Welcome to the party, Ralph
It’s official. Ralph Nader’s running for President. Again. While my initial reaction was predictably negative, after I put my personal dislike of the guy aside and took a look at where he was coming from this time around, I came to the surprising conclusion that I agreed with his decision! I believe the fact that
One more for the road, a bit extreme in its conclusion but…damn! The botox thing is funny as hell, too! (Thanks, Razz, for the link.) Inside John Kerry’s Closet By MICHAEL DONNELLY A friend recently wrote, “I just ran into a woman in (the organic grocery) who’s been working on the Kerry campaign for 18
For anyone still on the fence about John Kerry, here’s a couple of articles to check out, courtesy of the muckrakers at Counterpunch. Kerry: He’s Peaking, Already By ALEXANDER COCKBURN and JEFFREY ST. CLAIR As yet Karl Rove has yet to launch the Shock and Awe barrage that will explode over Kerry’s head some time
Maybe it’s the time of year, winter having long worn out its welcome while spring remains little more than a distant hope. The mixed emotions of the holidays are long past and the bills are almost, but not quite, paid off. The memory of old hurts are as faded as those of recent highs. A
Kerry = Gore: Reloaded
Don’t let anyone spin it otherwise. Raw numbers aside, John Kerry – the presumptive nominee that by all ‘indicators’ should have won in a landslide – lost tonight’s Wisconsin primary and the next 7 days will determine whether or not John Edwards can capitalize on that fact and snag the nomination outright. I think he
Return to the Nuyorican Poets Café
Hello Guy, Here is your Free Daily Horoscope Service for today, Feb 17. You might need to connect with Mother Earth, Guy. Lately, you’ve been feeling less than grounded. You might have the sensation that your mind is drifting somewhere above your body. If your work is mostly of the mental variety, and if you
There are many reasons I hate the mainstream media in this country and this is an example of one of them that always gets me heated: “First Dates” Valentine Hit by Bridget Byrne, E! News Online …Its arrival clipped last weekend’s top movie Barbershop 2: Back in Business way back to second. Remaining in 2,711
Random rambling for no particular reason other than to kill the last 15 minutes between Shrek finishing and the kids getting in bed. Isaac’s in a trance in front of the TV; India’s wandering back and forth between rooms, not particularly impressed; Salomé’s cranky from what feels like a longer day than possible, and I’d
Barbershop 2: Reconciling desire & familiarity, ideals & expectations
There’s only been a handful of “black” movies that have struck me as having that certain something at their core that expressed a sincere love for the people it presented, warts and all, and this is one of them. The first Barbershop, Waiting to Exhale, Boyz N the Hood and Rosewood are some of the others that come to mind. There’s an emotional honesty to each of them that transcends the archetypes they employ to tell their stories. Of course, that’s all debatable but, in this instance, it’s not the point.
Just to get it out there so it’s not an issue when I run for President somewhere down the road, I admit to being AWOL from the New Jersey National Guard quite frequently during my enlistment from 1993-1999. Of the 5-1/2 years I served, only two of them were counted as “good years,” and that