Something that irked me like crazy all of last year has recently poked its foolish little head back to the surface: the National Council of Women’s Organizations — led by chairwoman Martha Burk — and Jesse Jackson are still attempting to bully Augusta National golf club into admitting a female member. As anyone with a…
Month: March 2003
Balance That Budget
I am loving the wailing and gnashing of teeth in the government over the budget shortfalls. As an IT professional, I’ve been fortunate to have made a decent living in my career, even in the era of failed dot-coms that never should have been started to begin with. Still, I have to manage a budget…
A Soldier’s Wage
They reported on what I thought was something odd: the Red Cross is having a hard time meeting demand for aid for the families of the troops overseas. Now it’s a good thing that the Red Cross exists and is helping these families; however, it’s a sad commentary on the state of this country’s priorities…
Nightmares
A grown man, dreaming of taking a walk through the woods and finding cats hung from trees by their necks. In my dream I blamed the act on cruel teenagers, the little shit for brains that they are. Once awake, I decided to have a look around and what do I see out my front…
Iraq Too Hard, Some Say
What’s up with the doomsayers and their feeble whinings over the war in Iraq? Leaving aside for the moment whether the U.S. of A. should be there or not, did anyone seriously expect the dogfaces to simple stroll into Bagdhad and be handed to keys to the city? On the day of the invasion, I…