The remarkable thing about running through downtown Miami at lunch hour in nothing but Nikes and a red, white and blue thong is how many people don’t notice.They were talking on their phones; shuffling documents; concentrating on walking.
Not until he climbed the steps of the Miami-Dade Courthouse did a few lawyerly types point and smile at the nearly naked man. He was Michael Tisdale, a lumberjack hailing from the Redland, protesting the state of the nation.
This had nothing to do with his being a lumberjack.
Internet research had revealed what he took to be a sinister conspiracy of immense scale, linking the war in Iraq to the global military-industrial complex and profits for key figures in the office of the president of the United States, basically at the expense of young soldiers who are getting their arms and legs blown off on a daily basis, and nobody cares!
”I don’t get it,” Tisdale had said earlier over coffee at Diana’s, on Northwest First Street, clothed.
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October 10th, 2007 at 2:08 am
The Story Behind the Synthetic Life Story…
Since my pet works in the field of molecular biology, I thought I should comment on the recent story about Dr. Craig Venter creating an artificial bacterium. New species of bacteria are created all the time as part of the……
October 10th, 2007 at 3:29 am
Democrats Disenfranchise Voters Again…
As if it wasn’t bad enough that the Democratic party has turned Florida into an ATM machine, they are now not only doing the same to Michigan but even worse. We’ll take your money they say but don’t expect to be able to vote for us …
October 10th, 2007 at 4:26 am
Bad news for Gore and the Global Warming alarmists: The UK has a few inconvenient rules regarding An Inconvenient truth…
The UK is starting to show more sense than the US where Al Gore and his movie are concerned. Nothing symbolizes the holy writ of Global Warming better then An Inconvenient Truth.
Schools must warn of Gore climate film bias
Scho…
October 10th, 2007 at 4:47 am
The Debate: Fred! was solid, Matthews unhinged…
What is it with Chris Matthews, and why do they keep letting him moderate? Ever debate for the right wingers he hosts he has to waste our time taking shots at the candidates and trying to attack their answers instead of just letting them live or …
October 10th, 2007 at 8:19 am
WTW: Nance Pelosi Disappointing Nutroots…
Morning, y’all. Jebediah Murphy here on another fantastic White Trash Wednesday. In that thar Nutroots world, they are a wee bit upset with Nance Pelosi, and she knows it
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, talking on the eve of the fifth anniversary o…
October 10th, 2007 at 9:27 am
UPDATED & BumpedTo Add Michelle And The NYT’s…The “Not So Poor†12 Year Old Voice of SCHIP…
UPDATE 10/10/2007: Michelle has much to say, as you can see from the reaction at memeorandum, but I wanted to highlight this:
I received an e-mail from a NYTimes reporter this afternoon:
Writing about blog coverage of the SCHIP debate, including scrut…
October 10th, 2007 at 9:56 am
Taco Bell seen as the “crowning insult” to Mexican culture…
Perhaps it’s the lack of “corn fungus and cow eyes“???
MEXICO CITY — Taco Bell is taking on the birthplace of the taco, reopening for the first time in 15 years in Mexico.
Defenders of Mexican culture see the chain’s re-en…
October 10th, 2007 at 11:02 am
Allies and Hawks; Friend and Foe…
Before we get too far a disclaimer to keep in mind:…
October 10th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Quote Of The Day: Camille Paglia On Hillary…
The one thing that we can agree on :
I find it hard to believe that my fellow Democrats want to backtrack and relive every tedious scandal from the Clinton era. But that’s what we’ll get if Hillary is the nominee — a long, sulfurou…
October 10th, 2007 at 11:37 am
The Knuckleheads of the Day award…
Today’s winner is Casselberry(Florida) police Sgt. Andrea Eichhorn and her attorney David Heil….