Category Archive: Commentary

Dec 16 2012

Guntimes at Redneck High

Back in the day I lived in a podunk rednickish suburb and went to a podunkish redneck school. This was Texas, mid 70s, think Dazed and Confused and you have it dead on. Needless to say there were plenty of gun owners. One day I was riding around with one of them — we were all just starting …

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Nov 10 2012

What pray tell is a conservative then?

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Watching honest conservatives flail around trying to face the many elephants in their house has been a bit entertaining these last few days. Two such moderates I listen to more than others are Megan McCain of House McCain and Steve Schmidt from MSNBC, they both …

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Aug 25 2012

Hello from paradise

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This is me, or rather my “Gone fishin” sign. Assuming I survive ongoing the alcohol/speedboat/wakeboard combo unscathed, be back this after noon or tomorrow :)

Aug 19 2012

Texas, August, Hell & Reprieve

Texas in August, it’s a bleak, sizzling time of year. There’s really nothing good about it. After 90 days of blistering sun even local lakes and swimming pools are reaching for near body temperature. Short of a few springs and river bottoms stirred up by turnover or dams,  there’s no relief outside of air-conditioned shelters or a nice walk in …

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Aug 05 2012

Domestic terrorist attack in progress

There’s been multiple shootings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin with fatalities. It’s being called a domestic terrorist situation. Events are fluid and developing. Live coverage here. Apparently at least one guman entered the temple during a Saturday morning service and started blasting. Cops arrived and there was a shootout — the gunman and chief suspect was …

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Aug 02 2012

Stop playing with wee-wees and start playing with rockets

Bored and no doubt mostly male missile defense techs have been caught with their hands in the virtual cookie jar, or maybe they’ve just spend too much time thinking about missile shaped objects penetrating virgin airspace under the cover of darkness. But US defense techs have been told to thinking about hitting that on taxpayer time, …

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Jul 27 2012

Aurora gunman may have been under psychiatric care

New evidence and/or leaks in the case of James Holmes, the gunman may have been under the care of a college psychiatrist and sent a letter to that person before opening fire:

Jul 26 2012

DK Radio is on the air & I want as many of you on it as I can get!

Daily Kos Radio is on the air and you are invited to tune in Monday through Friday, now from 9 a.m. to noon, ET. We start with two hours of the Kagro in the Morning show from 9-11, and then it’s The Ministry of Truth, with Armando Llorens, starring Jesse LaGreca from 11-12. Those are three …

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Jul 22 2012

There’s no place like Holmes

So now we’ll hear about how normal he was, wouldn’t hurt a fly, just your average kid who liked science and video games — and collected asault ammo by the bucketful:

Jul 20 2012

Mass murder and chaos in Colorado

I took two days off, had a great relaxing time, no internet or TV, which was awesome. The moment I got back and turned on cable I see some nutcase wearing a Kevlar vest and a gas mask walked into a Batman premiere and opened fire, killing a dozen people and injuring dozens more:

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