Darke Musings

Distractions and evasions abound in Washington and across the nation’s airwaves and broadsheets this weekend. Swift boats and skullduggery, all the cloak and dagger details to make LeCarre blush. The flap over the swift boat veterans for truth continues and it has broadened into an attack on all... Sign in to see full entry.

GM foods. They are all the rage and causing most of it too. Are these genetic goody bags the future of a starving population or have we opened Pandora’s box and doomed us all to an environmental holocaust. It depends on whom you ask. However, consider the following information carefully. The natural... Sign in to see full entry.

There is an age old saying when it comes to politics. Timing can never truly be taught, it can be memorized, improvised and compartmentalized but it is indispensable in winning elections. If I were trying to interpret the sheet music that George Bush is dancing, too I would have to reach a lot... Sign in to see full entry.

It’s done. The death of Ronald Reagan will usher in the destruction of the United States of America. The father of its decline will become the very instrument that will repossess the soul of the nation. The promise of morning, so often invoked by Reagan will be turned into a bitter winter of... Sign in to see full entry.

Fear. I write about fear a lot, fear and sex. What does this say about me, If I where Andy Rooney it might suggest that I whine in order to get people to pay a modicum of attention to me. Luckily I am not Andy Rooney, (no offence ) but I am a creature that is torn about her feelings of fear. Part of... Sign in to see full entry.

Are we there yet? C’mon are we there YET!!! No, you didn’t just take a field trip with an annoying three year old. Not unless the place you planned on booking your summer excursion was Hades. Hell, the warmest of climes. Welcome to the apocalypse sponsored by dolly Madison cakes. I am not joking nor... Sign in to see full entry.

We are all victims of a cult of personality, embroiled on the notion that all men are created equally. The precept that our “creator” had endowed us with certain unalienable rights is proving to me nothing more than a cosmetic distraction from the grim reality of American life. It’s a lie and t he... Sign in to see full entry.

893. ART. 93. CRUELTY AND MALTREATMENT Any person subject to this chapter who is guilty of cruelty toward, or oppression or maltreatment of, any person subject to his orders shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. With an apology Senator Joe Lieberman has shown why he never had the chance... Sign in to see full entry.

All right, let’s begin shall we. All of the men in the audience can safely fold their hands in their laps to protect their most coveted appendage. I expect that this post will make some waves and a few enemies, but I am never subtle even if I am your living nightmare. I want to see Donald Rumsfeld... Sign in to see full entry.

Trial by ordeal used to be a common enough practice, so to where slavery and pillory. The conventions of polite society tend to change with time. What is considered acceptable one day is anathema the next, which is why the decision by the Martha Stewart defense team to seek a new trial for their... Sign in to see full entry.