Eugene, Oregon is the slow news capital of the universe.  I mean, we're so friggin' well adjusted because 40% of our population is old hippies, and the other 40% is people moving up from California or wherever because they want to chill out. As a result, we're famous for our smug… Read full post »

It's that time of year.  Here I am, stuck in Eugene, OR waiting for the little woman to get her dental work done.  You know how it is when you get to be the interstate speed limit zones.  You can watch your body parts fall off in the rearview mirror, and… Read full post »

Michael Cleese was in town tonight, and he gave a wonderful retrospective of his life in comedy. His favorite part of the show is always taking questions from the audience, and I had given much throught beforehand to what question I would ask.  I hurried down to the microphone, and got… Read full post »

I was reported in OS first that the Democrats had defenestrated the public option  in both  the House and Senate.  Even wizened old political hacks like me -  are really shocked at the depths and depravity this system enforces upon its general population.

If we… Read full post »

If you want entertainment, watch the Worldwide Wrestling Federation.  If you want a very bad (but expensive) imitation, go to the US Senate. This has certainly been the case lately.

The first example of very bad slapstick was the "courageous" decision by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) - NV to in… Read full post »

Yes, it's true.  It's probably the biggest, best thing I ever did in my life.  I DID help stop the war in Iraq, for at least six months all by my lonesome self.  This is an object lesson on the state of American intelligence.  It also gives some clues as to… Read full post »

I'm sure I've already brought attention to myself.  One doesn't park for an hour on the CIA's website copying book titles without garnering attention.  In fact, after a while my computer began to beep vigorously and continuously.  The cybercops were notifying me that I was loitering, a… Read full post »

Looking beyond the health care debate, it is still highly likely that the public option will make it through the legislative maze for Obama's signature.  This could come as late as January or February, 201o given the number of obstructions that the Congressional coneheads and their pimps are thr… Read full post »

If the GOP right wing loves their country so much, and they're concerned about Nazis in Washington, DC, why don't they team up with the ACLU to get rid of Guantanamo and the PATRIOT Act? But then, they didn't have any problem with this as long as a Republican President was… Read full post »

Old new lefty watches the Congressional testimony of Ben Bernacke for you --  unless you're in the need to fall asleep, so then you can dial up You Tube with a cup of hot chocolate.  To even an educated observer, Bernacke was talking rocket science.  A high level Wall Street… Read full post »

See what happens when a guy goes away to Russia for two weeks and hangs out with a bunch of swell Republicans  in The Workers' Paradise, seeing the advantages of the free market gangster capitalism system?  Yes, old new lefty has for this column gone completely over to the dark side (t… Read full post »

When old new lefty gets as rabid as this, euthanasia is probably the only way out.  Other options include either getting a rabies shot, or getting a life and just forgetting about the racist, know nothing, anti-health care crowd in the pocket of the corporate interests. For weeks, I've been watc… Read full post »

To paraphrase the old country and western song about Milwaukee, fame, and beer; craziness has been with American culture since the first settlers landed at the Lost Colony in 1607.  Before that, it was infested with Indian crazy, and that was an entirely different thing. So for the last 400 year… Read full post »

Page 5 of the Wall St. Journal reported today that the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission has a full complement of members. Boring, you say?  You are so, so wrong.

In another, older piece of news that received less than a column inch, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi promised a Truth… Read full post »

I am Sarah Palin.  That's right.  Old new lefty is Sarah Palin.  Sure, I've had a quick sex change operation, but that shouldn't mean a damn thing (if you know what I mean).  So, don't just stand there with yer jaw drooping down on the floor.  Her psychopolitical beliefs are… Read full post »

"This trading nation must be in a very bad way."

If I told you who that quote belonged to, I'd be giving the trick away.  I will describe a country to you, an empire really.  When I use bold words, I'm only using equivalents, as other things should really be substituted. … Read full post »

The little woman, Lewmeister, and I were looking at the last undeveloped property in Naples.  Naples is not in Florida or Italy.  It's the toniest neighborhood in Long Beach, California.  Ab-so-lute-ly Fab-u-lous!  All the houses are directly on the water, and it can be consi… Read full post »

Genesis 32:32