In a bold sign of thawing relations between the countries, Presidents Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez announced today that the state of Texas would be traded to Venezuela for Jesus Moronta, a slick-fielding, hard-hitting 14-yr-old shortstop phenomenon, cash considerations and an undisclosed amount of raw, premium coca.

Times are hard, money is short, things seem to be spinning out of control. The new President is trying to fix things but these solutions may be too little too late. There is something the President has brought to the table that has been lacking….a sense of cool.
Look back to the old Hollywood movies and [...]

In an effort to conserve scarce resources in trying economic times, President Obama has issued an executive order to alter the centuries-old tradition of addressing a joint session of Congress. Both branches of Congress will, instead, be issued only one-hit bongs, marking the first time the joint session has been changed since Theodore Roosevelt’s hookah [...]

Over 200 years ago, in 1802, Thomas Jefferson made a prophetically inferential statement apropos the US banking system. As we see our banks faltering, our credit lines freezing, our housing markets crumbling, and enough corporate greed to pass out $18 billion worth of bonuses with government allocated funds, we should review Jefferson’s ethics on our [...]

For George W. Bush’s $700 billion economic bailout plan, the republicans had no problem bailing out Wall Street, with the house voting 263 to 171 in favor of the bill (with 91 of 199 republicans voting for it). So the question now: Why are House republicans putting up such a fight when it [...]

If only we could get rid of…
hipsters
single speed bikes
mayonnaise
condoms
the new york yankees
big cars
sean hannity
bigots
liars
knuckle tattoos
and acne
We’re allowed to dream again, aren’t we?
Sorry for the cross post. I play by my own rules.

As a third generation Cuban American, I have mixed emotions on the Cuban Revolution. To see the footage of Fidel Castro parading through the streets of Havana with overwhelming approval on January 1, 1959, is bittersweet. I suspect I, like many Cuban Americans, have a love/hate relationship with Castro and his Revolution.
On one side, I [...]

Just finished the first day of canvassing for Barack and wish I’d started sooner. Worked with a three-person team on several blocks in the area of 30th and Juneau, 30th and Vliet. About 60 percent black, on some blocks literally every house had an Obama sign. Even in the drizzle it was too easy. I [...]

Sarah Palin sure DOES dress nice, but, Jesus, this RNC bill seems a bit much for such a regular person, real American, G droppin’ Hockey Mom, don’t you think? Read the full story.
I guess it was the RNC who wanted to spruce her up? I’m sure she wouldn’t ask for such a pricey [...]

Yesterday’s report on CNN’s Political Ticker points toward the McCain campaign’s narrowing electoral strategy, with one anonymous source writing off Iowa, New Mexico and Colorado: “‘Gone,’ was the word one top McCain insider used to describe those three states.” Given the state-by-state electoral vote map two weeks before the election, this is a pragmatic approach. [...]