American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

NYU protesters courageously ask not to be tasered.

I hardly know where to begin.
It may be old news at this point, but two weeks ago several dozen students barricaded themselves into a cafeteria at NYU and issued a list of demands.
Here is the hilarious video of the final moments of their ridiculous, bizarre, disorganized protest. This video is a gift that keeps on [...]

Sausage Party!

Gastronomically, classy chefs were getting really into the nasty bits.

Rejection, or worse

Well,22 days and still going strong!
I woke up this morning ready to get into the day and was willing to start watching more movies, but when it came to grabbing the remote, I realized my eyes were still bleeding. I just couldn’t turn on the TV.
The good news is, I did turn on the [...]

21 Days, and still looking for work.

As of the last week in January I voluntarily left my job and began life without a job in the State of California.  Yup.  In the beginning of 2009, when the economy is suffering one of the most severe setbacks in history since the depression, people are losing their jobs, and their homes…  I voluntarily [...]

No more drawings of chimps, please. We have a black president.

Upon glancing at the Newsday website this morning I found their lead story was about a cartoon in the New York Post which apparently depicts Obama as a chimpanzee. ‘This should be interesting,’ I thought.
Before reading the article I looked at the cartoon, which depicts two police officers, one of whom has just shot a [...]

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