Monthly Archives: August 2008

Why We Fight

South Ossetia 2008 Is the donkey Georgian too?

Checkers versus Chess

It’s a day away from Labor Day in the USA and this morning a US Coast Guard cutter, the Dallas, pulled into the Georgian port Batumi to offload 34 tons of humanitarian aid, as GW Bush attempts to counter Russia’s incursions into the trans-Causascus region. A fragile ceasefire holds in the area, although a top […]

America’s Shame

No one in America wants to talk about why Barack Obama remains tied with John McCain in the polls. They say it’s because of his inexperience, lack of history, or trust. The truth is that 50% of white American men will vote the race card. They’re good at sports, but not as commander in chief. […]

Thailand in Flames

The PAD or People’s Alliance for Democracy has challenged PM Samak’s government with several mass demonstrations as well as an attempted take over of the NBT communications center. The police have reacted with calm force, although most farangs are once more siding with the fascist rules of law and order judging from the angry entries […]

Hell Freezes Over

In 1974 my good friend Andy Kornfeld and I hitchhiked from LA to Boston. Getting rides was easy until we reached the black hole of Victorville. Scores of hippies lined the on-ramp. Some had been waiting a day. I suggested to Andy that we take a bus to Needles, a desert town to the east. […]