It’s Not So Easy Being Green

OK.  I’ve finally had it.  I could go along with being ecologically friendly.  I could even go along with sitting in a darkened theatre while Al Gore intoned on man’s quest to destroy the environment.  But when D Magazine devoted an entire issue (and no telling how many trees to create the pulp required for the 112 pages of seven color glossy “green” tips), I finally crossed over.  My conclusion followed my normal contrarian philosophical bent.  Anything getting this much press, becoming this politically correct, requiring this much ink and other media attention must have a dark, or at least suspicious, underbelly. So where did the notion of “green” come from...

Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say

By this time late in the news cycle every sentient being who has even the faintest interest in politicos and their fellow travelers knows that David Shuster of MSNBC has been suspended, sacked, fired, reprimanded, savaged, or muzzled.  All this at the hands of Hillary or Bill, or a surrogate or all of the above. And of course we all know the reason.  In an otherwise sane, but boring dialogue with Bill Press on one of the interminable talking head shows that pass for new/entertainment, Shuster opined, “but doesn’t it seem like Chelsea’s sort of being pimped out (emphasis mine) in some sort of weird way.”  Press ran for cover before the sound waves had died, but...