Poor Justin's Almanac

2008-10-28T07:13:00.001-07:00

The Second-Shortest Commentary Ever

2006-02-16T00:22:00.000-08:00

This is becoming a trend, but here we go: the second shortest commentary ever. Again, it does not require any preface.IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! IT’S NOT LIKE HE SHOT AN ENTIRE BUS OF RETARDED SCHOOL CHILDREN! IT’S A GUY HE’S KNOWN FOR 30 YEARS, AND HE’S NOT GOING TO DIE! WHO CARES WHEN HE TOLD US?!? SHUT UP ALREADY, YOU MORONS!If the press keeps latching onto these non-stories, I swear, I’m never

The most concise and direct commentary I'll ever write

2006-02-09T18:58:00.000-08:00

I'm known for the length of my writing. Well, here's the most concise commentary I'll ever write.THEY ARE CARTOONS! GET OVER IT!I think that says everything that needs to be said here.

Here we go again

2006-01-12T21:01:00.000-08:00

Take…three?Yeah, yeah, I know, this whole reinvention thing is only really appealing the first couple of times. All I can say is, my life hasn’t exactly been reliably calm and my creative mind has been downright turbulent. Life is good, don’t get me wrong, but what I want and what I’m getting out of this blog have continued to be different things.I really wanted this to be a creative outlet, a

Feeding Meiers

2005-10-05T16:01:00.000-07:00

Feeding MeiersIt’s been awhile, and I apologize for that. Been waiting to update until I had time to do some technical upgrading, and that’s done.I assume everyone will be expecting me to talk about Dubya’s extremely weak and disappointing nomination to replace O’Connor on the SCOTUS. You probably expect me to wax eloquently about her lack of experience as anything but a political appointee,

2,000 Buses?

2005-09-06T10:18:00.000-07:00

Not much traction with the abuse�-�Nation/Politics�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper That's Washington Times Editor Wesley Pruden on the New Orleans subject. He says TWO THOUSAND buses sit unused in four feet of water in the Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool. You figure, even if you only cram 50 people on a bus and only make one trip, that's 100,000 people...pretty much the exact count

Fear & Loathing In New Orleans

2005-09-06T03:23:00.000-07:00

Fear & Loathing In New OrleansThey were somewhere around Baton Rouge, on the edge of the swamp……hey, wait a second, that’s not how it goes.But it could, if good old Mayor Ray Nagin gets his way. See, his long-suffering police force is really stressed out. You know, the ones abandoning their posts, looting, etc. To reward them, he’s giving many of them (as well as firefighters and EMTs)

Ben Stein's Wisdom

2005-09-05T14:37:00.000-07:00

Ben Stein’s WisdomOnce again, Ben Stein unleashes his gi-normous brain on us and proceeds to out-think most of the country.In this short piece, he lays out everything I’ve already said and more. I’m telling you people, this is where the event is heading, whether anyone likes it or not. Negligence of a criminal stature was absolutely perpetrated in the days surrounding Katrina, but NOT by the

Lighting Up New Orleans

2005-09-03T04:59:00.000-07:00

Lighting Up New OrleansI realize I haven’t been doing my job with this blog. It appears that one of the primary purposes of blogging is to get people all riled up and irritated. It’s called ‘drama’, from what I’m told, and I’ve been far short of my required amount.I imagine this little post about the tragedy of New Orleans should bring my controversy-o-meter up to standard blogging levels. If

P.S.

2005-08-29T02:22:00.000-07:00

Allow me a brief caveat, my friends, lest my comment on the impending doom of New Orleans in my last entry be taken the wrong way.Humor is my way of responding to stress. I’m the fellow at the funeral with a large smile, hugging and shaking everyone’s hand. Quick with a joke and eager to bring smiles to those around me. It’s not due to a lack of compassion or mourning, quite the contrary. I

News Briefs From The Wilds Of Aztlan

2005-08-29T00:46:00.000-07:00

Many small things to discuss in the news. I’m settled in with a fresh, handcrafted Bulldog Root Beer, the finest beverage ever created by man, so I’m good to go despite this awful heat. It’s hot out here tonight in Aztlan, an incomprehensible 73 degrees at 12:45 AM. It’s madness, I tell you. I’m thinking all these natives who have come to reclaim the Aztlan region have somehow influenced the

Chasing The Extraordinary

2005-08-22T03:05:00.000-07:00

Chasing The ExtraordinaryAfter a brief unexpected virtual vacation, I have returned. (It’s a long story, involves tights, guns, and people with names like ‘Komodoman’. We’ll just leave it at that.)And…I can’t think of a single thing to say.That’s not true at all. Starting out with lies. Oh, that doesn’t bode well. I have a thousand things I’d like to get into here. The problem is that they

Once More, With Feeling

2005-08-01T03:36:00.000-07:00

Almost a year ago, I started this blog, planning to use it as an outlet for my frequent socio-political rants and, maybe, help influence the outcome of the 2004 election. I did just that, pouring out quite a few large pieces of commentary on political things big and small. My personal journal just wasn't a place for that anymore, I'd lost numerous friends over the election as it was and my

Welcome to the New Left

2004-11-09T02:05:00.000-08:00

All those who don't see the left self-destructing, raise your hands. pagan: Magical Election Tampering: SHUT IT DOWN! No, this isn't satire. Yes, this is probably one extreme of things, but it exemplifies the kind of thought going on with the New Left...it can't be a large portion of the populace deciding one set of ideals is better than another, it HAS to be some sort of fix.

