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 9th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Why Hannah Montana tix sell for so much…
All over the country, little girls are crying that they want — they need — tickets to see their idol, a 14-year-old named Miley Cyrus (a.k.a. Hannah Montana) in concert, and from coast to coast that has pushed mommies and daddies to extreme measures….
October 9th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Tuesday Frivol: It Really IS the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown…
Safeway grocery stores holds a “big pumpkin” contest in Half Moon Bay, California during the annual Pumpkin Festival.Â
This year’s winner hailed from Oregon, where he grew the winning pumpkin - a gourd-eous monster which weighed i…
October 9th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
What are we thinking?…
Israel’s wary of new peace talks, who can blame them. What has peace talks gotten them in recent years? Israeli opposition leaders are stepping up their criticism in the face of the first real negotiations with the Palestinians in nearly…
October 9th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Vicente Fox’s Loose Lips…
Mexico’s former president, Vicente Fox, has been extremely vocal this week and during an interview on CNN yesterday, he let the 800 pound gorilla out of the bag.
Though many people are still in denial when it comes to the plans for a North Americ…
October 9th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Global Warming Today: More Meetings Will Fix It!…
Just what we need (Via Insty)
Emissions of hot air at international meetings designed to prevent Earth from warming are rising. Just last week, more than 80 heads of state convened in New York under the aegis of the United Nations to decide how to tac…
October 9th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Hospital Employees Suspended for Clooney Disclosure…
Forty hospital workers at Palisades Medical Center were suspended for disclosing George Clooney’s medical information to the media in violation of federal law. Clooney was involved in a motorcycle accident and within minutes his information was …
October 9th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Hillary Rodham Clinton: Beginning to Crack (video)…
…not faring well may be a preview of her farewell
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October 9th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Democrats Abusing Congressional Power, Violating The First Amendment…
There is no other way to interpret this. Rep. Henry Waxman has asked his investigative staff to begin compiling reports on Limbaugh, and fellow radio hosts Sean Hannity and Mark Levin based on transcripts from their shows, and to call……
October 9th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Drum-Beat Of Hatred…
Don’t you love it when someone advocates for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize based upon the hopes that the awardee’s opponents will stroke-out and die? AL’S NOBEL PRIZE….Will Al Gore win the Nobel Peace Prize this Friday, as the London……
October 10th, 2007 at 1:06 am
A-rabic on T-shirts..tres kewl…
A-rabic t shirts.
Because nothing says fashion like using the language of the very terrorists who attacked us.
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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….
October 10th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Thou shalt not steal…
Some news from Singapore. You could say the judge threw the book at him.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singaporean judge sentenced a man to four months in jail for stealing a Bible, admonishing him with Scripture before hauling him off to prison, The St…..
October 10th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Empire State Building To be Lit for Muslim Holiday…
Grotesque dhimmitude from NYC.New York’s iconic Empire State Building is to be lit up green from Friday in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid, the biggest festival in the Muslim calendar marking the end of Ramadan, officials said. This…
October 10th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Hmm..Do we need God?…
You won’t find many atheists feeding the hungry and ministering to the sick in places like Africa or Mother Teresa’s Calcutta.
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October 11th, 2007 at 1:03 am
Once A Marine, Always A Marine? Maybe, Maybe Not….
There is a time-honored saying, “Once a Marine, always a Marine†that normally is true. According to Military Motivator, this may be the one and only exception to the rule.
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October 11th, 2007 at 4:39 am
Ann Coulter misses the mark RE: Fred Thompson…
Those who read here often know I like Ann Coulter. She is frank and harsh but more often then not, right on the mark when she goes after the liberals in America.
But not infallible, as this piece shows. In this article she at…
October 11th, 2007 at 5:06 am
Speaking of Fred!, he gets a perfect score from FactCheck.org…
The joke always goes like this: how can you tell when a politician is lying? His lips move.
Exaggeration, nuance and outright lies go hand in hand with politics.
So there is a thriving market to take the stump speeches and campaig…