A year ago, a family member returned from Iraq. She was a Major there, involved in moving detainees around, usually at night with no lights on the vehicles. During her time there we believe she was raped by a superior officer though no charges were ever brought. Conversations with her about the “War in Iraq” were difficult at best. Time […]

Don’t ask me why but this makes me smile: Attention, Kmart shoppers: The blue light special is back. The venerable discounter is reviving the legendary sales tactic on Saturdays to bolster sales and lure shoppers who have migrated to other big box retailers, said Tom Aiello, spokesman for Sears Holding Corp., which owns Kmart. Maybe it’s because of the Pavlovian […]

This kind of thing is why I don’t go to church anymore. No, most churches aren’t this asinine, this completely oblivious to how far away from the true Word of Jesus Christ they are. But the fact that organized Christianity has this element in it makes it all too clear just how much a false construct the church is. Pastor […]

Cross-posted at The Daily Kos. For several days now I’ve been expressing my disgust at Governor Mark Sanford. According to his wife, Jenny, they were in a trial separation to help “strengthen their marriage” and then, less than a week later, off he goes to Argentina to be with his squeeze. Chances of their marriage succeeding after he pulls that […]

Say what you want. If President Obama and his administration are picking people like this to handle things, we’re in damn good shape. Watch all 10 minutes. It’ll restore your faith that the grown-ups have taken charge. The Republicans are sooooo wishing they had people this smart to represent them. They don’t. I’m just sayin’…

It’s a bright sunny day in southeastern Michigan today. Yeah, we’re reeling from 12+% unemployment. Yeah, our automotive companies are the latest whipping boy for what’s wrong with the U.S economy. Yeah, our two biggest newspapers are not even delivering every day of the week anymore. But today, for one day (or hopefully TWO!), we’re putting that all aside to […]

Cross-posted at The Daily Kos. The other day, I had a blog entry about how Goldman Sachs was planning on returning their TARP bailout money this week. My diary was about how they were complaining about operating in “this environment” and how I thought they should STFU and deal with it because intense oversight & scrutiny is their new reality. […]

Cross-posted at the Daily Kos. In February Michigan residents learned the unemployment in our state had risen to a national high of 11.6%. That beat the national average of 7.6% handily. This morning we found out that last month it ticked up a bit more and now 12% of Michiganders are unemployed. And it’s probably more than that given the […]

I watched President Obama’s second prime time press conference last night and thought he handled himself pretty well. The press, however? Not so much. There were, of course, some good questions. But two of them really stuck out as particularly worthless and the President still managed to respond well to them. It’s a tribute to his communications skills, I suppose. […]

The New York Times is reporting that Goldman Sachs has decided it doesn’t want the TARP bailout money after all and is going to return it. You know what? It’s not going to matter. They should get used to the way things are right now with the federal government looking over their shoulder and pretty much the whole country breathing […]

Yeah, the bonuses are infuriating. Absolutely, maddeningly infuriating (I refuse to say I’m “outraged”. That word got used up this past week.) But let’s keep things in perspective. Like this: 1000 Times I’m just sayin’…