently once a person reaches a certain age, a bit of "head scratching" becomes necessary when analyzing what the powers that be are telling us we should do! My particular reference is this new effort to conserve - be aware of the environment - be mindful of waste, etc. etc., which in itself is a... Sign in to see full entry.

Does anyone suspect that the same financial institutions needing a government bailout are actually guilty of the same bogus accounting previously used by Enron? Instead of correcting those "accepted accounting principles" were financial institutions the next offenders to continue cooking the books... Sign in to see full entry.

In the middle of "Troubled Asset Rescue Program" (TARP) and other financial terminology bandied about by economic experts like popular street slang, there are probably lots of reasons or excuses for how this happened. But the one I prefer to dwell on does not require a degree in economics from... Sign in to see full entry.

Every American with a pulse knows the most intimate details of Bill Clinton’s sex-capades with Monica Lewinsky. Even middle-school kids adopted the “oral sex is not sex” philosophy as their very own. But I’m hard-pressed to find more than two individuals who know that Bubba repealed the... Sign in to see full entry.