Natalee Holloway’s mother, Beth Twitty, is on GMA right now. Let me say that yes it’s a tragedy, yes it’s horrible that this girl has disappeared, etc., and I can certainly imagine how nuts I’d be if it were my daughter. But: anybody besides me getting sick of this damned woman and the fact that every TV outlet in the

FEMA is hiring Brownie back as a consultant to offer up his wisdom on Katrina issues. Good for America! [THX: TMV rules.]

The old “lungs quit working” trick. Second time I’ve fallen for that this week… RIP, Don. We miss you already.

drdenny questions the business savvy of newspaper industry execs, and if anything, is kinder than he needs to be. I posted a comment in his entry, but wanted to drag those remarks out to the top here. _____________ Right. They don’t understand journalism. Audiences. Nada. But, as you suggest, they also don’t understand some basics of business. This is like

Hmmm. Biggest punks in NFL history. Help me out here. I have a few nominees. QB: Jeff George WR: Randy Moss WR: TO RB: Lawrence Phillips Other nominations?

Hal Crowther is one of the finest writers in America today without a doubt, and in his current Independent Weekly essay, he offers an homage to New Orleans and an unforgiving analysis of how government (and not just the Bushies, either) has failed it – and the rest of us – in the wake of Katrina.

Damn Downeasters. Might as well have been born without tongues for all they know about barbecue. Thank God it’s America, where taste-challenged mopes like them have the inalienable right to eat like whatever kind of trash animal they want. God bless Lexington. God bless Pig Pickin’s in Winston-Salem. And may God have mercy on the rest of you. Good night.

Today’s question, along with some special bonus gratuitous follow-on rantings, are directed to Pope Palpatine Benedict XVI. LP: Your Holiness, according to a new report, “homosexuals, even those who are celibate, will be barred from becoming Roman Catholic priests under stricter rules soon to be released.” Our question is this: under these new guidelines, where will the Church find new

Just traded some correspondence with my buddy O-Ring. Subject of my sitch came up. Here’s part of what I said: We’re plowing ahead here. My head has done a full 540 in the last year, and I now find myself sort of actively revolting against so much I thought was part of my encoding. When you think you know who

Packing to move or unpacking on the other end? For the last few weeks it was the packing. But the movers came yesterday and disgorged the material trappings of our consumerist existence into our new rent-a-place. So today the unpacking is worse, I guess. Context is everything. One of our couches won’t fit into the house. Okay, I take that

Well, it sounds like Sol Trujillo and Phil Burgess (my old boss) have pissed off some folks in Australia. That said, I know the pathetic history of telco reporting by the Denver Post, and I can’t help wondering how it might all have come down differently re: Qwest and Nacchio had the jackasses in the local media been smart enough

Which Historical Lunatic Are You?From the fecund loins of Rum and Monkey.

Why is it that people who believe in “intelligent design” seem not to believe in intelligent governance? Just askin’, is all….

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, September 16, 2005 (ENS) – To help storm victims recover from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, President George W. Bush Thursday night proposed the creation of a Gulf Opportunity Zone, encompassing the region of the disaster in Louisiana and Mississippi and Alabama. In addition, Bush proposed a lottery to distribute cost-free building lots to families from federal

beastofbourbon has a new community that’s worth investigating. To say that is about raging against the dying of the light would be to engage in the fine art of understatement. Mike is mad, and he ain’t gonna take it anymore. Good stuff, and highly recommended. A warning, though – if you like George Bush, this one is going to piss