Who Is Julian Assange?

Have you seen the cartoon where the hero repeatedly avoids disaster by a whisker? Meet Julian Assange. He looks more like the evil nemesis to Austin Powers than a man who strikes fear into the hearts of world leaders. Tall, skinny and pasty white, he makes you want to rush him to the hospital for an infusion of Vitamin D. Whatever he is, Australian Julian Assange has captured the imagination of the world with his release of 250,000 diplomatic cables from the US Department of State.

Many wonder how he’s able to fly unimpeded in this day of increased airport security. He regularly travels internationally with the ease of a foreign dignitary, yet in April Wikileaks released a classified video of a US Apache helicopter firing indiscriminately on Iraqi civilians. Two Reuters News Service employees were shown killed in the attack.

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Reflections On Veteran’s Day: Making Amends For My Military Service

Author’s Note: Four generations of men in my family, including me, have served in this country’s military during wartime. I’ve earned the right to my opinion.

I want to make amends for what I did. Lending my energy to the military and the forces behind it qualifies as the least conscionable albeit, in my defense, most uninformed decision of my life. My only consideration was my own financial well-being, and the rest of humanity be damned.

My soon-to-be wife was pregnant, and I needed to pay for the delivery. My father, uncles and grandfather had all served in the military, and I decided I would make the Air Force a career. I gave no thought to what it stood for, nor what they did; my decision was based solely on my personal financial needs. I was shocked at the new environment in which I found myself.
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The Keith Olbermann Suspension Conspiracy

Author’s Note: Innovations from General Electric have probably killed more people than any other corporation in the history of mankind. As such, I hold no delusion that anything put forth from their media holding, NBC, is for the best interest of me or the average American. GE bought those properties intending to forward their agenda, so it’s unfathomable that a savior for the left will spring forth from its bosom. If you are looking for that voice I would suggest you shift your gaze to independent media like Democracy Now, WikiLeaks, and TruthDig.

It was emblazoned everywhere I looked. “Emergency: Keith Olbermann suspended for making political contributions.” It couldn’t have been any worse if someone had kicked Superman in the nuts with a kryptonite boot. The American way of life was at stake.
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Tea Party Madness In America

It was inevitable after two wave elections favoring Democrats that there be a correction to restore balance — however, no one envisioned the Tea Party. The education of Tea Party supporters to the confines of working in Washington is going to be a wondrous thing to watch, and it should begin very soon. Like right after January 20.

One of the first considerations for the new Congress will be increasing the debt ceiling to allow the United States government to continue operating. It will be the first opportunity for the new kids on the block to demonstrate for their voters how they will behave in relation to the Republican Party and the responsibilities that come with being elected. Will they draw hard lines in the sand and refuse to capitulate, or will they be co-opted by political realities within their first 30 days?
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Best Candidate For Political Office Ever

Meet Jimmy McMillian, a candidate for governor for New York for the… wait for it… Rent Is Too Damn High party. Not only is his website a blast from the Geocities past, but his awesome facial hair is complemented by some awesome policies: He recently held a conference for a ‘press release’ on the corner of Nostrand and Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn calling for the resignation of New York Senators Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

Check out his incredible performance at last nights New York Gubernatorial Debate, where he announced in his support for gay marriage, he also supports people marrying shoes:

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