Obamacare Works
For just about four years now the forces of the right have been campaigning against the ACA, popularly known as Obamacare. Anyone who is aware of today’s headlines knows that they have now given up all pretense of doing
The Failure of Corporate Media
Watching what has gone on over the Edward Snowden affair, makes me realize the depressing state, to which, American journalism has sunk and the not unexpected lack of interest exhibited by the American public in that, which in actuality,
Privacy vs Security
Everybody who is not in a coma, must be aware of the big noises being made about both the NSA‘s invasion of privacy and the nation’s need for air-tight security. The far left is screaming that we are turning the country
The Immigration Mess
The immigration bill that passed the Senate doesn’t look like it’s going to have much of a chance in the House; this, after years of people on both sides of the aisle agreeing that we need a comprehensive immigration
Bits & PIeces #36
Elizabeth Warren’s new bill that would cut student loan borrowing rates down to those paid by the big banks for their loans is the best piece of legislation to hit the hill in memory. It’s a no brainer, an
The Crazy Party
Mitch McConnell spreads the fertilizer in his latest speech on the immigration bill and why he won’t support it. It seems that it doesn’t meet the “threshold” test for success. What does this mean- nothing. It appears from his jumbled,
Frankenputer Pt. 2
The opening segment of this two part text explained how the intelligence community has been busy claiming to protect us while they were invading our privacy and setting us up to lose our freedom. Now we’re going to look at the
FRANKENPUTER PT. 1
In 1969 I designed a three room psychedelic house for the Fender Bass Company’s display at the National Music Makers of America Convention in Chicago. The house, the purpose of which was to display Fender’s instruments, balanced on gimbals; it’s walls
We Need Taibbi
Matt Taibbi a very talented author and reporter who writes a lot about the American financial scene in Rolling Stone, is one of the most important writers around today, mostly because he understands what is, to most of us, a very confusing
Syria, Security and Scandal
Okay, we’re back. We went blank for over a week because I had the need to spend some time with a beautiful , much younger, blonde. That’s what happens to old guys like me. “Papa Biw, pwease come visit me.” And