Meanwhile

by | May 2, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Sometimes you catch a glimpse of the world outside the handbasket. This image just made me happy. It’s tiresome to have to waste so much perfectly good brainpower on counteracting a bunch of criminals who want to destroy life, liberty and happiness for all but...

Send in the czars

by | May 18, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

I’ve often wondered how we got to a point in our government in which somebody thought, "Hey, what this crapshoot needs is a czar!" A czar?(This is Bob Pease, who declared himself czar of bandgaps. He understands.)Last I checked, a czar (tsar, if...

Blogging in a jumpsuit, uh-huh

by | May 22, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

There is an intriguing phenomenon afoot. (Though a foot is not a phenomenon.) What I mean is that, though blogs are as readily contracted as athlete’s foot (another phenomenon entirely), there is a particular brand of anonymous wordslinger who prefers the...

When Star Wars really goes to your head

by | May 24, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

I just found, in researching some of the finer points of detail for the new Advocate cover story on Star Wars, what happens when you really let your Boba Fett mix with your Jabba the Hut. I mean, I too wish for my own personal landspeeder, light saber and Millenium...

Ours for the taking

by | May 25, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Greg Palast is once again proving that we live in a remarkable bubble of propaganda. Of course, it’s all possible because most of us refuse to believe it, or else we don’t want to admit it until everyone else has been snookered, like the hustled crowd who...