Well, I’m officially calling my summer sabbatical over. I’ve missed too many important stories. The debt ceiling debate and resolution, the NFL Lockout, Syria, London. I might circle back on a few. I had ideas brewing and couldn’t make it happen, in part, because I attended a NYC wedding at a castle. Yeah, toys, a […]
Category: politics
The Hangover
ipoetblog.com just got an audio upgrade, girls: Happy Fourth of July. I’ve been recording late into the night from an undisclosed location in the NC mountains. I thought I would celebrate this independence holiday with a song about Thailand politics. Of course. Nothing is more red-blooded and American than a weekend in Bangkok. See The […]
For and Against
Friday evening, the New York legislature passed legislation permitting same-sex marriage. As the sixth state (plus D.C.) to actually allow it, the occasion was an historic one inasmuch as it came under Republican control and required votes from that party. My audience is compromised of people who have deeply held convictions about this issue on […]
My bologna has a first name . . .
Man, I didn’t want to touch this with a ten foot pole. But the story just kept growing. (Too easy.) It’s embarrassing. It’s awkward. It’s not any sort of real news. But Weinergate has persisted for over a week now. For those that don’t know, Representative Anthony Weiner was exposed for ironically sharing indiscreet photos […]
I.O.U.s
I was on the road when I originally made this post. My laptop battery was literally within seconds of failing when I uploaded the two songs. I may or may not have been in a strip mall parking lot at about midnight pirating a certain well-known, Northwestern-based coffee bean company’s wi-fi to get]]><![CDATA[ it done. […]
WE ALL GONNA DIE!!
Look, I’m horrible with my own money. Nation-state budgets are preposterously complex. Debt is a real and permissible leveraging tool for towering economies. All the same there is surely some balance. Paul Ryan (R) has proposed one such compromise. He and his confederates see this impasse as a fiscal and ideological “cause” and not simply […]
Personals: man seeking dignity
Man, I hate this. Hate it. I hate the public shame of it all. A congressman resigned his post last night for having been ostensibly caught advertising himself on Craigslist, the infamous online and localized classifieds. I hesitate to even cover it but for the opportunity to make sure we keep some perspective. His acts […]
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