The story of my friend Al generated quite a few e-mails. Many of you lamenting his plight: A man who saved his whole life for the good life, now running out of life. He’s dying. What I left out is he isn’t bitter. In fact, he jokes about his frugal …
Read More »Perfect Storm of Illegal Immigration Merging with Child Molestation
In northern Wisconsin, 25-year-old Paulo Sheispan-Landero, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is charged with first degree sexual assault on a child under 13 — a felony which would fall under Wisconsin’s Jessica’s Law. According to the criminal complaint the man on three separate occasions molested a 12-year-old girl with his …
Read More »Not Everyone Is Buying What the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran Is Selling
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Not So Fast British intelligence officials are said to have grave doubts about the accuracy of the National Intelligence Estimate that concludes Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program four years ago. The London Telegraph reports the British feel the report is based …
Read More »Guy 'Mr. Madonna' Ritchie's Movie Takes In Just $75,000
Mr. Madonna’s Movie Takes In Just $75,000 | Save ‘The Savages,’ ‘Devil,’ ‘Butterfly’ — and Soon | Joss Stone’s Christmas Song; Jingle Ball Report Mr. Madonna’s Movie Takes In Just $75,000 It’s the same amount of money Madonna spends on, let’s say, mascara. Guy Ritchie‘s latest movie — he’s her …
Read More »Misery Sells, Smiles Do Not
Man, I saw this one coming. The Dow plunges more than 300 points, and it’s front page news. Down to the dude covering his face in anguish in The Washington Post. And the gloomy top banner story in The New York Times bemoaning a global stock market tumble. To my …
Read More »Must We Bend Over Backwards to Hear Nuts?
Sometimes we mistake that because we live in a free country, we freely must bend over backwards to hear nuts. That’s fine. Here’s what isn’t. Freely choosing who is free to speak. Tyrants you like, I guess. Not the people trying to keep them in check, I know. Ahmadinejad OK. …
Read More »Usama's on the Ropes
So you’ve seen the latest message from our favorite goat-toucher Usama bin Laden. In it, he criticizes Americans for reelecting, instead of punishing Bush, as well as harping on Democrats for not securing a retreat out of Iraq. He also mentions global warming and praises Noam Chomsky, the patron saint …
Read More »Your Grrrs: Jan. 31, 2006
Your Grrrs…. Someone from Gramling writes: The CDC should be called in to quarantine the “Idol” audition crowds. There is an epidemic of false self-esteem spreading, fueled by crap that mothers, “friends” and paid voice-coaches have dropped on screech-owls, causing them to think they can sing like a canary. The …
Read More »You Know You're Getting Old When…
Richard Nixon resigned 32 years ago, today. It was quite obviously the story of the year, the decade, maybe even the century. A sitting U.S. president forced to give up his job. Replaced by an appointed vice president never elected to his job. Staggering. Stunning. Then. Foggy. Remote. Now. It’s …
Read More »Police Suspect Alcohol a Factor in Fatal Accident Involving 'Prison Break' Actor Lane Garrison
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Police believe “Prison Break” actor Lane Garrison may have been drunk when he crashed his SUV into a tree over the weekend, killing a 17-year-old boy who was one of his passengers, FOXNews.com has confirmed. “According to our accident investigators, Mr. Garrison did display symptoms of …
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