This revolution will not be televised…because it’s not a revolution. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sympathetic to the cause.  Wealth disparity in this country is massive (as bad as it’s been since 1928), real income has declined substantially in the last decade, special interest corporate money does buy politicians…but I violated my cardinal rule by [...]

I would say I’m “just outside Dallas”, but the place is so sprawling and huge you could say that for 100+ miles in any direction.  So many shopping malls…the Starbucks are bigger than any I’ve ever seen.  In the midst of it all, Ft. Worth is actually remarkably cool, it’s got a ton of Western [...]

OK, so it’s actually pronounced “FOOTBALLLLL!!  COOLLLLLLD BEER!!  HAAAAAWWWWT PUSSY!!” then you proceed to down your shot along with the other six people bellied up to the bar yelling the same thing.  I suppose that’s better than when the bartender at a different joint stood on a chair yelling “I might not go down in [...]

Wandering the aisles of Target, a birthday card with Obama’s face on it catches my eye… Seen to the right as Exhibit A, as soon as I opened it to hear the accompanying “Spend, spend, spend, spend…” being played out loud, I almost laughed hard enough to drop it.  I didn’t realize politics made for [...]