The site for ranting and reporting by John Masters
I wrote here sometime back about the probability that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was using a signature machine for the condolence letters being sent to the families of the service members killed in action. The Pentagon finally confirmed that?.Rummy made some lame excuses and promised to never do it again. Buts that’s not the worst part of the story.
Read moreI guess I’ve gone into another minority, but I still believe that somehow capitalism can survive being closed two days out of each year.
Read moreGotta be sure we protect Bushworld’s miniature golf course and their waterpark. Where else can Cheney and Rummy send W to play so he’ll be out of their hair? It takes concentration to figure out world domination.
Read moreLast week say SecDef Rummy got challenged a little by some of the screwed over Guardsmen. I guess the Guardsmen figured he had nothing to lose. What’s the worse that could happen, he might get sent home instead of Iraq.
Read moreAnyone want to talk about America’s real drug problem? Nearly half of all Americans are currently taking some kind of prescription drug. And we’re pretending that giving a joint to a person in pain is the real drug issue in this country.
Read moreFor millions of low-income Americans, it’s going to be a long, very cold winter. Fuel prices have skyrocketed ? according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), the average cost of home heating this winter will be a whopping 24 percent higher than last year.
Read moreDa Vinci may have been smarter than we thought when it comes to flight. A Canadian professor and some graduate students have built a plane with no jet engine or propellor, but wings that flap. You can read more here.
Read moreI am writing you today about a very serious concern of millions of Christians across America who you, in a recent public letter, blatantly insulted and demeaned. As a person claiming to be a leader in the Christian faith, your statement was not, by any explanation, acceptable. I am, of course, speaking of the statement you made in the recent congratulatory letter to George Bush, in which you state, ?You owe the liberals nothing. They despise you because they despise your Christ.?
Read moreHow pathetic is it that not being bigoted is now considered the “controversial” side of the debate?
Read moreA lawmaker out of Cottondale Alabama is pushing legislation that would ban novels with gay characters from public and university libraries. Rep. Gerald Allen explains: “Our culture, how we know it today, is under attack from every angle.”
Read moreDuring the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.
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