Archive for October, 2007

Sunshine Empire Midnight Music Madness: Goldfrapp

I want to make a personal petition to the people at BBC America to please bring Later with Jools Holland to this channel because the man has a progressive taste in music that astounds me. Bring this man to The States to give us good music. Another Jools Holland gem with one of [...]

It’s time for Iraq to earn it’s freedom. Freedom it deserves.

Just and editorial comment for a moment. I know that we have many visitor from all across this great world of ours. Some come from the far east, and some like my good friend Crustle and Jolemite are regular dear friends. I know our blog shares the same name as a multi [...]

What’s not mentioned at the Freedom Concerts

“My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.”
-Adlai Stevenson 

Sunshine Empire Masters Series: Dave Attell

Another member of The Sunshine Empire’s Top Ten Comics

On Democracy, Meritocracy, and College Coaching

When did we, as a Jeffersonian democracy, degenerate into political monarchy?  I was reading today of the win of the window of Paul Tsongas in a special election for a vacant House seat.  Now I do not know anything about Mrs. Tsongas, and she might be a wonderful legislator, but we are living through the [...]

Democracy and Jobs in the West Bank is the real solution to our problems

Many conservative politicians seem to think that my great nation’s problems in the world all arise from Iraq, or Iran, or or any other problem in the middle east other than Israel and Palestine. But I have to say that Condi calling for a Palestinian state right away is a move in the right [...]

Most of us are swirving back and forth

“There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.”
-Oscar Levant 

How many times to they say “dude” in the Big Lebowski you say?

Interesting, I thought the same thing, until I found this.

Is someone counted, I don’t really know how many times, but it’s at least a reference point.

The lay of the NFL landscape after week whatever it is.

The game in my area was blacked out, because nobody here gives a fuck about anything from Texas. I only watched a brief moment of the Cowboys-Patriots game, and both teams looked really good. Bob Griese’s kid threw for about a mile today, but they still ended up loosing the game. Seems [...]