George Orwell was only half-right.  This shit has gotten scary.  Now, if you frown at the goddamn airport, you may be targeted as a terrorist.  No, it’s not that you’re tired after driving in bumper-to-bumper traffic, it’s that you hate America and are going to try to blow something up. Oh, and as for this [...]

Remember just after 9/11 when they first proposed putting cameras in high-traffic areas and you said, “Well, if it makes us safer, I’m for it”?  Remember how civil libertarians said that this could lead to a Big Brother-type environment in which everyone was under constant surveillance and you said, “If you haven’t done anything wrong, [...]

You’ve heard, of course, about the CNN/YouTube debate involving the Democratic candidates which aired this past Monday.  YouTube users submitted video questions for the Democrats to answer.  It was a cute gimmick, but apparently S*C*A*R*Y to the Republicans vying to become the Most Powerful Person on Earth.  They’re saying that they’re not sure they want [...]

Apparently, once again I have to help the Democrats figure out how to club the shit out of the fucking Republicans. OK, listen up, Congressional Democrats, I’m only going to say this once.  Even after nearly seven years of having your metaphorical lunch money figuratively stolen by Dick Cheney and Co. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of [...]

Ban Scooter Libby. If a hotel can ban a 9/11 survivor because they don’t like his political views, we can ban a criminal who escaped justice. This is a kind of street justice. Let’s not let someone who was instrumental in lying to America get away with it. Ban Scooter Libby NOW! ‘No Scooter’ poster is available here.