Campaign contributions and global warming

IRS fraud and plane crashes

Already the name calling has begun, less than a day after Joseph Stack’s famous airplane crash in Austin, Texas. Forget about who is really at fault, let’s find fault in those who defend or deny Stack’s...

State of the abyss

We are living in times of delusional grandeur. America should be thankful the State of the Union speech comes but once per year; otherwise having to watch pouting, surly-faced politicians on prime time...

Tea bags and barf bags

In efforts to overcome great obstacles, Sarah Palin will attempt coherent speech at the annual convention of tea bags next month in Nashville, Tennessee. Only in America could an aerial wolf hunt lead to a keynote speaker gig at a convention full of...

Earthquake emergency and christian fundamentalists

With the searing images of death and destruction pouring out of Haiti, Pat Robertson, America’s great symbol of christian fundamentalists, has offered up his own form of emergency assistance during this horrific disaster. It is not enough that...

Media development and our private army

Proving yet again that there is no threat to investigative journalism, whether it be in print or  online, the January issue of Vanity Fair offers up a dream-come-true story that could only be made in Hollywood. Featured is our government’s most...

How to make hamburger of an internet troll

The troll is quite predictable and rather boring. Our latest discussion in this amazing learn how to series focuses on the various activities of and with the troll, and how to deal with him. It’s not enough...

How to write a letter to Team hubpages

Writing is an age-old tradition, dating to the cave men. Amazingly, some of them are still around today, disguising themselves as internet trolls. Writing has experienced an amazing evolution throughout the...

Political marketing and dirty underwear

New travel solutions are on the horizon, thanks to designer underwear and the war on terror. You just knew, somehow, underwear would make a threat against the homeland. Before the next great fashion designer begins marketing their Dirty Bomb Boxers,...

20 Great quotes on cars

The car is a symbol of status for many. For some Americans, owning a car is a symbol of prestige and status that transports them to their daily car life heaven. They are lost without it. A moment in the sun...