Misanthropy Today

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/09/MNB313DUTE.DTL I mean, no it’s not. It’s his middle name. If your middle name is Hussein, well then it’s your middle name.If someone else says your middle name, they are not racist. They have just said your middle name. George Bush’s middle name is Walker– yeah, like the Texas ranger. So many people called him George W Bush that [...]

1. A Two Party System is inherently flawed. Usually you hear this argument from members of some tiny political party, the Green Party for instance, or just some idiot hippy who wants to SHAKE UP THE SYSTEM, MAN. For awhile, this was one of those cliches that someone who didn’t know anything about politics would say to [...]

I’m re-reading “My War: Killing Time In Iraq” which first started as a blog written by a soldier serving in Iraq named Colby Buzzell. Colby and I have talked a few times and I consider him a friend of mine. After his blog got popular and he got a book deal, he also got a letter [...]