American Madness

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American Madness: How It Works

There was recently a very big blowout with a couple race related posts. The posts were removed at my request. Josh was then compelled to put them back up. It’s Josh’s Web site, so I respect the decsion.
Yet, without explanation, I feel as though previous comments and subsequent posts lack proper context.
Here’s [...]

New York Financial Ruin tour

I’m quitting my job today to become a tour guide. I’m going to offer fanny-packed, fat asses from the Midwest a personal tour through what was once New York’s financial center.
We’ll start the tour in Grand Central, and make our way to the building formerly known as Bear Stearns, and talk about the greatest [...]

Obama and Geography

I know, it isn’t “cool” to insult the intelligence of Barack Obama. So then, at whose feet should the blame be laid for this piece of idiocy? From barackobama.com, specifically his page laying out his foreign policy positions:
“Seek New Partnerships in Asia: Obama will forge a more effective framework in Asia that goes beyond [...]

Yahoo Censors Nobama Search

I ran a search this morning for Nobama on Google, Ask and Yahoo. Below are screen shots of the results.

The pictures are a little small to read all of the text (you can click on the photo for a full size result). Google and Ask both delivered sites selling Nobama related merchandise at the top [...]

On Health Care

Somebody said something rather stupid today in the Dallas Morning News. For those of you who just flew in from the face of Venus, I’ll provide you the link.
Almost one of every four Texas residents – 24.8 percent – were uninsured in 2006 and 2007, based on an average of the rates for those [...]

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