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Gabe Fidanque owns a liquor store in Durango, Colorado. By Gabe’s account, picaroons were swiping “about $1,000 worth of merchandise a month,” according to a recent blurb in the “Weird News” section of The Californian. Deciding he’d had enough, the retailer “started telling shoplifters he caught that they had two choices: Give him one of their shoes [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Cultural Insanity, Ethics at 2:58 PM UTC
Campaign promises and actions films share a common trap. Each promise, or car crash, must be succeeded by something better. More of the same just won’t do. Thus, the climactic fight sequences in the “Rocky” sequels grew ever longer and more violent. More punches were thrown and more blood spilled in each succeeding movie. As [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Campaign 2008, Ethics at 9:09 PM UTC
The California State Supreme Court yesterday ended the state’s ban on marriages between couples of the same sex. The 4 to 3 vote is receiving widely differing responses. Homosexual groups and supporters are expressing emotions bordering on euphoria, but traditional marriage proponents are vowing to continue the fight with a ballot issue this November. [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Cultural Insanity, Ethics, Judicial Activism, Rule of Law at 3:12 PM UTC
Providing a textbook example of slanted news coverage, the Los Angeles Times wasted no time contradicting yesterday’s good news that the American economy continues to expand. Little wonder. The Times has been on a months-long crusade to convince voters, uh, readers that the economic sky is indeed falling. Good economic news shall not be tolerated! Today’s [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Economics, Ethics, Fraud Watch, Media at 1:43 PM UTC
Just when I was all set to write about the “Recession That Won’t,” out of the ante room comes the politician Democrats love the most. Bill Clinton, former President, consultant and speech-maker extraordinaire, has taken the time to set us all straight on why his wife lied about her trip to Bosnia in 1995, as Bill had it. Sure, Slick Willy [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Campaign 2008, Ethics at 1:44 PM UTC
Hillary Clinton has been caught lying through her teeth about her trip to Bosnia some twelve years ago. “I remember landing under sniper fire,” said the former First Lady to a hushed audience. Most average Americans have never seen a sniper, let alone been on the receiving end of one’s hostile intentions, making this tale [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Campaign 2008, Cultural Insanity, Ethics at 3:35 PM UTC
In 1839, Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote “The pen is mightier than the sword.” His was not the only expression extolling the power of words, nor the first. The Greek poet Euripides, who died about 406 B.C., said, “The tongue is mightier than the blade.” In 1600 Shakespeare had Rosencrantz in Hamlet say that “…many wearing rapiers are [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Campaign 2008, Ethics, Politics at 6:37 PM UTC
We’ve all heard about the woman who spilled coffee on herself, yet successful sued MacDonald’s for millions. Unfortunately, that case is just the tip of the iceberg, an outrage receiving disproportionate publicity due to the enormous settlement afforded the plaintiff, a sum approaching $3 million. Thousands of similarly common-sense-bending complaints are filed every year, [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Ethics, Tort Reform at 2:54 PM UTC
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Ethics, Politics, War on Terror at 1:14 PM UTC