Author Archives: eladsinned

I have an idea on how George Bush can weaken Iran’s hand in the Middle East.An immediate, precipitous pull-out from Iraq. The inevitable civil war is the last thing the Iranians want. Of course full scale civil war may be inevitable anyway. Our continuing presence there is buying Iran more time to determine which madContinue reading “Iran, I Ran So Far Away”

Sunday’s New York Times continues the paper’s campaign on behalf of the Senate approach to immigration reform in a lubricious feature on Colorado Democrat Senator Ken Salazar: “The story of Hispanics in America has not been told,” Mr. Salazar said in a recent interview in his office here. “My election and my profile in theContinue reading “Damned Lies”

Well I don’t know how you take in all the shit you seeNo don’t believe anyone and most of all don’t believe meBelieve youG-ddamn right it’s a beautiful day—Eels, Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues Who would not choose to follow the sound of running waters?—Thomas Mann Today I went down to the water, to a parkContinue reading “Ducks”

Following up on the post below, Seattle Public Schools has now posted an explanation for the disappearance of their controversial “Definitions of Racism”: In response to the numerous concerns voiced regarding definitions posted on the Equity & Race website, we have decided to revise our website in a way that will hopefully provide more contextContinue reading “Mos’ Def’”

(*re-edited @ 21:25, 5/30) Update: The Seattle Public Schools links below have been vaporized sometime since yesterday (5/30). White man clock on the wall,tired of gettin’ up and goin’ to work,for that,white white white white man y’all Ol’ Dirty Bastard, All in Together Now But society cannot be indiscriminate where the pacification of existence, whereContinue reading “Time, and Other Tools of The Man”

Power working behind the scenes used to be so much more subtle. The pancake make-up was barely lifted from the president’s increasingly haggard-looking face after last night’s speech before the New York Times was providing cover on the left in an article that seeks to soften the president’s image for those who are both ill-informedContinue reading “A Wink is as Good as a Nod to a Blind Horse”

Mickey Kaus makes a good point about the specious “cruelty” of a border fence: A border wall or fence, widely denounced as the crude favored scheme of the meanest, yahoo, Know-Nothing elements of the Republican House, is in fact the most compassionate enforcement solution. A wall intrinsically blocks only new entrants. It’s a physical grandfatherContinue reading “Cruel to be Kind”

First off let me say that I’m well and uninjured. I’m sorry if my last post alarmed any of you. This is all very embarrassing for me. It seems I overestimated the impact of Monday’s May Day immigrant boycott. I may have overreacted. Please understand, I have a family to protect, and when I learnedContinue reading “Formal Apology”