by James Heflin | Mar 5, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Though this appears to chart the weak spots in the Death Star, in fact it marks the spots in the polar region where there’s water on the moon: I guess astronauts can set up a wet bar? ADDITIONAL: The Chile earthquake was pretty powerful all right–it...
by James Heflin | Apr 28, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I remember well the sense of anticipation we all felt about our future jetpacks, an item, I maintain, that we were virtually guaranteed as young Americans. It’s engendered such angst that few people of a certain age can manage to think about the future without...
by James Heflin | Mar 9, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
When is it a story–it’s even the headline here–that Obama’s advisors are “set to recommend” something? If he takes this incredibly stupid bit of advice (aka political hari-kiri), I will trot out all the usual annoyance that surfaces...
by James Heflin | Apr 29, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
If someone has been in a plane crash, what are the odds they will be in two crashes? Shouldn’t you fly with them to be safer? And if a plane crashes, shouldn’t you take the next plane out–what are the odds two planes in a row will crash? Such strange...
by James Heflin | Mar 11, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Back in my old stomping grounds, Texans narrowly rejected Don McLeroy, the fundamentalist nut who’s threatening to turn textbooks into God first, Reagan second conservative hymnals. Well done, folks! The other guy is a moderate Republican who believes God...