After the outcry over President Obama’s glib response about marijuana at his online town hall, I’ve been trying to think about why I sympathized more with him than with those who were upset by his comment.

Please don’t misunderstand: I’m all in favor of legalization, not only… Read full post »

One of my fellow OSers has a link up to an article on the WaPo's website that claims California is considering banning the sale of black cars.  Predictably, said OSer uses this article as an excuse to make one of his shrill and uninformed rants against the supposed tyranny of… Read full post »

I've always been a fan of South Park, though I hardly ever watch it...my regular TV viewing is generally limited to The Daily Show, Lost, 24, and any game involving the Steelers or Lakers.  But I did catch last night's episode, "Margaritaville," which can be viewed here by those of you… Read full post »

As Ronald Reagan might have said, "There you go again."

On the Today Show this morning Jim Cramer was asked about his interview last week with Jon Stewart.  Check him out just past the three-minute mark:

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/19/cramer_stewart/index.html

Oh Jim.  Ji… Read full post »

As a follow-up to a post last week, I’ve been wondering what Jamie Dimon thinks of the AIG situation this week.  Demonization of corporate America, Jamie?  Where the hell would that possibly come from?

Here is what bothers me about this whole issue of AIG bonuses.  I’m n… Read full post »

I didn't give myself the name So Polite because it's an accurate personality description.  No, while I was setting up my account on OS I had itunes on shuffle, and the song that happened to be playing was Silversun Pickups' "Little Lover's So Polite."  Simple coincidence.  My name righ… Read full post »

Today in a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon said this: “When I hear the constant vilification of corporate America, I personally don’t understand it.  I would ask a lot of our folks in government to stop doing it because I think it’s hurting our… Read full post »

David Frum makes good points about the state of the Republican Party, and he makes them much more clearly than I have been able to do:

  http://www.newsweek.com/id/188279/page/1

 Now, I usually disagree with everything Frum says, and I think he's kind of a smarmy jackass.  His appearan… Read full post »

I hate giving that fat fuck Rush Limbaugh any more ink.  I hate that he makes me so mad I’m starting off this post with vulgarity.  But too many people are engaging him on his own terms, giving him what he wants, which is lots and lots of attention.  You think… Read full post »

Not long ago I fell in love with one of my closest friends.  At 33 I had never been in love before, though once or twice I thought otherwise.  Those other occasions I’d eventually decided I’d been in the throes of galactic-sized lust.  But honest-to-goodness, heart-pounding… Read full post »