Air-Minded: Behind the Curve
Seriously, would you ever fly that carrier again?
"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
Shape of Earth: Views Differ
Seriously, would you ever fly that carrier again?
I haven’t been blogging about current events. Consequently, I feel bottled up. It’s time to pop the cap and let some pressure out. First, the bag on the left. Normally when I write one of these Bag o’ Whatever posts I try to connect the bag graphic to the theme of the post. The fact […]
Shit happens. Life happens. You know nothing, Jon Snow.
Sometimes I wish we had tails, if only so we too could wiggle and writhe during moments of anticipatory bliss.
What scares me is the thought that when law enforcement agencies have military hardware, firepower, and training, they’ll inevitably cook up reasons to use it.
So far it’s been a thuggish week. The Boston Marathon bombings. The media frenzy and over-reaction that followed. The Senate demonstrating, once again, that it thinks “democracy” is crazy talk. And now the fertilizer plant in West, Texas.
Get out. Go for a walk. Sit down at a sidewalk cafe. Be with people, show you’re not afraid.
I’ve been thinking about political correctness lately. The legend on the bag says “Political correctness killed soldiers at Ft Hood.” Really? We all know what happened at Fort Hood in 2009: a single gunman, an Army major serving as a psychiatrist, killed 13 of his fellow troops and injured 30. He was Arab-American and Muslim; […]