The Gospel According To Me
So many of today’s social issues have to do with a person feeling good about themselves and what they themselves believe. It is self-justification and rationalization. Then they look around and seek...
View ArticleFor The “Birthers”: The Asylum Awaits
The ya-ya over Barack Obama’s birth certificate is still on-going. The only thing I don’t believe about it is that this ridiculous farce is still on-going! The people who continue to pursue this...
View ArticleYou Deserve The Government You Elect – Wisconsin and Money
Of course, with the failure of the Democrats’ recall attempt in Wisconsin, there is much grumbling from that side about the amount of money that was spent by the Republicans, most notably funded from...
View ArticleThe Chik-Fil-A-ing of America
This has nothing to do with the recent events surrounding Chik-Fil-A about gay rights or the rights of a private citizen to exercise his free speech. This has to do with the way the company operates...
View ArticleNot A Surprise To Me
Ha! Ha! I just witnessed one of the biggest puss-outs I have ever seen as the Democrats begin their second day of the convention: an introduction, by former Ohio governor Ted Strickland, of an...
View ArticleGeorge, George, You Really Weren’t Up To the Job In the First Place, Were You?
Yeah, I know, I’m not covering any new territory here. George Lucas, for better or worse, has been one of the most important figures in moviemaking in the past fifty years and has been praised and...
View ArticleMy Vote Is My Vote
I’ve heard it said, a time or two, giving resignation to voice, When voting the lesser of two evils, it’s still an evil choice. Likewise, when picking poison, as the big decision looms, One still is...
View ArticleAfghanistan: This is What I Have to Say
Lord Ashdown, of the British House of Lords, says the war in Afghanistan is “lost”. On his reasoning, as an American, I can agree, but in his characterization, I cannot. It can be said that we are...
View ArticleWailin’, Flailin’, and Failin’ for Palin
There is some nonsense that got published recently in The Los Angeles Times that is remarkable only in the fact that it is difficult to discern if the op-ed is genuine or well-crafted satire. I shall...
View ArticleWhere Does Paranoia End and Reality Begin?
You didn’t think Lapierre was going to say anything different than what he said, did you? That Wayne, he’s a finger-pointer, he is. He isn’t about to cede one iota of acknowledgement that perhaps the...
View ArticleNot Exactly Charlton Heston, Is It?
©2013 James Montgomery Studios This is dedicated to George Zimmerman’s lawyer, Mark O’Mara, who made one of the most moronic counterpoints I’ve ever heard: Trayvon Martin was “armed” with the sidewalk.
View ArticleIf It Stinks, It Must Be New Jersey (or Politics)
Oh boy! Another scandal so that the children in the media and Washington can slap-fight instead of accomplishing anything. Of course, I think New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s “Bridgegate” episode...
View ArticleUnleashing the Inner Voice
Here we have two gentlemen: Donald Sterling, owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, and Wayne La Pierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association. One has garnered national...
View ArticleIraq: Who Couldn’t See This Coming?
©2014 James Montgomery Studios Yeah, there’s trouble in Iraq and it looks like the country is going up in flames. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t. But at the same time, if you couldn’t see, as...
View ArticleIgnoramuses + Rants = “Ignorants”
I can’t say I have a solution to the influx of children fleeing the barbarism of their home countries, but watching the ginned-up zealotry over… what exactly is the outrage here? Regardless of...
View ArticleA Novus Incipit Annus
Unlike those who refuse to hold the Bush Administration accountable for their many sins and transgressions, I recognize that nothing exists in a bubble; every circumstance we deal with today was...
View Article2021: Twenty Days and Counting
Happy New Year one and all! Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve disgraced this blog with my presence, but it’s time to scribble something off while it’s fresh on my mind. A lot has happened since my...
View ArticleBecause, Of Course.
Lt. Kaffee: “Did you order the Code Red?” Col. Jessup: “You’re goddamn right I did!” – “A Few Good Men” (1992), written by Aaron Sorkin I’ve watched and enjoyed many of Sorkin’s movies and...
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