Author: BooMan

Better News

The results from the NEWSWEEK Poll have improved my mood. Anger isn’t the only factor that’s been overhyped in the run-up to Election Day. The president, for example, appears to be a neutral force rather than a...

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Arnold Terminates Pot Criminalization

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been an epic failure as governor of California, but he’ll have one outstanding thing to point to…something that the country will thank him for for all posterity. Citing the need to reduce...

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Shaking Off the Complacency

I am getting very tired of waking up to unimaginably bad news. In Wisconsin, Colorado, and Pennsylvania, complete nut-jobs are showing strong leads in the polls for U.S. Senate. To make matters worse, I read this from Nate...

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Wanker of the Day: David Brooks

David Brooks is living in a fantasy land. [Meg] Whitman is representative of an emerging Republican type — what you might call the austerity caucus. Flamboyant performers like Sarah Palin get all the attention, but the governing...

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Whitman Saga is Entertaining

I’m kind of enjoying the Meg Whitman meltdown. How much of her money has she spent trying to become governor of California? I think the highlight so far has to be this press release by the rabid anti-Latino group,...

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