Category Archives: Star Spangled Bummer
State of Emergency, McDonald’s Edition
This is what post-election drama in the Rust Belt looks like:
The American flag is flying upside down and at half staff at a McDonald’s about 45 minutes outside of Pittsburgh, in Follansbee, WV. We’re told it was the owner’s decision, and we’re trying to track him down to find out his reasons. The pic here is obviously getting a
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The Angelic Vision of American Progress
America’s allegorical representative: An angel, stringing telegraph wires (and dislocating indigenous people).
Mitt Romney’s American Wasteland Tour
In Mitt Romney’s estimation, the best way he can play to his strengths is to ONLY talk about the economy and how LOTS of shit’s gone real bad on Obama’s watch. And really, why not. Since politics is about winning elections and has nothing to do with solving problems, Romney’s just following the rules, right?
Anyhow, Elspeth Reeve over…
Donald Trump’s American Dream Machine
Donald Trump is a person. Like some people in America, he is famous: First for his success as a real estate developer, then for his Milton Bradley board game “Trump,” and more recently for his NBC television program “The Apprentice.” A little while ago, he said he was interested in running for president. This interest, as sometimes is the case,…
Rumsfeld 88: The Future That Never Was
Last night’s Daily Show interview with Donald Rumsfeld fascinated me. He was there to shill his new book “Known and Unknown,” an 815-page memoir that chronicles his career in government. And he did so like a master salesman, of course making sure to plug his website — Rumsfeld.com (which makes all the source documents for the memoir available for…
Five Years Late: George W. Bush Cares About Kanye West
Next Monday, Matt Lauer’s interview with George W. Bush will air on NBC. Bush is on the circuit to hustle his new memoir, “Decision Points.” Yesterday, in advance of the televised interview, excerpts of the transcript were made available to the press. The transcripts are fairly boring, but there is a bright spot. It turns out Bush isn’t all that…
The United States of Basil Marceaux Dot Com
In an age where political upstarts use every tool available to gain exposure, Basil Marceaux is decidedly lo-fi — despite the Web 1.0 “Dot Com” in his name. As one of the Republican candidates for governor in Tennessee’s upcoming mid-term elections, Mr. Marceaux is a curious case. In a recent televised address aired on WSMV-TV, it’s hard to tell…
Blowing Off The Commonwealth
Last night I should have left the house to cast my vote in the Pennsylvania primary. However, I decided against it. Not sure if it was my lingering depression that kept me from the polls, the endless rain, or a total lack of faith/interest in government. Either way, I said fuck it. Instead, I spent the evening with my…
The Presidential Pardons of George W. Bush
With less than two months left in office, the exit of George W. Bush brings to mind the topic of presidential pardons. History has shown that outgoing presidents use their waning days in office to…
