F-16s, Google, and Hillary Clinton

There’s some shit going down between the U.S. and China right now, and since CNN is only capable of focusing on one story at a time, I thought I should come to their aide. At the center is the Hillary Clinton arm of the Obama administration who has been pissing off Chinese officials in the past two months. There are 3 main contentions: (1) Stopping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons by imposing a U.S. lead U.N. sanction... 

Protests in Iran After Fraudulent Elections Declare Ahmedinejhad Winner!

In a society in which its people care more about what David Letterman said to Sara Palin in a childlike outburst, the internet has become a more reliable source of news and dissemination of knowledge than the mainstream U.S. media, which runs itself more like a business than a dispenser of truth. Ratings matter. Truth–well, matters–when it enables TV stations to sell commercials. In face of such a news-business... 

NBC’s Kings: The Show Must Go On

It seems that whatever show I get into gets canceled. Deadwood and Life on Mars being the more recent fatalities. I tend to like shows that are not  completely mainstream. Therefore, when the masses lose interest, I’m just beginning to warm up to a show. It doesn’t hurt to have formidable actors like Ian McShane (Deadwood & Kings) and Harvey Keitel (Life on Mars) to watch either, for they are deeply brilliant... 

The Sun Goes Up And The Sun Goes Down

Our generation thinks in dis-jolted and unwilling sound bytes; what will solve the economic problem is our discombobulated short-term memory. The best stimulus package–and the cheapest–is if we throw our TVs into the oceans and go about our daily business, creating, producing, buying and selling, eating and drinking, and falling in love. “The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place... 

Dolly the Clone, Where Art Thou?

Dolly, the clone, was “created” on February 22, 1997, as the result of a cell taken from an adult of its species and deposited into a surrogate mother. The reaction, most had was astonishment, fear, an in some instances, outrage. But how do we feel now? Whether we have changed as individuals over the last decade or the shock of such a science-fiction-like event has worn off slightly over time, how is the story... 

Due Process: Why I Love Blago

The Senate seat “is a f*cking valuable thing, you just don’t give it away for nothing.” Blago’s hair was on a news interview tour de force the past several weeks. For us, the viewer, it was nothing short of surreal and somewhat unsettling to suddenly view the man on our High Definition Screens sitting next to the likes of Larry King and David Letterman. Even comedian D.L. Hughley “broke the... 

Bombing Corporate Jets

My gut has been yelping at me for weeks: “Let’s, for a minute, set aside our Christianity to riot in the streets, burn down bank buildings (Citigroup anyone?), and bomb corporate jets”. Even the mock-angry shock jocks don’t seem catastrophically upset enough over this one. Should I expect Rod Serling to soliloquy in the dim corner of my room? Or is this really happening? Newly inaugurated President...