Monthly Archives: June 2009

Our Army Likes to Party

Anti-temperance zealots were dismayed to discover that NASA astronauts routinely blasted off from Cape Kennedy in a state of inebriation. This need for self-medication should come as no surprise, since no sane or sober person would sit atop a million gallons of highly explosive fuel to attain orbit in Space. Do-gooders have imposed a zero-alcohol […]

Sorry About the Slavery Thing

The USA was founded on the extermination of one race, the slavery of another, and the exploitation of the foreign workers. Most Americans would not agree with this assessment, however this week the Senate unanimously apologized for the centuries of enforced servitude by Africans. No mention of the Indian or Chinese slaves or my having […]

Skateboarding in the White House

GW Bush was very straight on protocol in the White House. Everyone had to wear a tie. Humor was used to manipulate the public’s perception of the president’s likability factor. Clinton’s regime was also rigid when it came time to maintain the imperial mantle, although Bill was a little remiss with his hitting on Monica […]

100% Recovery

My lungs were infected with a nasty viral infection. I live in America. My health policy is ‘hope to drop dead before I have to see a doctor’. I am uninsured in the most powerful country in the world. Everyday for the past two weeks I woke with a hacking cough. At first I thought […]

AMA boos Obama

I’ve been sick for the last week. A vicious bronchial infection. I’m a little better now, however in the depths of my malaise I rode the New York subways and was knocked aghast by the realization that most of the city’s people are in bad health. Not from swine flu or AIDS or cancer, but […]