Jack Burns Lives!

Commentary, ideas and miscellany in the spirit of Edward Abbey

Archive for October, 2008

Lonely Are The Brave Poster

Ok. Enough with all the vitriol and political crap. What good does it do anyway? Most folks have their minds made up and very few people cross the line and change positions. There’s so much negative energy in the United States right now, I think it’s better if I don’t contribute to our further decline.
As [...]

God Blessed America With Oil and Gas

And people with cognitive challenges. Like Sarah Palin. 
Someone, anyone, please just wake me up and tell me this is just a bad dream. I keep thinking it is, but I never wake up. Maybe I’m dead and the Christians were right. I’m in hell. 
Palin says God blessed America with oil and gas
“God has so richly [...]

What We Can Change And What We Can’t Change

I had an interesting exchange with someone on a discussion list this week. I don’t really know this person well, but assume he’s young, probably in his 20’s, highly idealistic, full of energy and ready to storm the Bastille.
There was a time when I was exactly the same way, and on some days, even [...]

Fear and The Undeniable Truth

So we now have angry mobs at McCain rallies shouting non-sense and lies and even booing their candidate when he attempts to say something rational. What’s this country coming to?
I’m alarmed at the level of anger in our society right now. I think it was always there, percolating beneath the surface, but now it’s really [...]