Dedicated to the NIMBYs of Barriefield Village and to CIty Hall, both needing constructive ways to engage with the need for reasonably priced housing.
ON THE BRINK OF POVERTY
BY GEOFF SMITH
ON THE BRINK OF POVERTY, WERE IT NOT
FOR FORTUNE FOR YOU AND FOR ME,
WE’D FIND OURSELVES, DELIVERED AND
SEALED, TO A LONELY POTTER’S FIELD
THAT ONCE HOUSED THE […]
McCain Has Terse Response on Palin Shopping Spree
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 23, 2008
Filed at 12:12 p.m. ET
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Presidential candidate John McCain isn’t happy about having to explain why the Republican Party has had to buy running mate Sarah Palin $150,000 in clothes, hair styling and accessories.
McCain was asked several questions […]
Newsletter depicts Obama with watermelon, ribs
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 10/16/2008 10:58:29 AM PDT
RIVERSIDE, Calif.—A San Bernardino County Republican group has distributed a newsletter picturing Barack Obama on a phony $10 bill adorned with a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken.
The illustration appears in the October newsletter of the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated.
It […]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT MAKES AS MUCH SENSE ON QUEEN’S HOMECOMING AS ANYTHING ELSE I’VE READ…..COMMENTS OF COURSE FROM USERS AND TEETOTALERS ARE WELCOME, EH? (SO GIVEN THIS HYPOTHESIS, MOVING HOMECOMING TO JANUARY WOULD MAKE NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL IN DRINKING BEHAVIOURS…..)
March 4, 2008
When People Drink Themselves Silly, and Why
By BENEDICT […]
HERE IS ONE REASON–THIS IS MY HOME TOWN REGION….IT’S REALLY THE WILD WILD WEST WHERE SIX-GUNS STILL RULE, AND PEOPLE RAISED BY WOLVES AND WITHOUT HOPE THINK THAT A SHOT WILL BRING RICHES…..
THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH A POLITY THAT ALLOWS THIS SORT OF THING TO HAPPEN. I LAY BLAME AT THE FEET […]