Who Is On Your Side? - Epilogue

2004-11-04T19:48:00.000-08:00

Well, it's all over. With a sweeping win of both the popular and electoral vote, President Bush was re-elected. We can now look forward to a prosperous and eventful term as the Democrats and liberal left admit defeat and re-examine their agenda in hopes to find a way to once again attain a place at the political table. Oh, wait, that last part is happening in Bizarro World. Here on earth, the

Bait & Switch Redux

2004-10-07T18:24:00.000-07:00

My apologies for my extended absence from these pages, sometimes life's cruel demands make time spent on anything but them a luxury that you can't afford. Rest assured, I didn't go far, and now I've returned with more wit and wisdom focused with laser precision at the liberal MSM (that's MainStream Media for those of you in Pleasant Hill) and their attempts at putting the fix on the upcoming

Who Is On Your Side - Addendum

2004-10-07T17:33:00.000-07:00

This is a great compendium of stories detailing the liberal, free speech oriented, political discourse loving left and their increased terror tactics on any who disagree with them. The question still stands, liberals: who is on your side?

Bait And Switch

2004-09-17T03:05:00.000-07:00

A common tactic you can see througout the mainstream media (MSM) is what I'll call the 'bait and switch' tactic. You'll see a headline that clearly states the gist of the story, then find upon reading it that the headline actually only covers one small facet of the story and ignores the rest of the details, even when they completely counteract the suggestion imparted by the headline. My story

Six Degrees of Dan Rather

2004-09-16T13:58:00.000-07:00

Ever play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? It's a little parlor game where one person names an actor and the other has to connect them to Kevin Bacon in six steps or less. I've always been a whiz at this one, and that skill has come in handy: I believe I've found the smoking gun connecting Rather to the Democrats and the Democrats to Burkett. If this proves to be correct, it will provide the

Dan Rather's Fantasy World

2004-09-15T15:16:00.000-07:00

As Memogate/Rathergate heats up, it's entertaining to watch good old Texas Dan dance around the gigantic pink elephant in his living room as if it didn't exist. This story from the New York Observer is the best I've seen so far when it comes to demonstrating Rather's complete rejection of reality. The man is living in another dimension. He's always been a little nutty, but if he believes half

Remembering September 11th

2004-09-12T13:36:00.000-07:00

Some of you may notice that I didn't write a piece regarding the 3rd anniversary of 9/11. From what I saw, virtually every other blogger, conservative or not, put something up yesterday. You might be thinking that I didn't post anything because I forgot. Honestly, yesterday was a busy day. Ran some errands, had some Taco Bell for lunch, played a lot of video games. I intentionally chose not

Cheney is out of touch? Edwards should check eBay!

2004-09-10T16:22:00.000-07:00

Taking a break from the tumult surrounding the forged CBS documents, I have to comment about this story that made the rounds yesterday regarding some comments Vice President Cheney made. In his comments, he points out that we currently don't capture sales made on eBay as part of the overall economic outlook. Edwards was quick to chime in on how 'out of touch' Cheney is and made a crack that

The AP Is Hot On The Story!

2004-09-10T01:45:00.000-07:00

I just love this link. This story should be taught in college journalism classes as a perfect example of using extreme spin to cover up a story that the reporter's personal politics can't handle. This is just classic Associated Press spin. We've all seen, by now, the stories of these new records of Dubya's Air National Guard service supposedly found among personal records of Major Jerry Killian,

The Fear Of Freedom

2004-09-09T19:05:00.000-07:00

(This is the last 'historical' piece I'll be copying over to this blog. It was written this past 4th of July. I found it more than a little exciting when President Bush used basically the exact same words regarding the fear of freedom in his acceptance speech at the convention. Yes, it's long, but I think it's worthwhile.) Things today seem rather grim for freedom-loving Americans. Bad news

Anti-War Groups Protest Use Of Military Force In Florida

2004-09-09T18:57:00.000-07:00

(This is a satire piece I wrote following the announcement that National Guard troops were being called out to guard areas damaged by Charley.) In the wake of Hurricane Charley, anti-war protestors organized by left-wing groups such as Moveon.org are planning demonstrations in New York, Los Angeles, and other major U.S. cities. They plan to protest President Bush's decision to mobilize the

Who Is On Your Side?

2004-09-09T18:50:00.000-07:00

(In the wake of the frequently violent protests after the second day of the Republican National Convention, I wrote this piece for my liberal friends.) The Republicans are in New York and so is their opposition. No, I'm not referring to Michael Moore, although USA Today has seen fit to pay that gasbag to write a column as an excuse to put him at the convention so he can make more money off the

Iraqi civil war imminent! Or not...

2004-09-09T18:27:00.000-07:00

Drudge has had this link to the World Tribune site up for a couple of days. The story is headlined 'London report foresees civil war in Iraq after U.S. pullout.' This is terrible news! "Iraq's failure to quell the Shi'ite and Sunni insurgencies will lead to a civil war with Iran's and Turkey's potential involvement, a London institute projected." Wow, sounds like we're doomed. From the way

Welcome One And All!

2004-09-09T17:52:00.000-07:00

Hello, my name is Justin, I'm a poor man who is growing tired of being henpecked by a boorish and biased liberal media. In an attempt to gain a wider and more sympathetic audience for my musings, I have created this blog as a repository for my political and social analysis and commentary. Here, you can expect to see entries concerning news stories I find on the net, sociopolitical current